Entertainment
Court adjourns Speed Darlington’s N300m suit against IGP to January 27
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, adjourned a N300 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by detained Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, against the police until January 27.
The presiding judge, Justice Musa Liman fixed the date after an application by counsel for the Inspector-General of Police, CSP Audu Garba, seeking a short date to enable him study the further affidavit served on him in the open court by Achakpo’s lawyer, Abubakar Marshal.
When the matter was called, Marshal told the court that the matter was for hearing of the substantive application for fundamental right enforcement of his client.
According to him, the police served on them their counter affidavit on Friday and that a further affidavit had also been filed in response.
However, the IGP counsel, Garba said though he filed their counter affidavit, he was yet to be served with the further affidavit.
The judge asked Marshall when the further affidavit was filed.
“It was filed this morning my lord,” he said.
With the leave of the court, Marshall served Garba with a copy of the further affidavit.
When Marshall sought to move the application, the police lawyer objected to the request.
He said he would need more time to study the further affidavit through to know whether new issues of facts and law were raised to enable him respond appropriately.
Justice Liman adjourned the matter until Januaryc27 for adoption.
In the fundamental right suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1832/2024, Speed Darlington sued I-G as sole respondent.
The artiste, who urged the court to declare that his arrest and detention violated his fundamental rights as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution, sought four orders.
In the suit filed by a human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, he sought an order ordering the I-G to immediately and unconditionally release him from detention facility where he is being kept.
Alternatively, he sought an order mandating and compelling the I-G to produce him before the court to enable the court inquire into the circumstances constituting grounds of his arrest and detention and where it deems fit, admits him to bail.
He also sought an order directing the respondent to pay the applicant the sum of three hundred million naira as general, exemplary and aggravating damages for their unlawful and continued detention since the 2024 till date.
Renowned Nigerian film and stage producer, Kayode Peters, has passed away in Canada.
His death was confirmed on Friday by his longtime colleague, comedian Steve Onu, popularly known as Yaw, who spoke to Peoples Gazette.
“Yes, he is,” Yaw responded when asked to confirm Peters’ passing.
He said, “I am still trying to speak with his brother but he is not picking.”
As of the time of reporting, the circumstances surrounding Peters’ death remain unclear.
Peters was widely known for his contributions to Nigeria’s entertainment industry, particularly in television and theatre.
He gained prominence for his work on popular stage plays and sitcoms, including Extended Family, and was the creative force behind the hit early-2000s comedy series Flatmates.
Celebrated for his influence in shaping contemporary Nigerian theatre and television, Peters leaves behind a legacy of creative excellence that inspired a generation of performers and producers.
Famous Nigerian media personality and TV host, Frank Edoho, has revealed that his second marriage has crashed.
Recall that Edoho married his second wife, Sandra Onyenuchenuya, after his first marriage to Katherine Obiang hit the rocks in 2011.
Featuring in a recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, the TV personality disclosed that he and his second wife had separated.
He explained that he did his best for the two marriages but they all failed.He said, “Maybe I’m not good at marriage, I must confess.
The two women I had been married to are not my soul mates. Love of your life is different from your soul mate.
The love of your life is the person who comes to your mind when you think of love. But your soul mate is someone who understands you even before you express yourself and you naturally align with.
“I know that I went above and beyond for the two marriages. I carried my partner… I can abandon everything for her. But you don’t blame them for falling out of love with you.
Take the footballer Kaka for example, he’s a Brazilian and he looks as handsome as an Indian.
Very handsome guy, even when he retired from football, he was still handsome. But his wife divorced him. Do you know what she said? ‘He is too good’.”
Entertainment
Tiwa Savage: “Usher is so lovely”
Tiwa Savage is widely known for her genre-blending sound and magnetic stage presence.
Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage has disclosed that American R&B star, Usher Raymond is a lovely personality.
Savage recently made this known during a chat with Rebecca Judd on Apple Music 1 during an intimate and entertaining session.
The self-acclaimed Africa’s number one bad girl reflected on her journey as one of Africa’s most influential music exports while opening up on being brought out by Usher as a surprise guest during his sold-out O2 Arena shows in London.
The ‘Somebody’s Son’ singer said, “That was the second time, the first was at Global Citizen in Ghana,” she shared.
“This one was extra special. I was so nervous, but Usher is just so lovely and professional.
”Tiwa Savage is widely known for her genre-blending sound and magnetic stage presence.
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