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Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss all four appeals filed by the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ademola Adeleke challenging his victory in the 2018 Osun Governorship election. Adeleke had approached the apex court with appeals, marked: SC/553/2019; SC/554/2019; SC/555/2019 and SC/556/2019 aimed at upturning Oyetola’s declaration as winner of the election by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammad Tanko, leading six other justices fixed July 5 to deliver judgment on the appeal. Tanko gave the date after Counsel…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it will make shocking revelations about the 2019 general elections, according to Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi. He spoke while receiving Head of European Union, EU election observers, Maria Arena, in Abuja. A statement signed by the Personal Assistant to Deputy National Chairman (South) Mr Agbetuyi Anthony, said Akinwonmi represented the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. The opposition party told the European Union Election Observation Mission that it has lost confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process. The party lamented that what transpired in the 2019 polls was a mockery of democracy where the…

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has denied a Freedom of Information request demanding specific details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents and state governors since 1999, arguing that: “producing such information would amount to an invasion of privacy of presidents and state governors. Asset declaration form is private information.” CCB’s response followed FOI request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in April addressed to Dr. Muhammed Isah, Chairman, CCB, urging him to: “provide information on asset declarations by successive presidents and state governors between 1999 and 2019, including details of declarations made immediately after taking…

-Over delay in Nigerian passport collection. PRESS RELEASE *Dabiri-Erewa condemns destruction of Vehicles at the Nigerian embassy in London* Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has described the attitude of a 32-year old Nigerian, Jeffrey Apkovweta Ewohime who destroyed several properties of the Nigerian embassy in London as despicable and condemnable. In a statement by her media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said that such an attitude was unpatriotic, and an unconscionable act of indiscipline Dabiri-Erewa said she received a report that Emohime went to the Nigeria Embasy in London on Monday, He had approached the Embassy to collect…

Indian and African Journalists can apply to report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification COP 14 in New Delhi, India. *Please click “Apply Now” to access the application. The deadline is June 23rd, 2019 at 5pm IST. Contact info.ejn@internews.org with any questions.* INTERNEWS’ EARTH JOURNALISM NETWORK IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW SELECTED JOURNALISTS TO ATTEND AND COVER THE 14TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP 14) TO THE UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD) TAKING PLACE IN NEW DELHI, INDIA, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, 2019. The UNCCD COP14 will be a key gathering to review progress made to control and reverse…

President Muhammadu Buhari mourns the loss of iconic journalist, Kola Animashaun, who died at the age of 79. On behalf of the Federal Government, the President offers deepest condolences to the Animasaun family and friends, including the management of Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard Newspapers, where the late veteran newsman spent many years as a formidable columnist. The President also commiserates with the Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors on the demise of one of the country’s most trusted and respected columnists. President Buhari believes that Alhaji Animasaun will be long remembered and honoured for…

This world is a complex web of mysteries and as human beings, we must be extra vigilant while dealing with people. Don’t trust anybody to the extreme. This universe is more spiritual than physical and many dark forces control this world. That’s the bitter truth. It appears we have many wicked people in this world more than the good people if we consider many strange incidents around us today. I will come back to social media wickedness, let me just focus on real-life scenarios. Scene 1: A young Nigerian man studied Pharmacy in one of the popular universities in SW…

ANA President Denja Abdullahi is yet to pay 18-year-old student the N100,000 Prize Money He Won, despite appeals from teachers and concerned Nigerians. In October 2018, at the prize ceremony at Preston Hotel, Ikeja, 18-year-old Nigerian writer Ernest O. Ògúnyemí was announced the winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)NECO/Teen Prize for Prose, for his 60-page collection of stories. The prize money was N100,000, and he had travelled from Abeokuta to Lagos to attend the event. This young man received a plaque and a bag containing a copy of ANA’s annual publication, ANA Review, with assurance from the Association’s President Denja…

By Senator Babafemi Ojudu He was in court that day on one of his many legal crusade against the government of General Ibrahim Babangida. It was 1990. From the court premises he was snatched by the hordes of security men who had come to take him away. It is not unusual for Chief Gani Fawehinmi , the late Nigerian scourge of dictatorshipsto be so arrested. The only difference this day was that no one knew where he was taken to. It took two or three days before information trickled in that he was driven at break neck speed to the Air…

(Partial Book Review) by Dare Lasisi. The Nobel prize-winner brilliantly wrote this evergreen memoir with the pen of a prolific writer and erudite dramatist as he momentarily dragged his readers to some of his best kept secrets. Soyinka clearly explained how Uncle Bola Ige’s fluency in Hausa language miraculously saved the duo from painful death in the hands of drunk ‘Kill and go’ soldiers after the 1966 coup in Ikoyi Lagos. Bros Kongi also went down the memory lane of his personal grudges with the former President Olusegun Obasanjo which dated back as far as 1965. This memoir may not…