Students of the University of Lagos protesting the hike in their school fees said registering their grievances is unconnected to the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment in Abuja. They revealed that the protest date had long been picked before the Tribunal announced the date for the verdict. A spokesman for the protesting students, Miracle Yemo, while speaking with our correspondent said, “We fixed the date long before now. It is just a coincidence that our protest fell on the same day as the PEPT verdict.” The students are asking amongst other things for the immediate reversal of the school…
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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal said it rejected 10 out of 13 witnesses presented by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Justice Haruna Tsammani, who took over to deliver judgment on the substantive petition filed by Obi and LP, said this on Wednesday. Tsammani said Obi called 13 witnesses, who testified as PW1 to PW13, noting that of the 13 witnesses, only three witnesses whose statements are on oath, were filed along with the petition. The remaining 10 witnesses, the Justice said, were subpoenaed and their witness statements on oath were only filed after the hearing started.…
The Bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi, Rt. Revd. Nathan Inyom, on Tuesday, expressed his willingness to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in fighting corruption in the Church and nation. The Bishop made this known when he led a delegation to visit the Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Inyom expressed concern over the way and manner employed by people to oversee church resources. The cleric highlighted the issue of corruption within the church and expressed the Anglican Communion’s commitment to working…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has struck out the Allied Peoples Movement petitions against President Bola Tinubu and his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, for lack of merit. The PEPC dismissed and described APM’s case filed to nullify Tinubu’s election as “incompetent”. The court held that issues raised by the APM in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court. Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the ruling. The tribunal also dismissed the APM petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission and four others. Listed as 1st to 5th respondents are INEC,…
• Airport, bank workers ignore strike, maritime unions block Warri, Lagos ports The strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress to protest the failure of the Federal Government to provide palliatives following the fuel subsidy removal Tuesday grounded economic and commercial activities in several states but workers in Lagos, Sokoto, and Katsina states snubbed the labour action. Banks and other financial institutions and the civil service in the three states as well as Delta, Bayelsa, and Ogun did not comply with the NLC directive to shut down services as they attended to their customers. But the two-day strike, which commenced…
The Lagos State Chapter of the Labour Party has urged the judges sitting at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja to deliver judgment with utmost fairness as they set to deliver judgment today, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. It said that it was an enormous responsibility for the judges and they should deliver justice in the interest of all Nigerians who have entrusted them with their destinies to decide on the true outcome of the February 25, 2023, presidential election, adding that they (judges) should not bow to pressure or intimidation from any external bodies. The spokesperson for the party,…
Armed security operatives have cordoned off roads to Wednesday’s presidential election petition court in Abuja. Our correspondent observed three checkpoints between the Ministry of Finance Headquarters and the court’s entrance. At the entrance gate, the names of lawyers, party representatives, staff, and journalists accredited for the event were confirmed before being allowed in. Subsequently, searches were conducted on those cleared at the gate. At the court premises, security operatives were seen scanning the strategic locations for explosive devices and other dangerous weapons. At the moment, no one is allowed to assess the courtroom. Wednesday’s tribunal is expected to deliver judgment…
Some government ministries, departments and agencies in Abuja are currently shut in solidarity with the two-day nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, a news correspondent has observed. The correspondent who visited the Federal Secretariat on Tuesday morning alongside other major areas such as the popular radio house which houses some agencies under the Ministry of Information and National Orientation observed that the areas were deserted as workers decided to stay back home. Banks located in the areas surveyed were also under lock and key. Our correspondent who visited one of the major commercial banks located at the Federal…
Date: 2023-Sept- 5 🎯TOPIC: TAKING THE GRACE FOR GRANTED 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/0mCxx5d2-mA?si=hJBeEvj4VC5WZCkf ✝️ TEXT: TEXT: 1 Corinthians 10:1-31(NKJV) 10:1. Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 10:2. all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 10:3. all ate the same spiritual food, 10:4. and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 10:5. But with most of them God was not…
Ahead of his proposed trip to India to attend the G-20 summit, President Bola Tinubu has met briefly with his service chiefs for a briefing regarding their operations. The meeting, which is a routine activity at the Presidential Villa, had in attendance the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, his Navy counterpart, Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar. The meeting held behind closed doors at Aso Rock fills the President in on the general security situation in the country, including a review of areas where…