Today’s Headlines:You can’t buy Nigerians with money your govt stole from them – ADC to Tinubu;US judge says Trump’s $10 billion BBC defamation case can proceed

The Presidential Campaign Council of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday condemned the growing spectacle of the All Progressives Congress, APC, members distributing cash, gifts and food at campaign events in what appears to be an attempt to manufacture support for President Bola Tinubu.

The Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC’s Presidential Campaign Council, Phrank Shaibu, said Tinubu cannot buy Nigerians with the same money his administration stole from them.

In a statement he signed, Shaibu said: “At a time when millions of Nigerians are struggling to afford food, transport and necessities, flaunting wads of cash at political gatherings is an insult to their hardship. It exposes a ruling party that has lost the confidence of the people and is now relying on inducements to create the appearance of enthusiasm.

Nov 10 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly ​edited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out ‌Trump’s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster.

Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters ​to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The case is ​one of several Trump has filed against the news media as ⁠part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes.

Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti on Wednesday expressed condolence over the death of a former member of the Second Republic House of Representatives, Prof. Israel Olakanmi.

Olakanmi, a distinguished scholar and political scientist, was a member of the Federal House of Representatives between 1979 and 1983.

The governor, in a condolence statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode, described the deceased as an accomplished academic.

He said Olakanmi made remarkable contributions to scholarship, research and national manpower development.

Kenya has discharged its last remaining Ebola patient from hospital, with the country expected to be declared free of the disease on December 23 if no new cases emerge.

Kenyan Health Minister, Aden Duale, announced the development on Wednesday, saying “the patient had completed treatment at a Nairobi hospital.”

According to a report by DW News on Wednesday, “the final patient had 11 contacts who would also undergo a 21-day quarantine period as health authorities continue efforts to contain the outbreak.”

The Kenyan Ministry of Health said “all 135 contacts linked to the index case had been traced and monitored through strengthened surveillance and contact-tracing measures.”

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