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  • Ovat FC Wins Second Edition Of First Baba Isa Football Tournament

    Ovat FC Wins Second Edition Of First Baba Isa Football Tournament

    By Elijah Ugani 

    Ovat FC defeated Igol Afor to win the second edition of First Baba Isa football tournament.

    The match which ended in a goalless draw was decided in a penalty shoot out in seven goals to six in favor of Ovat FC.

    Speaking during the presentation of award, the Vice Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Council, Mr Emmanuel Idi Yakubu, commended the teams for their excellent performances during the tournament and encouraged them to keep the spirit high.

    0vat FC was presented with the tournament cup, a cheque of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (#200,000.00) only and medals.

    First runner up was Igol Afor FC, while the second runner up was Junction Old Boys.

    Other awards went to:
    Most Valuable Player – Courage Dafin
    Best Goalkeeper – Adebayo Bola
    Highest Goal Scorer – Friday Abang
    Best Defender – Mefoni Igbaji
    Best Behaved Team – Sunshine Nwaranti

    Speaking with TheLumineNews, the organizer of the tournament, Mr First Baba Isa Esq, noted that the rationale behind the tournament is to bring youths together with the view to identify and harness their talents.

  • FBI Foundation Set To Hold 2nd Edition Of First Baba Isa Football Tournament

    FBI Foundation Set To Hold 2nd Edition Of First Baba Isa Football Tournament

    By Elijah Ugani 

    The FBI Foundation, a pet project of a right lawyer and activist, First Baba Isa Esq, is set to hold its second edition of the annual football tournament in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State.

    In a release sighted by TheLumineNews and signed by the founder, Mr First Baba Isa Esq, indicates that #500,000.00 cash will be won during the tournament.

    The release further indicates that the final match will be played on the 30th of December, 2024 and the venue is St Theresa Primary School, Abakpa Ogoja Local Government Area.

    The organizer of the FBI football tournament, Mr First Baba Isa Esq, is a lover of football and a strong supporter of Chelsea Club.

    Football has a profound impact on unifying youths worldwide. It’s unifying power extends far beyond the game itself, fostering a sense of community, social integration, and personal growth among youths.

  • Cyberstalking: Foremost Abuja Lawyer, F. Baba Isa, Esq., Obtains Judgement Discharging And Acquitting Frontline Journalist Agba Jalingo

    Cyberstalking: Foremost Abuja Lawyer, F. Baba Isa, Esq., Obtains Judgement Discharging And Acquitting Frontline Journalist Agba Jalingo

     

    The Federal High Court, Abuja, agreeing with the arguments of Barrister F. Baba Isa, has discharged and acquitted frontline journalist Agba Jalingo on Cyberstalking offences preferred against him by the police. This charge was instigated by one Elizabeth Alami Ayade, the in-law of the former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade. Upon her complaint to the police, Agba Jalingo was arrested from his residence in Lagos and brought to Abuja were after detention in police custody he was arraigned at the Federal High Court.

    In CHARGE NO: FHC/ABJ/CR/565/2022, Commissioner of Police vs Agba Jalingo, dated the 6th of December, 2022 and filed on the 8th of December, 2022 the following two counts were preferred against the Defendant;

    COUNT 1
    That you Agba Jalingo male of No. 14 Oremeji Street, Ojudu Alapere Lagos on 30th June, 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did intentionally Published Online at Cross River Watch and alleged that one Mrs. Elizabeth Ayade procured the services of one Pascal Aboh to write Nigeria Law School Examination Bar Examination for her an information you know to be false for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 24 (1) b of CYBERCRIMES (PROTECTION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015.

    COUNT 2
    That you Agba Jalingo male of No 14 Oremeji Street, Ojudu Alapere Lagos on 30th June, 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did intentionally Published at your Facebook page known as Agba Jalingo that one Mrs Elizabeth Ayade procured the services of one Pascal Aboh to write Nigeria Law School Examination Bar Examination for her an information you know to be false for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 24(1) b of CYBERCRIMES (PROTECTION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015.

    To prove these counts beyond reasonable doubt, the Prosecution called three (3) witnesses, including Elizabeth Alami Ayade, the purported victim of the cyberstalking and tendered 9 documents.

    Speaking to journalist after his client was discharged and acquitted of all charges by Honourable Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja based lawyer, F. Baba Isa, said, “At the close of the prosecution case, we elected to enter a no-case submission, confident that the prosecution had failed to prove elements of the offence our client was charged with. I argued this in an over 40-page document, and the court in a well-considered ruling agreed with me and discharged and acquitted my client, bringing to a close a two-year stressful trial.”

    Efforts to reach the prosecution lawyer to find our if they will be appealing this decision of the Federal High were unfruitful as he did not take or return his calls.

  • You Think PhD Has Lost “Its Dignity” Because So Many People Are Now Getting It? Are You Kidding Me? BY FIRST BABA ISA

    You Think PhD Has Lost “Its Dignity” Because So Many People Are Now Getting It? Are You Kidding Me? BY FIRST BABA ISA

    I really think this is a joke sha.

    You think PhD has lost “its dignity” because so many people are now getting it? Are you kidding me?

    In a country of over 200 million people, how many persons have PhD? Wait first, don’t answer that one. Answer this one: trace your family tree – father and mother side- from 26th May, 1672 to date, how many persons have PhD? How many people are in your village, ward, Local Government and State… then how many have PhD?

    The truth is only a very small number of persons have been able to study up to PhD level. Very small number. Stop lying that PhD holders are everywhere just because you want to make the feat look ordinary.

    Everyone mustn’t get a PhD. No. It is not even an indispensable ingredient to succeed in life, but it is demonic to trivialise it because you don’t have it, can’t get it or not even interested in getting it. Stop that category of witchcraft, it is not good for your legacy.

    Getting a PhD is a massive achievement and those who have gotten it should be celebrated to the high heavens and inspire others to do same. There is a place to challenge them to improve society with their academic credentials but to talk down on the achievement, is a no-no.

    Please, I’m not talking about those who got “awarded” “PhD’s” in their dingy offices or rat infested houses or some rickety pictures-only conferences by phoney characters from criminal contraptions called institutions.

    Out of the blues you will just see them with a dirty looking gown smiling like retards and the next minute they are addressing themselves as “Dr” and everyone will just join the imbecilic charade instead of reporting “Dr” to the police. These ones should be rightfully denigrated.

    Finally, I want to congratulate all PhD holders, especially those who will be having their convocation tomorrow at the University of Calabar; and most especially Dr Mrs Onne Ikwen (see picture) my friend, a fine police officer, fantastic mum, kingdom lover and dear wife to my friend Eno Beké Ikwen. I’m super proud of you, Ma.

    This is what marriage or partnership should be: find her, marry her and improve her (vice versa). Don’t follow a partner who cannot improve your life.

    – F. Baba Isa (FBI).

    Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article is strictly that of the author, First Baba Isa and does not represent TheLumineNews or its agent.

  • As A Family Law Attorney, I Find These Three Situations Mind Boggling BY FIRST BABA ISA

    As A Family Law Attorney, I Find These Three Situations Mind Boggling BY FIRST BABA ISA

    As a family law attorney, you will hear things that will literally make your mind spin. At times it is the wickedness you can’t understand, other times it is the ignorance and stupidity that makes you shudder.

    For me, I find these three situations mind boggling:

    1. In 2023, people still conclude that once a couple is yet to have children, it’s the woman’s fault. Please, I’m not talking about some illiterate folks, I mean educated people still conclude that when a couple is struggling to have children, it’s the woman’s fault. No need for medical examinations, nothing, it’s the woman’s fault. Period. Jesus!

    2. If a couple has just female children, it’s the woman’s fault. I met a husband of a client once, a PhD holder, who believes this… I explain sotay I nearly nack the man headbutt. I still see the man once in a while and I don’t greet him. I was not sent to this world to greet foolish people.

    3. When a woman can’t reach orgasm, it’s the man’s fault. I think somewhere in the past, a meeting was held and someone decided to deceive men that they are solely responsible for the orgasm of women. Since then men are literally killing themselves to make women cum.

    I understand and agree fully that men have a role to play in making their women cum. I mean, wait for her, understand how she responds and help her get there. If you cum in less than 2 minutes, then there is no shame in seeking counseling and help.

    However, you are not solely responsible for her cumming. You should know when the problem is not you. Don’t go and die for nothing. If you hang in there for 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes and she has still not cum, you cum and go. Don’t go and die like a fool, you gallant brother.

    10, 15 minutes she never cum? Where she go? And she will try to blackmail you that you didn’t make her cum, that you are not a man… Emeka, you are a man! Don’t let her blackmail you. After 15 minutes, if she doesn’t cum, it’s because she doesn’t want to, doesn’t know how to or doesn’t care.

    Some women don’t care, either because they don’t know enough to care or they have been socialized to believe they shouldn’t care. Ask some of them what arouses you? What should I do to make you cum fast? Which position does the magic? She will start laughing and say “Me, I don’t know o.” You have been sexually active for 8 to 12 years and you don’t know your body enough to know what arouses you and help you cum fast? 8 to 12 years o. That’s 2 to 3 World Cup Finals! She just doesn’t care.

    You will see men drinking engine oil mixed with fura and sawdust just to make someone who doesn’t care to cum. If she cares she will hustle her own cum, she will help you, she will show you the way… no go do pass yourself. No go follow cum go o.

    Today is Sunday, if you like don’t go and hustle your salvation, be here reading about cum… if trumpet sound later na you know wetin you go tell God.

    – By First Baba Isa (FBI)

    Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article is strictly that of the author, First Baba Isa Esq, and does not represent TheLumineNews or its agent.

  • I Remember A Divorce Case I Handled Some Years Ago BY FIRST BABA ISA

    I Remember A Divorce Case I Handled Some Years Ago BY FIRST BABA ISA

     

    The Respondent, the wife, blatantly refused to show up in court or engage a lawyer; and the judge wasn’t ready to proceed without her.

    One day in court, the judge, again, refused to proceed with the matter without the woman. That we must meet with her and hold the statutory conference before she will hear the matter. I told the judge we have served her the petition and the hearing notice for today’s sitting and clearly she is not interested in defending the petition, so, we should proceed in the interest of justice.

    The judge come vex for me o. That I should do more than that. I should get her number, call her and try to see her and hold a meeting with both of them and try to settle them. E come be like say na me wan scatter their marriage.

    The judge asked the petitioner, my client, if he doesn’t want settlement, he said no. He was visibly angry, talking about how he just wants a divorce immediately and nothing else. That they are still living together and that he is just waiting for the divorce to leave the house or kick the woman out.

    Judge says I should still meet with both of them. Everybody knows that this is the point you must shout “As the Court pleases” to avoid wahala.

    After court I collected the Respondent’s phone number from my client and called her immediately. I requested to meet with her and invited her to come to my office. Madam said she is not coming anywhere, that if I want to meet with her, my client should bring me to their house.

    I went back to the office after agreeing with my client that I will come over to his house after the close of work that same day.

    I went to their house by 5pm. We sat down and starting talking about the issue. Then I got a bombshell.

    She: Did your client tell you that he is serious about that divorce?

    Me: Yes. We are in court already. He even told the judge so this morning in court. He is here now, he can tell you himself.

    She: Serious about which divorce? Is it not that court he came back from this afternoon and came and collect one doggy?

    I was totally flabbergasted. I didn’t expect that kind of raw bluntness from her. I turned to my client, he was silent and avoiding my eyes.

    Doggy? I carried my file quietly, entered my car and left.

    Like doggy? After all that heat I faced in court, you even stood there, forming anger, then you came back and collect hot doggy in the afternoon?

    What do you take lawyers for in this country? Doggy? You couldn’t even do missionary in appreciation of the lashing that judge gave me because of your divorce case, you went and did doggy. Doggy that use to sweet like wetin. 😭

    Mr Evaritus Gregory. Sir, though it is 4 years now, but I still remember. I know you will read this. I know you will laugh… from the bottom of my heart, sir, thunder fire you. 😭

    Not real name

    – By First Baba Isa (FBI)

  • Inibehe Effiong Vs CJ, Akwa Ibom State; Why Are Judges Against Recording Of Court Proceedings? BY FIRST BABA ISA

    Inibehe Effiong Vs CJ, Akwa Ibom State; Why Are Judges Against Recording Of Court Proceedings? BY FIRST BABA ISA

     

    This case of Inibehe Effiong is bringing a lot of things to the fore, a lot of things wrong with our justice system. Today, I will point out one:

    Why do judges always take offense when court proceedings are being recorded? I challenge any lawyer, judge or scholar to point me to a provision of the law or rule that prohibits litigants, lawyers, journalists or members of the public from videoing or recording court proceedings in Nigeria. (Apart from juvenile proceedings and maybe those consented to by parties).

    In fact, the Constitution provides that all court proceedings must be in public. Why do judges try to keep secret what is meant for the public?

    Inibehe’s purported contempt case might tell us why.

    The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State has released the records of proceedings in the case where she jailed the lawyer for contempt of court. Have you seen the irony this situation presents: this contempt case is between Inibehe and the CJ, and the only record the public and the Court of Appeal can rely on to determine what really transpired is the record produced by the CJ!

    Yes, I know the record of proceedings can be legally challenged and impugned, but all this drama wouldn’t be necessary if the proceedings were recorded by journalists and members of the public. How can we know the truth of what transpired in court by depending solely on the record of the judge, who is now a party in the whole saga?

    This continuous barring of members of the public from recording court proceedings has absolutely no positive side. Those who argue that allowing anyone who wants to record court proceedings to do so will lead to transparency and stem corruption and abuse of office on the bench have a salient point.

    I have read the records of proceedings and the judge wants me to believe that INIBEHE or any lawyer for that matter, will bang the table, shout and point and at a judge and say ”I will not continue…”? Hmmmm. Maybe it’s true. Maybe, Ini smoked something that day; but now that the CJ is both the offended and the judge, forgive me if I refused to take her word alone, on that record of proceedings, as final. Again, you see, this is where it would have been great to allow that Premium Times journalist she sent out to record the proceedings. But she sent him out and now wants us to believe her story as contained in the records of proceedings.

    As I said earlier, I know certainly that the records of proceedings will be challenged, but even as it is, the records of proceedings shows manifest irregularities and patent vacancies. The proper procedure for contempt in facie curia was not carried out. From where I stand the conviction for contempt is void.

    In closing we have to go back to the initial question: why are judges so uncomfortable with court proceedings being recorded? What’s going on?

    – By Firsts Baba Isa
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  • As A Property Lawyer, If You Are Not Very Careful And Disciplined, Clients Will Maltreat You To The Point Of Tempting You To Cut Corners Just To Earn Your Fees BY FIRST BABA ISA

    As A Property Lawyer, If You Are Not Very Careful And Disciplined, Clients Will Maltreat You To The Point Of Tempting You To Cut Corners Just To Earn Your Fees BY FIRST BABA ISA

     

    Most clients think that until they buy the property you don’t deserve to be paid for consultancy and doing due diligence for them. In other words, if you do due diligence for them and find out the property is not “clean” and ask them not to buy, they don’t think they owe you a fee. They will just tell you “thanks” and walk away.

    This is why some colleagues and agents don’t care about due diligence. Once a client points them to a property, they will just take a day or two, do absolutely nothing, then just report back to the client that the property is clean, the client will pay for the property and small generational curse on it, everybody will share the money and leave the client and his children’s children to deal with the wahala.

    Agents even laugh at people like us. They will say, “Barrister, all these things you are checking, just know we can’t share the money if you tell them not to buy o. You won’t see shishi.”

    And they are always right.

    I will check AGIS, check CAC to see the directors and shareholders of the company offering the land for sale; I will spend my time, money and expertise in all these and I will advise a client not to buy because of legal issues on the property, and they will say thanks and walk away. Talking about next time, when the deal click, we go do you well. Emeka, you are a bascad! Do who well, which next time?

    Mehn, I’m just tired. I have to start suing these clients for my fees, what no lawyer wants to do, since I can’t just lie to a client that a property has no issues so that he can buy and pay my fees.

    My tired is tired.

    By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)

     

    Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are strictly that of the author First Baba Isa and does not represent TheLumineNews or the organization the author works for.

  • David Umahi: Who Did You Vote For, Party Or Candidate? BY FIRST BABA ISA

    David Umahi: Who Did You Vote For, Party Or Candidate? BY FIRST BABA ISA

    DAVID UMAHI: WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR, PARTY OR CANDIDATE?

    Until the Supreme Court puts this to rest, and even long after that, this debate will rage on. My joy is that the Supreme Court is not just a Court of Law but also one of policy. The Law Lords will not just look at the law, but logic and commonsense surrounding the facts and the law.

    Who owns the votes cast at an election? Party or candidate? My answer is, both. It is a time bound political marriage of convenience. The Constitution never contemplated a divorce before the effluxion of this time.

    However, those who say the votes belong solely to the candidate even have a weaker argument. The facts of this case and the law in Faleke vs INEC doesn’t support them.

    Let’s look at another fact. Who do we vote for during an election, the candidate or party? In the 2019 Ebonyi State Gubernatorial Election, was it PDP that was voted for or it was David Umahi?

    I invite you to turn to the ballot papers used in that election to find your answer. Find attached ballot papers used in that election. Look at them very well. Have you seen it?

    When we go to vote, we go to vote for parties not candidates. Ballot papers carry the names of political parties, not candidates. Ebonyi people thumb printed beside PDP in the 2019 Gubernatorial Election. The name “David Umahi” was not on the ballot paper. The votes belong to the party.

    This is why the Certificate of Return issued to him by INEC states that: “I hereby certify that Nweze David Umahi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected to the office of Governor of Ebonyi State…” Without the PDP he is nothing, but without him, the PDP still has their votes.

    “… of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…” denotes ownership. No one, who is not “of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)”, owners of the votes counted from the ballot papers, could be Governor. Simple.

    The APC has a particular number of votes in that election; not enough to produce a Governor. It is incongruous therefore that anyone claiming to belong to them should be Governor in 2019, or anytime thereafter, before another general election. This is a mockery of our constitutional and partisan democracy.

    It shouldn’t stand.

    – By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)

     

    Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are strictly that of the author, First Baba Isa and does not represent TheLumineNews or the organization the author works for.

  • David Umahi: How Defection Invalidates His Certificate Of Return BY FIRST BABA ISA

    David Umahi: How Defection Invalidates His Certificate Of Return BY FIRST BABA ISA

    DAVID UMAHI: HOW DEFECTION INVALIDATES HIS CERTIFICATE OF RETURN

    Find attached the Certificate of Return issued to David Umahi before he was sworn in as Governor.

    Get any certificate of any Governor in Nigeria, or any elected official, let’s have this conversation; please, constantly look at the Certificate of Return as we progress.

    Section 75 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010, states that “A sealed Certificate of Return at an election in a prescribed form shall be issued within 7 days to every candidate who has won an election under this Act.” See section 72 (1) of the Electoral Act 2022.

    Without a Certificate of Return there is no evidence that a candidate won an election and he cannot be sworn into office. A Certificate of Return is the gold medal of an election; without it, you can’t lay claim to be a winner.

    Now, let’s look at the Certificate of Return issued to Umahi.

    It says: “I hereby certify that Nweze David Umahi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected to the office of Governor of Ebonyi State…”

    Did you see that?

    “Nweze David Umahi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…”

    Let’s look at the meaning of the proposition or the word “of”.

    “Of” is used in expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.

    So, the Certificate of Return made it abundantly clear that Nweze David Umahi (is a part) OF Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) (the whole)…” One cannot exist without the other in governing Ebonyi State. That’s why the Federal Government led by President Buhari is known as the APC Government. This is how it is all over the world that practise partisan democracy.

    You can never divorce your government from your political party. In fact, the president or governor is the leader of his political party at the Federal or State, respectively.

    When the people voted for you, it was your party’s manifesto, aims, objectives and proposed plans that they voted for. They saw the manifestoes of other political parties but chose yours. You are expected to implement your party’s manifesto as Governor. You can’t convince people to vote for one manifesto and then turn round to defect and adopt another one they rejected at the polls. That’s criminally dishonest.

    Back to the Certificate of Return, a new one has not and cannot be issued to David Umahi after his defection. The only Certificate of Return he holds that empowers him to be Governor of Ebonyi State, is the one that reads: “Nweze David Umahi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…”

    You cannot hold a Certificate of Return that says you are of the PDP, while you have declared publicly that you have left the PDP. By this singular action, you have invalidated the Certificate of Return, the only document that gives you the power to be Governor.

    As long as David Umahi maintains he has left the PDP, and as long as the only Certificate of Return issued to him by INEC states that: “I hereby certify that Nweze David Umahi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected to the office of Governor of Ebonyi State…”, Umahi cannot continue to be Governor.

    He might be righteous but he has destroyed his foundation. And as the Psalmist lamented in Psalm 11:3, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

    This applies to other Governors, like Ben Ayade of Cross River State, who have also decamped but holding Certificates of Return carrying the name of another political party.

    – By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)