A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Anambra State, insisting that Andy Uba’s emergence as the winner was illegal. Justice Inyang Ekwo, therefore, stated that Uba’s participation in the November 6 governorship election was void. Justice Ekwo added that the plaintiff, George Moghalu, succeeded in proving that […]
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Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said the Constitution empowers the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to assent to the Electoral Bill. The lawyer, who expressed doubts that President Buhari might not assent to the Bill, wondered why he would miss the opportunity to put his signature on a […]
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The Arewa Consultative Forum has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not giving due attention to the killings happening in the northern part of the country. The group noted that Buhari and state governors had not visited the affected communities to sympathise with the victims adding that only the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, […]
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Hoodlums on Monday attacked the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, some management staff and journalists. The incident occurred at about 2:55pm during a visit to a hostel built by the school. It was learnt that the university land where the hostel was built is in dispute. When the school entourage […]
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Judge orders APC to refund Moghalu’s N22.5m fees The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified Senator Andy Uba’s participation in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election […]
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A corps member holding a ring as he knelt to ask the female soldier to marry him A civil society organisation, the Women Empowerment & Legal Aid, on Monday, asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya, to respect the decision of a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, to marry a male corps […]
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By Tunde Odesola Only three reasons could make me follow President Muhammadu Buhari and his former victim, Chief Adebisi Abdulkareem Akande, into the jungle; not the President’s false claims on security, not the news that 3,125 persons were killed and 2,703 others were abducted in the North alone, in the last 11 months. As a […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, stating that signing it into law would cause trouble among the political parties in the country. It was gathered that the letter of rejection of the bill, which is before the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, will be read on […]
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Says President’s refusal to sign the bill into law part of APC ‘conspiracy’ to deny Nigerians free fair, transparent elections in 2023 Nigerians should reject APC in 2023, but not repeat the 2015 and 2019 mistakes of voting the party into power Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has stated that the National Assembly lacks […]
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• Buhari returns, mum on the decision as Reps set to veto the bill • NASS ties passing of 2022 budget to amended electoral bill • CSOs charge NASS to override President before Christmas • Lawan: Senate will continue to support Buhari • Governors, national lawmakers in last supremacy battle The waiting game over the […]
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