The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has arrived at the venue of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as it begins hearing today. The All Progressives Congress candidate cum President-elect, Bola Tinubu, defeated Obi and other party candidates in the election. Five political parties and their candidates are respectively challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on grounds of non-compliance with the electoral laws as well as the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The PUNCH reports that the Justices who will be presiding over the various petitions that will…
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Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen’s goals fired Napoli to their third Serie A triumph after 33 years. Here, ‘TANA AIYEJINA takes a look at the grass-to-grace story of the Scudetto winner In Naples, Italy, Victor Osimhen is adored, hero-worshipped and loved. Kids line up, singing the praises of the Napoli striker on the streets of the port city, home of the latest Serie A champions. During the Naples carnival in February, the kids embodied the Nigerian’s looks, ‘blacking up’ their skins and dressing like him, wearing his trademark mask, which he wears since sustaining a facial injury in 2021. His mask…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has assured Nigerians that Friday, May 5 fire incident at the Enugu Zonal Command of the commission will not affect its operations. This assurance was given on Sunday by the Secretary to the commission, Dr. George Ekpungu, during an inspection visit to the Command. Addressing journalists after a tour of the facilities affected by the fire incident, Ekpungu expressed relief that the fire incident did not affect critical components of the work of the commission and that no life was lost during the incident. The PUNCH reports that the fire incident was said to…
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Abuja will today begin pre-hearing in the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission declared that Atiku came second with 6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with 6,101,533 votes. But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to annul Tinubu’s victory. The PUNCH had last week exclusively reported…
Five political parties and their candidates are respectively challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on grounds of non-compliance with the electoral laws as well as the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission. As the Presidential Petition Court begins preparing today, the name of the justices who will be presiding over the petition are: Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Haruna Tsammani, Justice Stephen Adah of the Court of Appeal Asaba division, Justice Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf, Court of Appeal also of Asaba Division, Justice Boloukuoromo Ugoh of Kano division, Justice Abba Mohammed of Ibadan Court of Appeal.…
The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, has commended Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for her performance during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding.” This is according to a statement issued by the Ministry in Awka. Mmesoma, a student of the Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 UTME with an aggregate score of 362. The breakdown of her score is as follows: English 98 Physics 89 Biology 94 and Chemistry 81. “This excellent feat has brought joy…
Date: 2023-May-06 🎯TOPIC: GOD OF UNIMAGINABLE MIRACLES 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/WxE2V2TdLfk ✝ TEXT: 1 Samuel 17: 48-58(NKJV) 17:48. So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 17:49. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung [it] and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 17:50. So David prevailed over the Philistine…
DISCUSSION VIDEO LINK AND STUDY GUIDE 📺 WATCH THE DISCUSSION VIDEO VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/tdVQYssxhbY GOD’S CHILDREN AS PILGRIMS TO THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM: MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S REIGN ON EARTH FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER Date: May 7, 2023 Sub Theme: Dangers on the path of Pilgrims to heavenly Kingdom 4 Topic: Moralism Text: Mark 7:1-13 Aims to introduce the concept of moralism and to expatiate on the menace of moralism on Christianity. Introduction Moralism is any philosophy with the central focus of applying moral judgements above the gospel and godly virtues. The Moralists believe that Morality is done out…
A 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, Lotanna Azuokeke, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), the founder of the school said he scored a total of 337 marks in the examination. Mathematics: 99 Chemistry: 88 Physics: 86 English: 64 Total: 337. He said: “Azụokeke broke record set by Chidera Obi who scored 329 marks to emerge overall best, five years ago. “Report shows that Azuokeke applied to study Electrical/Electronic Engineering…
The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has expressed hope that he would see the anticipated new Nigeria before he dies. Reacting to the 2023 presidential poll on Channels Television’s programme, Cardinal Onaiyekan said the election was rigged, stressing that those involved in manipulating the outcome of the elections know themselves. The 80-year-old clergy who expressed sadness over the inability of the election tribunal to decide on the petitions filed by opposition parties before the May 29 handover, said God knows those that rigged the election. He said, “I am 80, so I am not going…