Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, on Tuesday, May 30, presented a total of 118 exhibits before the five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court in his case against President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.Recall that Atiku and the PDP approached the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Tinubu, who contested under the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 election.The petitioners alleged that Tinubu “was not duly elected by the majority of lawful votes cast at the election”. They also alleged that the president “was at the time of the election, not qualified to contest”. They further alleged inconsistencies in Tinubu’s age and school certificates.At the commencement of the hearing on Tuesday, Atiku tendered his first set of exhibits before the court through one of his lawyers, Eyitayo Jegede.Some of the exhibits tendered in the evidence included certified copies of the results of the presidential election from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.Other exhibits include printouts of data obtained from the bimodal voter accreditation system and records of the number of permanent voter cards used for the election across the 36 states and the FCT. All exhibits tendered were admitted as evidence.Respondents in the case reserved their objections to any of the documents, until their final written address. No witnesses were called by the petitioners during the hearing.All the respondents in the matter told the court that they would reserve their objections to any of the documents, till their final written address.

Afrobeats artiste, Seun Kuti has opened up after being accused of verbally and physically assaulting his wife. Reacting, he claimed that he’s the one that’s afraid of his wife. Recall that there were speculations that Kuti’s wife may be a victim of domestic violence after her husband was heard screaming at her during his altercation with a police officer in a viral video. Reacting during his recent Instagram live session with fans, Kuti said his wife is not scared of him, rather he is the one who is scared of her. He said those who are acquitted with his family could testify of that. The singer said, “The most important rumour I must dispel, is the one they said that I’m beating my wife. They said I screamed at her to get into the car [in the viral video] and she went into the car…That she is scared of me. My wife is not scared of me. Trust me, if you know anybody that knows us, I’m the one that’s scared of my wife. But my wife respects me.“And I know that many of you Nigerian men were just jealous to see a man that can talk to his wife and his wife would listen. That’s the problem. It’s jealousy.”He added that he has never even hit his 9-year-old daughter before.

The Lagos state police have arrested two suspects, Ahmed, 28, and Umaru Abubakar, 18 for allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old boy to death over rubber slippers.The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin said the incident happened on Sunday, May 30, around 6pm at Iganmu under the Bridge.The suspects were arrested after a concerned resident of the state alerted the police about some youths mobilizing to cause mayhem in the Iganmu area. The crisis was caused by the killing of the 13-year-old boy identified as Ekene.Hundeyin said;“Information at the scene indicated that the victim was allegedly stabbed by two boys over a minor issue concerning ownership of rubber slippers.“It was also gathered that the suspects escaped from the scene after committing the crime.“A credible intelligence was emplaced which led to the arrest of the duo of Ahmed, 28, and Umaru Abubakar, 18.“The victim was examined and a deep hole suspected to be injuries sustained from stabbing was seen on the right side of his chest. He was immediately rushed to the Ajeromi General Hospital for urgent medical attention.“However, he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. His corpse was evacuated to the Yaba General Hospital for preservation and autopsy.”The suspects who were taken to Ijora Badia Police Division where they confessed to the crime, will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti for discreet investigation.