The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomole as a member and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ruling on the interlocutory appeal filed by Comrade Oshiomhole, the appellate court upheld the decision of the Federal Capital Territory High Court delivered by Justice Danlami Senchi which in March ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole as well as restraining him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. In a unanimous judgement in the first appeal delivered by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, the court held that the FCT High Court had…
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Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has declared his is ready for any form of primary his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) adopts. Akeredolu spoke with State House Correspondents on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Asked if he was confident of winning the party primaries, the Governor said he was sure God would give him victory. Akeredolu said he was in the State House to tell Buhari he was running for re-election and to present his Expression of Interest forms to him. Details shortly…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended the re-opening of churches, mosques indefinitely. The governor made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. He said the decision was informed by increase in index cases in Lagos. Details shortly…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it has seized a multi-million naira property belonging to the Bauchi Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed. It said the seizure was pursuant to its powers contained in Section 45 (4) (a-c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. But Mohammed cannot face trial yet because he enjoys immunity by virtue of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution. The commission, in a statement by its spokesperson, Mrs. Rasheedat A, Okoduwa (mni) however said the governor will be prosecuted after his tenure. The statement said: “The property which houses…
Heads of tertiary institutions have agreed on a minimum score of 160 for 2020/2021 admissions. They also adopted 120 for polytechnics and 100 for colleges. Speaking during the 2020 policy meeting on admissions, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said no institution is allowed to go below the minimum score pegged for admission. Based on the guidelines released by JAMB during the meeting, 2020 admissions for first choice is expected to commence in August. He said: “One of the decisions taken was that universities will have minimum score point of UTME as decided by each…
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES ONDO GOV AKEREDOLU 4A&B. President Muhammadu Buhari (M) The Ondo State Governor, H.E Rotimi Akeredolu and Chief of Staff Prof Ibrahim Gambari as he present his expression of interest for a 2nd term of office as Governor held at the State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JUNE 16 2020 PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES ONDO GOV AKEREDOLU 3. President Muhammadu Buhari (M) The Ondo State Governor, H.E Rotimi Akeredolu and Chief of Staff Prof Ibrahim Gambari as he presents his expression of interest form for a 2nd term of office as Governor held at the State House Abuja. PHOTO;…
A 19-year-old teenager, Lilian Benedict of Bwaranji ward, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, died on Sunday after giving birth to triplets. Mrs Josephine Geoffrey, Assistant Director, Nursing Services, Yola Specialists Hospital, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Tuesday in Yola. Geoffrey said that the teenager died as a result of Post Partum Haemorhrage. “She died as a result of bleeding after delivery and all the three babies are in good health condition. “Poverty and lack of early antenatal attendance also contributed to her death. “We therefore, advise parents whose young daughters are…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Borno, says it has recorded about 500 cases of sexual abuse and Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the past five months. Mrs Jummai Mshelia, NHRC’s Coordinator in the state, made the disclosure at a rally to drum support for campaign against rape and other forms of sexual abuse, on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Mshelia lamented that the commission recorded at least three cases of rape on daily basis, while dozens of such cases were under reported in the state. She decried that the spate of rape was “alarming” in the state, adding that the…
The Court of Appeal Benin has adjourned further hearing in the suit filed by two allies of Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki against the direct mode adopted for the June 22 primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the governorship race to Thursday. The suit resumed on Tuesday despite the resignation of Governor Obaseki from the party after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Working Commmittee(NWC) of APC had earlier disqualifed the Governor from the race on the ground of “defective qualifications.” The Presiding Judge, Justice Morenike Ogunwomiju, who was accompanied by Justices Sam Oseji and Moore Adumein, adjourned…
Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Council of Enugu State Hon Patrick Omeje is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday. “He reportedly took ill last week, it was malaria he complained of, nobody expected this kind of news,” a government official stated. He was among the only three past Council chairmen that were returned in the last LG polls. The family is expected to make an official statement on his death.