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The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, on Friday affirmed the election of Dr Richard Gbande of the PDP as member representing Katsina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency in Benue. The court dismissed the petition brought before it by Mr Solomon Wombo of the APC, who had asked that the decision of the tribunal upholding the election of Gbande be upturned. Wombo and APC had claimed that the votes by which Gbande was returned as winner of the March 9, 2019 National Assembly election were not a true reflection of what transpired on that election day. They further said that the election was…
The 22-month tension-soaked trial of Adegboyega Adenekan, a Supervisor of the Chrisland School, Victoria Garden City, Lagos State, ended on Thursday with a court verdict that he should spend 60 years in prison for defiling a two-year-old pupil of the school. Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court handed down the judgement. Forty-seven-year-old Adenekan, who was supervising the primary section of the Chrisland School at the time of the crime, was arraigned on Jan. 29, 2018. He was charged with defiling a two-year-and-11-month old child in the school and pleaded not guilty to the one-count…
The Nigerian Army says its troops have continued to raid the hideouts of criminal insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements nationwide with remarkable successes. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that one of such operations involved troops of 342 Artillery Regiment that raided a suspected kidnappers’ den at Ihie Community in Ohaji/Egbema Locl Gobernment Areaa of Imo. He said that two suspects, Umah Kingsley and Miss Chukwu Happiness, were arrested while two empty magazines and a locally fabricated gun were recovered during the operation. Iliyasu…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Commerce And Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN), has called on the Nigerian Government to be more consistent in its policy drive especially in the implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. The group in a statement by its Chairman, Mr Frederick Idehai Friday wait it was particularly pleased that the country moved 15 places better from its 2019 position in the World Bank ranking in the EASE OF DOING BUSINESS. The Chairman urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic Team to do all they could to sustain the tempo of the positive economic trajectory…
A Public Affairs Analyst, Mr Carl Umegboro has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent 15 places rise rating of Nigeria in the latest index from the World Bank. Umegboro, a lawyer and Associate, Chartered institute of Arbitrators, who gave the commendation in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said Nigeria was now ranked 131 moving up 15 places from its last ranking by the World Bank. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Word Bank Doing-Business 2020 appraisal, looked at most improved places to do business and which economies improved the most. The results revealed that the 10…
A coalition of over 200 women organizations under the aegis of More Women Campaign Group (MWCG) has commended Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State for nominating nine women out of 16 persons in his cabinet. According to them, the gesture and figure, representing 56.25 per cent would be recorded in history as the first of its kind in Nigeria as the governor has “broken the cycle of women’s exclusion in Nigeria.” While applauding the All Progressive Congress (APC) for supporting the development in the state, the women groups called on all other state governors to “imbibe the culture of equitable…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja, congratulated Gov. Nyesom Wike of River, over the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed his election. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the judgement as the final triumph of justice and the will of the people over anti-democratic forces. Ologbondiyan said that the judgment had further strengthened the confidence of the people on the integrity of the Supreme Court. He said that it had also confirmed the court readiness to correct any miscarriage of justice at lower stages of justice system, particularly electoral cases. He said that such fearless verdict…
Religious leaders in Kogi have warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies not to compromise the Nov.16 governorship election in the state. The religious leaders who gave the warning in Lokoja on Saturday during a stakeholders’ interactive session said that the rising tension in the state was an indication that all was not well among the people , INEC and security agencies, especially police. The leaders insisted that the only way to avoid violence during the election was to create a level playing ground for all candidates and for results to reflect the wish of the people.…
The Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), on Friday, graduated 141 personnel of Nigerian Army, comprising 49 officers and 92 soldiers in three major indigenous Nigerian languages. The language proficiency course in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba was conducted in collaboration with a leading study institution, Laclic Services Ltd, for a duration of two months at the centre. Each of the participants learnt two of the three languages during the period of study. Speaking at the occasion, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, represented by the Chief of Administration, Maj.-Gen. Musa Yusuf, said that his approval for the course was informed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his four-day visit to the Russian Republic extremely happy with the success of the visit, which outcome is the best response to a few skeptical audiences back home, including a toxic newspaper editorial, “Buhari, Stay On Your Job,” by the Lagos-based Punch Newspaper asking him to not travel. Based upon the results, it must be concluded that the President’s mission was fully accomplished. The definite high point was the decision by the Russians to agree to a government-to-government understanding that would see them return to complete the Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill and…