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Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Kano, Thursday, set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending Mr. Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Consequently, the Judge directed the Police and the Secret Police, DSS to provide adequate security for Mr. Oshiomhole in his capacity as APC National Chairman. It is yet unclear who filed the case or whether the court has the jurisdiction to set aside the previous ruling, CHANNELS TV reports. Prompt News recalls that Justice Danlami Senchi of the FCT High Court had on Wednesday ordered Oshiomhole…

Cogent observations by the Supreme Court and the need to ensure full compliance with INEC’s rules motivated the 9th Senate’s ongoing efforts towards amending the Electoral Act, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Addressing participants at a retreat organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly on the ‘Reform of the Electoral Legal Framework’, Senator Omo-Agege who also chairs the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, gave an overview of the Bill to amend the Electoral Act, 2010 which he presented before the Senate. During the retreat which took place at Radisson Blu…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Hon. Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three (3) months, with effect from March 6, 2020, when the incumbent President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, CFR, would statutorily retire from service. Justice Mensem, who is the next most senior Judge of the Court of Appeal, will be acting pending when a substantive appointment to the position of the President of the Court of Appeal may be made by President Buhari subject to the confirmation of the…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has sought the support and partnership of the media in preventing the outbreak of Lassa fever and coronavirus in the country. The Ekiti Head of Operations of NEMA, Mr Olusegun Afolayan, who made the call at a stakeholder meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, called on residents to refrain from activities capable of causing disasters in the state. The theme of the stakeholders meeting is: “Strengthening Inter-Agency Relationship on Preparedness and Response to Emergencies in Ado-Ekiti”. Afolayan said that the agency had launched the introduction of mass messages which would help in the awareness and…

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on Thursday said that it had in the last eight years exposed about 200, 000 youths to different employability and entrepreneurial skills. ITF’s Director-General, Mr Joseph Ari, said this at the graduation ceremony of the 2019 National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP), in Awka. Ari said that the NISDP was the fund’s intervention programme to facilitate the Federal Government’s policy on wealth and job creation. Represented by Malam Suleman Ningi, ITF’s Director of Programmes in Jos, Ari said that no fewer than 11,000 youths were currently benefiting from the skills development programmes in nine states.…

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has admitted Hon. Ogundiran Israel, a former Chairman of Surulere North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ogbomoso to N10 million bail with two sureties in like sum. Israel was arraigned in connection with the death of one AbdulAzeez Isa in Ogbomoso during the crisis involving sacked local government chairmen and the caretaker chairmen appointed by Gov.Seyi Makinde. Granting the bail application on Thursday, Justice Bayo Taiwo said that the respondent’s counsel did not provide cogent reasons why bail should not be granted to the applicant. Taiwo consequently granted bail to the applicant…

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of the Bill for an Act to establish the National Electoral offences Commission. Yakubu said this on Thursday in Lagos during a retreat for members of the National Assembly on the review of the electoral legal framework. He noted that the nation could no longer afford to foot drag on this important legislation which would provide the framework for dealing with impunity and banditry in elections. “This is becoming more brazen, especially because violators of electoral laws are not effectively prosecuted.…

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has urged the six South-West governors to build independent power projects and rail system that would link all the states in the geopolitical zone. Media Aide to the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Kehinde Aderemi, said in a statement on Thursday that Adams made the call in Epe, Lagos State, during the 2020 Edition of Grandmothers’ Festival, organized by the Olokun Festival Foundation. Adams explained that uninterrupted power supply across the region would further improve commerce, tourism and drive the desired development in the six states. According to him, the issue of…

The Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the ongoing review of the Electoral Law will inject better ideas into the country’s electoral system. Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Chairman Senate Committee on INEC, made this known on Thursday in Lagos during a retreat on the Electoral Legal framework organized by INEC. “The repeal and re-enactment of the electoral bill will indeed inject better ideas into our electoral system, especially in the areas that could undermine the process of a free, fair and credible election. “It is also relevant to note that the inherent problem in our electoral process is…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday disclosed that he was forced to make adjustments to his 83rd birthday programme because of the outbreak of the coronavirus which had spread across the world. Obasanjo made the disclosure in Abeokuta while speaking at a symposium organized to celebrate his 83rd birthday. He said that the birthday ceremony was originally scheduled to hold between Tuesday and Friday, adding that the programmes for Tuesday and Wednesday were put off because some of the participants could not attend because of the coronavirus. “When we were thinking of this celebration, two programmes came to mind. “One…