Today’s Headlines: I Can Take a Bullet for Tinubu — Uba Sani; Trump Admin Sued Over Reporting Rules

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has declared his readiness to defend President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, insisting that his support for the president is based on conviction despite public discontent over economic hardship.

“I have no apology supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and I will continue to support him till the last minute,” the governor said during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics programme on Tuesday.

Asked whether he was prepared to take a political bullet for the president, Sani said he was confident he would eventually be vindicated for his position.

“I can tell you today, tomorrow, and next tomorrow, that I will be vindicated,” he said.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued, opens new tab President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements established under a 2021 law ​aimed at combating illicit finance.

The Trump administration in August finalized a rule exempting ‌US companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit, rolling back reporting requirements established under the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act.

In their lawsuit, the coalition of ​mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal court to overturn the rule, which was ​part of a broader push by the Trump administration to curtail ⁠anti-corruption efforts.

“The executive branch cannot repeal a law by rulemaking. That fundamental principle resolves ​this case,” said the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District ​of Oregon.

The lawsuit said that the Trump administration effectively gutted the 2021 law by exempting more than 99.9% of companies originally required to disclose information about their owners.

Four persons died and seven others sustained injuries in three separate road accidents in Lagos on Wednesday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said.

The ​‌‌⁠‌‍⁠⁠‍‌‌⁠​​‍​​‌​agency said the fatal accident occurred at Berger Bridge, inward Eleko, along the Ibeju-Lekki Expressway, involving an articulated truck conveying a 20-foot container and an interstate Toyota Hiace bus.

LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incidents in a statement made available on Wednesday in Lagos.

Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency received a distress call and immediately activated its response team from Epe Base to the scene.

According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that the truck was ascending the bridge at excessive speed when it collided with the bus.

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The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 50-year-old pastor, Ambros Mark, over the alleged sexual defilement of two underage girls, aged 13 and 14, in Yenagoa, the state capital.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, said the suspect had reportedly confessed to the offence, adding that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, had directed the transfer of the case and suspect to the state police headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.

Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent during a telephone interview, said the Divisional Police Officer of the ‘A’ Division acted promptly after receiving the complaint.

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