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Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, was captured on video attempting to defuse a heated altercation among a group of young individuals in Abuja yesterday.

Footage seen by our correspondent shows Seyi Tinubu in the midst of the confrontation, firmly gripping the head of one of the youths while engaging in a conversation.

He was surrounded by others on a street in the capital city of Abuja.

Despite the young man’s attempts to break free, Seyi Tinubu maintained his hold on him throughout the incident. The precise circumstances that led to the President’s son finding himself in this unusual situation remain unknown.

Eyewitnesses reported that his intervention played a crucial role in de-escalating the situation, preventing potential harm, and restoring order.

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A court in the United Kingdom (UK) has granted a former Nigerian minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, bail in the sum of 70,000 pounds.

Madueke, who currently lives in St John’s Wood, London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday after being charged with bribery offences amounting to 100,000 pounds following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

The District Judge, Michael Snow, granted her bail but imposed some other conditions on her after considering her ‘a flight risk’.

Alison-Madueke, aged 63, who also served as president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a key figure in the Nigerian government between 2010 and 2015.

The NCA suspects she accepted bribes during her time as Minister for Petroleum Resources in exchange for awarding multimillion-pound oil and gas contracts.

Assets worth millions of pounds relating to the alleged offences have already been frozen as part of the ongoing investigation.

In March of this year, the NCA also provided evidence to the US Department of Justice that enabled them to recover assets totaling $53.1 million linked to Alison-Madueke’s alleged corruption.

She is alleged to have benefited from at least £100,000 in cash, chauffeur-driven cars, flights on private jets, luxury holidays for her family, and the use of multiple London properties.

Alison-Madueke was arrested in London in 2015, shortly after stepping down as minister, and was charged in August with six bribery offences.

She has spent the past eight years on police bail, living in St John’s Wood, an expensive area of London.

The charges against her, read out in court, all related to events alleged to have taken place in London.

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