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Tinubu: Fashola Speaks On Writing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Judgment
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Former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola has reacted to the allegations of writing the judgment set to be delivered by the judges of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal regarding the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
Fashola in his reaction through a statement released on Sunday by his media aide, Hakeem Bello described the allegations as baseless and defamatory.
It would be recalled that there had been allegations on social media that the former Minister and some others were drafting the judgment to be read by the tribunal judges in favour of President Bola Tinubu.
However, Fashola said the allegations being spread on social media are purely fake news and called on security agencies to take action against those responsible for spreading such information.
The former Minister added that he has been away from Abuja for a long period of time after leaving office and those behind the allegations are simply agents of destabilization.
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The former Lagos State Governor also revealed that he has commenced the process of filing formal petitions against the offensive tweets and online reports with the management of the microblogging site, Twitter, and the National Communications Commission (NCC).
He added that those behind the allegations may be part of a wider campaign to undermine the judiciary for their selfish gains and therefore called on security agents not to take the matter with levity but to fish out the perpetrators.
Fashola in the statement urged members of the public to disregard the false allegations and report any individuals involved in spreading such dangerous fabrications to the relevant security agencies.
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1. Valid Passport
Your passport must typically have at least six months’ validity beyond your intended stay. Some countries require blank visa pages as well, so double-check the requirements.
2. Job Offer Letter
This is one of the most important documents in your visa application. It must come from a verified employer or government-approved sponsor. The letter should include details such as your job title, salary, and terms of employment.
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3. Educational Certificates
These include your university degrees, diplomas, and any vocational qualifications relevant to the job you’re applying for. In some cases, you may need to have these credentials assessed or authenticated.
4. Proof of Work Experience
Most countries will want to see evidence of your past employment. This could include:
Reference letters from previous employers
Employment contracts
Payslips
5. Language Proficiency Test Results
If you’re going to an English-speaking country like the UK, Canada, or Australia, proof of English proficiency is often required. Commonly accepted tests include:
IELTS
TOEFL
PTE Academic
Some non-English-speaking countries may ask for proof of proficiency in their official language.
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Over 1.3 Million Return To Homes In Sudan – UN
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July 25, 2025By
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More than 1.3 million people who fled the fighting in Sudan have headed home, the United Nations said Friday, pleading for greater international aid to help returnees rebuild shattered lives.
Over a million internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in recent months, UN agencies said.
A further 320,000 refugees have crossed back into Sudan this year, mainly from neighbouring Egypt and South Sudan.
While fighting has subsided in the “pockets of relative safety” that people are beginning to return to, the situation remains highly precarious, the UN said.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The fighting has killed tens of thousands.
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The RSF lost control of the capital, Khartoum, in March and the regular army now controls Sudan’s centre, north and east.
In a joint statement, the UN’s IOM migration agency, UNHCR refugee agency and UNDP development agency called for an urgent increase in financial support to pay for the recovery as people begin to return, with humanitarian operations “massively underfunded”.
Sudan has 10 million IDPs, including 7.7 million forced from their homes by the current conflict, they said.
More than four million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
– ‘Living nightmare’ –
Sudan is “the largest humanitarian catastrophe facing our world and also the least remembered”, the IOM’s regional director Othman Belbeisi, speaking from Port Sudan, told a media briefing in Geneva.
He said 71 percent of returns had been to Al-Jazira state, with eight percent to Khartoum.
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Other returnees were mostly heading for Sennar state.
Both Al-Jazira and Sennar are located southeast of the capital.
“We expect 2.1 million to return to Khartoum by the end of this year but this will depend on many factors, especially the security situation and the ability to restore services,” Belbeisi said.
With the RSF holding nearly all of the western Darfur region, Kordofan in the south has become the war’s main battleground in recent weeks.
He said the “vicious, horrifying civil war continues to take lives with impunity”, imploring the warring factions to put down their guns.
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“The war has unleashed hell for millions and millions of ordinary people,” he said.
“Sudan is a living nightmare. The violence needs to stop.”
– ‘Massive’ UXO contamination –
After visiting Khartoum and the Egyptian border, Mamadou Dian Balde, the UNHCR’s regional refugee coordinator for the Sudan crisis, said people were coming back to destroyed public infrastructure, making rebuilding their lives extremely challenging.
Those returning from Egypt were typically coming back “empty handed”, he said, speaking from Nairobi.
READ ALSO: One Dead, Scores Injured As Mysterious Fire Hits IDPs’ Camp
Luca Renda, UNDP’s resident representative in Sudan, warned of further cholera outbreaks in Khartoum if broken services were not restored.
“What we need is for the international community to support us,” he said.
Renda said around 1,700 wells needed rehabilitating, while at least six Khartoum hospitals and at least 35 schools needed urgent repairs.
He also sounded the alarm on the “massive” amount of unexploded ordnance littering the city and the need for decontamination.
He said anti-personnel mines had also been found in at least five locations in Khartoum.
“It will take years to fully decontaminate the city,” he said, speaking from Port Sudan.
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Trump Says Hamas Doesn’t Want A Deal, ‘Want To Die’
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July 25, 2025By
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President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas did not want a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after Israel and the United States quit indirect negotiations with the Palestinian militant group.
“It was too bad. Hamas didn’t really want to make a deal. I think they want to die,” Trump said.
In Qatar, mediators had been shuttling between Israeli and Hamas delegations for more than two weeks in a bid to secure a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages after nearly two years of fighting.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government was still seeking a deal despite recalling its negotiators from Doha.
Trump blamed Hamas, saying “now we’re down to the final hostages, and they know what happens after you get the final hostages.”
The US president also dismissed the decision by France’s Emmanuel Macron to recognize a Palestinian state.
“He’s a very good guy, I like him, but that statement doesn’t carry weight,” Trump said.
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