Labour Party on Friday, June 9, brought a HD TV to presidential election tribunal in a bid to prove their case of the election being “stolen”.
It is expected that they would play all video recordings of INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood promising that the electoral results will be transmitted electronically. They will also play other video evidence they have on the HD TV.
This is coming after the tribunal admitted some evidence they brought into the case. Watch a video from the courtroom below…
The governorship candidate of Labour party in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has reacted to reports that the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and members of the state parliament, plan to pass laws that will protect the interest of indigenes of the state.
Dailytrust reported that Obasa, who was elected speaker of the 10th Assembly for the third consecutive term on Tuesday, June 6, said as part of its legislative agenda, there would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles and reversal of “all that are reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes”.
In an apparent reaction to some of the controversies in the build-up to the 2023 elections including the argument that non-indigenes wanted to take over the state, Obasa declared that Lagos is a Yoruba land.
In a statement released, Rhodes-Vivour condemned the plans by the state house of Assembly to enact laws to reverse property rights in favour of indigenes of the state. The politician argued that the law should not be considered as it will not only undermine the fundamental rights of Nigerians, but also pose a significant threat to the principle of inclusivity and social cohesion taht Nigeria stands for.
He called on elder statesmen, civil society groups and others to condemn the ‘’divisive and unconstitutional bill''.
Read his statement below
The Canadian government has announced visa-free travel for visitors from 13 different countries across Asia, Africa, Central and South America.
In a statement released, Sean Fraser, the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship said the visa-free travel is extended to Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts-Nevis, Panama, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Morocco, Seychelles, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand and the Philippines.
He said the expansion not only enhances convenience for travelers, it will also increase travel, tourism and economic benefits, as well as strengthen global bonds with these 13 countries.
“The known travelers from these countries can save a lot of money as a result of the visa exemptions.” the statement reads
A visitor visa currently costs $100 per person and $500 for a family of five or more, but an eTA only costs seven dollars per person and is valid for as long as five years.
According to the government, introducing visa-free air travel will make it faster, easier, and more affordable for thousands of travelers to visit Canada for up to six months for either business or leisure.
A man identified simply as Isiyaka, is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death over a misunderstanding in Obehira, Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Madzibaba Bond Gumira, a well-known leader of the Johane Masowe Nyenyedzi Nomwe Apostolic sect in Zimbabwe has handed himself over to the authorities and confessed to a murder.
A local publication reported that Madzibaba Bond confessed to shooting and killing a traditional healer, known as a “n’anga.” The circumstances surrounding the crime are yet to be revealed.
Shortly after carrying out the murder, he reportedly fled to a police station to seek refuge from a spirit or “Ngozi” in Shona, of the person he allegedly killed.
Witnesses claim that the prophet arrived at the station with his Toyota Fortuner covered in dust, claiming that he had been pursued by the restless soul.
Inspector Simon Chazovachiyi, the spokesperson for the Mashonaland East police who confirmed the incident, said they will be carrying out an investigation. Following the prophet’s surrender, the police discovered a bag containing a gun near the crime scene.
Tafadzwa Chitsa, who witnessed the prophet’s arrival at the police station, described how he seemed distressed and disheveled.
A Minnesota transgender inmate who is serving prison time on a drug charge has successfully sued the state Department of Corrections for discrimination and will be transferred to a women's facility from all-male prison.
Christina Lusk, 56, will also be receiving $495,000 in financial compensation and vaginoplasty as she is sent to an all-women facility in Shakopee this week after claiming sexual and verbal abuse in an all-male facility.
Lusk, who is legally recognized as a female, came out as transgender 14 years ago, started hormone therapy, and legally changed her name in 2018. The following year she pleaded guilty to a felony drug possession charge.
The settlement also promises Lusk will be given further gender-affirming healthcare and will strengthen its policies to protect transgender inmates.
'This journey has brought extreme challenges, and I have endured so much. My hope is that nobody has to go through the same set of circumstances. I relied on my faith, and I never gave up hope. I can truly say that I am a strong, proud, transgender woman, and my name is Christina Lusk,' she said in a statement.
Paul Schnell, the Minnesota DOC Commissioner, said that the state is 'constitutionally obligated' to treat gender dysphoria and will do so for Lusk, according to Fox 9.
'Based on the facts of this specific case, the incarcerated person will now have access to the medical care she needs, she deserves, and we have a legal obligation to provide,' he said in a statement.
A department of corrections press release on the settlement includes promises that gender non-conforming inmates will be placed at facilities matching their gender identities.
They will grant those requests 'unless the requested placement would pose a heightened risk of physical or sexual harm to that person or those housed in the preferred facility.'
'Everybody needs to come together in unity, and embrace positive change. I believe we have made a big step toward allowing people to express who they truly are, and bring some sort of peace and happiness to their lives,' Lusk added.
Jess Braverman, an attorney for the group Gender Justice, which is representing Lusk along with the Minneapolis law firm of Robins Kaplan, considers the settlement a positive step.
'Minnesota was the first state in the country to expressly protect transgender people in our anti-discrimination laws. But sometimes it feels like we're the last ones to get it right. I think this goes a long way in showing that Minnesota is moving forward,' she said in a statement.
'We are fulfilling that promise, and we are going to give transgender people the dignity they deserve, whether they're in an institutional setting, whether they're incarcerated or not.'
Braverman had said her client was unsafe in Moose Lake.
'She's a woman, and suddenly she's placed in a men's facility. She's in a locked cell with a number of men, and she's really exposed to harassment and violence in that setting,' Braverman said.
While in prison, Lusk had also been denied gender-affirming surgery by corrections officials - despite doctors approving the procedure before she was incarcerated, the lawsuit says. She is set to be released in 2024.
Lusk had been seeking a vaginoplasty since her incarceration but DOC Medical Director James Amsterdam determined that she should not be allowed the genital surgery whilst in prison, but 'could pursue that after release', according to the lawsuit.
Lusk wrote in the complaint: 'I have been diagnosed with severe Gender Dysphoria. I have attempted suicide four times due to my severe distress caused by my GD as well as self-mutilation. My mental capacity is under control, and I am able to make good decisions as far as surgery.
'I have letters of support from my primary physician, my gender specialist, my therapist, as well as my psychiatrist, only two letters are required for surgery but I go up and beyond what is required.'
The move by the corrections department to hold Lusk in a men's prison and deny her the surgery is unconstitutional and a violation of her human rights, according to the lawsuit.
'Christina Lusk is recognized legally and socially as female - including by the state of Minnesota. Yet, the Minnesota DOC treats Ms Lusk as a man simply because she is transgender,' the lawsuit stated.
Lusk has been reprimanded for having breasts and wearing women's clothing, yet also scolded for going without a bra while her bras were in the wash, the lawsuit contends.
Lusk filed the first of two complaints with the state Department of Human Rights in early 2020. She alleged that prison staff housed her in a room with seven men, required her to change her clothes and use the bathroom with men, and called her by her former name.
Both requests to be moved were denied without explanation, according to the suit.
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