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Alleged Defamation:Court Adjourns Sitting Against Wikki Times Reporter
A Kano State Chief Magistrate court has adjourned to January 25, 2023 a suit filed against Wikkitimes Nigeria Limited (a Bauchi Online Newspaper) and its Reporter, Elijah Ojonicko for allegedly publishing defamatory statement against them the S.A.T Engineering Services and 3 other construction companies.
NIGERIAN TRACKER reports that the four applicants in the case, include S.A.T Engineering Services Limited, Insulum Nigeria Limited, Haitel Nigeria Limited and Surajo Sani Marshal.
The Applicants by means of Direct Complaint, urged the court to order the defendants to appear before the court to ascertain the culpability of their actions or otherwise.
According to the Complaints by the applicants, filed before the court, dated 27th October, 2022 and sighted by SOLACEBASE, alleged that Wikkitimes and its Reporter Elijah Ojonicko conspired and published defamatory statement against the three construction companies and Alhaji Surajo Sani Marshal.
However, at the court sitting on Monday, the case suffered a minor setback when counsel to the defendants Barrister Aliyu Yakubu told the court that his clients were not in court because of the incident they encountered while coming to Kano on Saturday to attend court proceeding,”
They were coming from Bauchi, on their way they ran into barricade by Kidnappers and they spent half of the night in the bush. It is for this reason that they suffered trauma and could not be able to attend the court proceeding today.
“In the light of the above submission, i urged the court to adjourn its sitting for three weeks to enable them have free mind to attend to the allegation against them”, Barrister Yakubu prayed the court.
Earlier, Counsel to the Applicants, Barrister Habiba Abdullahi Umar told the court that the case was slated for today mention, but however the defendants were not in court.
“I do not have object to the prayer for adjournment for the interest of justice but three weeks is too much,” Barrister Habiba Umar urged the court.
Consequently in his ruling, the presiding Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf Suleiman, adjourned till 25th January, 2023 for mention.
In the Complaint, the Applicants alleged that the defendants on 31st August 2022 published a false publication, that sometimes in the year 2018, the National Commission for Nomadic Education, (NCNE), budgeted N500m for the construction of 20 numbers of 1 block of 2 class rooms with furniture, toilets and offices in some selected locations in the 3 Senatorial District of Kano State.
In the Publication, the defendants alleged that the companies were awarded with the contract and were jointly paid part payment of about N290m.
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Stampede at Catholic Church in Maitama Claims Ten Lives During Food Distribution
Ten people have been confirmed dead in a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, 21st December 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals.
The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 6:30 am, resulted in the loss of ten lives, including four children, and left eight others injured with varying degrees of severity. Four of the injured have been treated and discharged, while the remaining victims are still receiving medical attention.
The FCT Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the tragedy, extended condolences to the families of the deceased, and wished the injured a swift recovery.
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Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational- Says NNPC
The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down.
We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.
Preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing.
Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians.
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Port Harcourt Refinery Halts Production Less Than a Month After Resumption
Less than a month after the porthacourt appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working.
It was gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay of the new Port Harcourt refinery was empty.
While about 18 trucks littered the stretch of the busy road leading to the refinery itself, nine trucks were spotted inside the parking yard, while the loading bay was empty.
Journalists who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped completely.
The depot, which is usually a beehive of activities where tankers scramble for space at the parking yard, was a shadow of itself with literally no vehicular or human activity relating to operations.
This was after $1.5bn was approved in March 2021 and spent on the rehabilitation of the facility.
The inauguration of the 60,000 barrel per day production capacity plant by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, was met with celebration and fanfare.
During the re-opening of the facility, there was lifting of petrol to the excitement of the cheering crowd.
However, less than 10 trucks of petrol were lifted that day as against widespread claims that about 200 trucks carried petrol out of the bay.
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