The Kano State High Court has adjourned the trial of Aisha Ismail, who is accused of killing her co-wife’s baby, until December 3, 2026.

The case came up for hearing on Friday before Justice Aisha Mahmud at Court 24, Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano.

Ismail, a resident of Tabanni in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State, is facing a charge of culpable homicide under Section 221 of the Penal Code.

During Friday’s proceedings, the prosecution counsel, Ummi Habib Almajir, presented the third witness, Abubakar Musa, who is a nephew of the accused woman’s husband.

Musa was cross-examined by the defence counsel and answered questions about the case before the court discharged him after his testimony.

The prosecution had earlier called two witnesses to testify in the matter.

The court adjourned the case until December 3, when the prosecution is expected to present its final witness.

Ismail is accused of giving rat poison to her co-wife’s baby, resulting in the child’s death.

The allegations are yet to be determined by the court.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained the circumstances surrounding a prayer walk during which he was pictured carrying a placard, following reports linking the exercise to former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Adeboye expressed surprise at the reports, saying there was no point denying the incident. However, he faulted the account that presented the exercise as a protest against Jonathan, insisting that it took place in 2020, five years after the former president left office.

The cleric spoke during the church’s November Thanksgiving service on Sunday, where he criticised journalists for allegedly misrepresenting the incident without verifying the facts.

He explained that the exercise was a prayer walk organised to seek divine intervention over insecurity and killings in the country.

Adeboye said the church leadership had directed congregations to organise prayer walks around their respective locations, adding that he participated in the exercise in Ebute Metta, Lagos.

He maintained that the photograph was genuine but questioned the claim that it showed him protesting against Jonathan with a placard while he was president.

“But I carried the placard in 2020. Jonathan ceased to be president in 2015. I carried the placard five years in the second term of Buhari,” he said.

The RCCG leader accused a journalist of changing the context of the incident and said the report was accepted without proper investigation.

“But a journalist twisted and said I did what I did in 2015. And everybody swallowed it,” he said.

Adeboye also recalled his experience studying at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in the 1960s, where he said he learnt about investigative journalism.

He said students were encouraged to take courses outside their primary areas of study, giving them opportunities to acquire knowledge from other disciplines.

Recalling what he learnt about journalism, he said: “I remember in those days in the Department of Journalism, when you go there and you take a course, they talked about something called investigative journalism.

“That things don’t appear as they may seem. Investigate, if you have a story, before you take it to the press.”

He expressed disappointment that the journalist involved in the report allegedly failed to establish the actual date and purpose of the prayer walk.

“I’m talking to those of you in the creative industry. Nobody checked,” he said.

Adeboye also cited another incident in which he accused some media organisations of selectively reporting comments he made during an engagement with highly placed Americans over the abduction of schoolchildren in Nigeria.

He said he had spoken about the efforts being made to secure the release of the abducted children, including his belief that prayers were being answered.

According to him, he disagreed with a speaker who suggested that nothing was being done to rescue the children, explaining that he believed God had assured him that the children would survive.

Adeboye further recalled discussing the position of the United States and its president, Donald Trump, on Nigeria’s security challenges. He said his comments included an appeal for more assistance, particularly in addressing those sponsoring terrorism.

However, he alleged that a report published after the engagement focused on his statement that Nigeria’s president had done his best, while leaving out other parts of his remarks.

The cleric said he had spoken for about 30 minutes, but the report used less than five minutes of his comments, giving readers what he considered an incomplete account of the discussion.

He also said he had thanked the US president for the assistance offered but made it clear that Nigeria required further support.

Adeboye’s complaints centred on what he described as the media’s failure to provide the full context of his statements, urging journalists to investigate stories and avoid selective reporting.

He concluded his criticism with a remark directed at members of the profession: “God have mercy on journalists.”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council says the electricity pledge made by President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2023 elections was quoted out of context.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Dele Alake, spokesperson of the campaign council, said Tinubu made the pledge during a meeting with the organised private sector (OPS) in Lagos ahead of the election.

Alake said Tinubu, who was then the APC presidential candidate, spoke about how he would tackle the systemic and institutional problems that had bedevilled Nigeria’s power sector for more than five decades.

He said Tinubu specifically identified estimated billing as a major burden on households and businesses.

According to him, Tinubu promised to address the problem, alongside other challenges in the power sector, to ensure Nigerians have a stable and reliable electricity supply.

Alake quoted the president as saying: “Whichever way, by all means necessary, you will have electricity, and you will not pay for estimated bills anymore. A promise made will be a promise kept.

“If I don’t keep the promise and I come for a second term, don’t vote for me, unless I give you adequate reasons why I couldn’t deliver.”

He, however, said some recent public commentaries had reproduced the campaign promise without its concluding qualification that Tinubu would owe Nigerians an adequate explanation if he failed to deliver before seeking re-election.

The APC campaign council spokesperson argued that a fair assessment of the promise should consider the full statement alongside the administration’s record since 2023.

He said the record should be assessed against measurable improvements in electricity supply, metering, infrastructure and market stability.

Alake acknowledged that resolving the power sector crisis remained a work in progress but said the president was working consistently to fulfil his promise to Nigerians.

Listing some of the administration’s interventions in the power sector, Alake said Tinubu signed the Electricity Act, 2023, on June 9, less than two weeks after assuming office, liberalising and deregulating the sector.

He said several states, including Lagos, Enugu, Abia, Ekiti, Oyo, Kaduna and Niger, had taken advantage of the law to establish their own electricity regulatory agencies and attract private investment.

“President Tinubu took on the over N6 trillion legacy debt that had accumulated from 2015 to 2025. He started a Presidential Metering Initiative to close the over 7 million metering gap,” he said.

“In the last three years, over 1.5 million customers have been metered under the Presidential Metering Initiative

Alake said the government had also unveiled plans to modernise the Osogbo Grid Control Centre, which was built over 60 years ago, and construct an east-west super grid.

He said the administration established a N4 trillion bond programme to settle verified legacy debts owed to 21 power generating companies (Gencos) and gas companies (Gascos).

According to him, the first and second tranches of the programme had raised over N1.2 trillion to settle part of the verified debt.

Alake maintained that Tinubu had repositioned the power sector and reduced market risks for future investment, adding that the impact was becoming evident in Gencos’ investments to upgrade their power plants.

He said the president had not deviated from his commitment and would present his scorecard in the power sector as he seeks a second term, explaining to Nigerians what remained to be done.