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A high court in Lagos has dismissed a case filed by one Ademola Onitiju, a tenant, who sued his landlady for not selling her house to him. In 2021, Onitiju, a retired air commodore and legal practitioner, took Theodosia Ogunnaike, the landlady of a four-bedroom duplex at Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi, to court for selling the property to another person after his initial negotiation with her. The 59-year-old tenant, who started residing in the house in December 2015, said the property was first offered to him as first option to purchase but he did not pay for it immediately. Onitiju said he was initially asked to pay N170 million for the property, but he offered to pay N90 million instead, which was rejected by the landlady. The retired airforce officer said during the renegotiation process, he sold two family properties to enable him to match the purchase price of N135 million which was later requested for. He said he asked for a bank account detail to pay the purchase price, but he was not

33,000-litre tanker carrying petroleum motor spirit has fallen down along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway between Toll Gate and Ogbunike slaughter. The incident happened at about 2:05 pm on Tuesday as the tanker driver was diverting to Ndumore Oil & Gas Filling Station along the expressway. It was gathered that the cause of the incident was a result of the loss of control of the tanker by the driver. The incident caused the Awka-bound lane to be condoned off while vehicles were diverted to the Onitsha-bound lane, thereby causing heavy traffic on the axis.

The Central Bank Of Nigeria has imposed fresh cash withdrawal limits on individuals and organisations, which takes effect from January 9, 2023. According to a new memo to banks issued on Tuesday and signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna .B. Mustafa, individuals will only be able to withdraw N100,000 per week ( from over the counter, Point of Sale Machines or the Automated Teller Machines), while organisations can access N500,000 per week. Banks have also been directed to load only N200 and lower denominations into their ATM.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, over his recent directive that residents of the South-East should observe a 5-day sit-at-home from December 9. In the same vein, the group chided the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council over his recent call that Igbo youths should carry arms in self-defence.Ohanaeze while cautioning the duo and other elements of such said the statements are “inflammatory, subversive and incendiary broadcasts” from the people it labelled “latter-day Biafran warriors.”

Contact us Boxer has died in the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta state capital. The boxer, who was representing Imo, died after losing a fight in a knockout. The boxer received a punch in his chin and the referee had to stop the fight when he failed to recover. He was immediately taken out of the ring for medical treatment before being rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

The Indigenous People of Biafra has told the residents of South-East that it did not order any five-day sit-at-home order in the region. The group therefore asked the people to ignore the order, describing it as a “senseless” order from those against the Biafra agenda. This is following a video currently circulating online ordering the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home on  December 9 -14, 2022. But in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said it never issued any sit-at-home order on the days mentioned above.

 Work incompetence over road contract in Anambra Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has terminated a road contract in Aguata Local Government Area, over alleged incompetence of the contractor. Soludo, who paid an unscheduled visit to the road construction site on Sunday, described the company as incompetent and lacking the capacity to deliver on the job. Although, the name of the company handling the road project was not mentioned, but a video of the governor’s visit to the site has been circulating on the internet. It was gathered that the road contract is a federal highway that leads from the governor’s community to Ekwulobia Town, both in Aguata Local Government Area.