The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Election earlier in February. The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. Earlier in September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja had nullified the victory of Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial Election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the actual winner of the February senatorial…
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The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP). Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The Bauchi governor also said that President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the police council meeting, intervened in the political and security situation unfolding in Rivers State with the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Tinubu had on Monday, June 19, 2023, appointed Egbetokun as IGP. The new IGP replaced Usman Baba, who was appointed as the IGP by former President Muhammadu Buhari on…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after the Nigeria Police Council meeting held at the Villa today. According to him, the President intervened in the political and security situation unfolding in Rivers State. The meeting of the President with the two politicians who are…
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has pledged its commitment to work with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to build the capacity of project managers in the country. The Registrar of the Institute, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, made the pledge when he led a delegation on a visit to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Mbadiwe, the institute plans to support the Ministers initiatives in the areas of human capital development, planning, delivering and monitoring the Ministry’s initiatives for national development. “We have started putting together…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday, issued certificates of Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) to 57 companies operating in Kano, for meeting set production standards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the companies are producers of fertilizer, rice and plastics, among others. SON’s Director-General, Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso-Okeke, said MANCAP has a Mandatory Product Scheme to ensure that all locally-manufactured products in the country conform to relevant Nigeria Industrial Standard (NIS) before such products are presented for sale in the market or exported. The director-general, represented by the Regional Director, Albert Wilberforce, said MANCAP is…
The newly appointed Secretary to the ICPC, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, has sought the cooperation of members of staff of the agency in the fight against corrupt practices in the country. Oparaodu made the call when he took over from Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar, the outgoing Secretary of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in Abuja. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The new secretary said that working in ICPC is a “national call that requires honesty, mutual respect and partnership to take the commission to greater heights”. He,…
A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Datijo, says that it portends great danger for the country’s democracy to have the South-East and North-Central regions not represented on the bench of the apex court. Justice Datijo stated this at his valedictory court session held to mark his retirement from the apex court bench, having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 years. The Niger State-born jurist, who spent 43 years in the judiciary, noted that with his retirement, Justices on the bench of the apex court have reduced to 10, with two regions of the country not represented.…
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Port Harcourt-based Bolt driver, Kelechi Uzor, has reported himself to the police over one Miss Elizabeth Edoukumor who has been missing since 9 October 2023. Uzor had dropped off the missing lady at Harmony Estate in Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers State on the same day she failed to return home. However, the Bolt driver who reported himself at Okporo Police Station, Rumuodara, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state in company of Prince Wiro, a human rights activist, denied culpability in the disappearance of the lady. He said he decided to voluntarily report…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says that Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court in the presidential election case has all but ended any contest, but maintained that it is not ideal for the judiciary to decide winners of elections. Falana, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, insisted that determining winners of election is an exclusive reserve of the Independent National Electoral Commission if things are done the way they should be done. “No doubt the judgment of the Supreme Court ascended the electoral contestation as far as the presidential election conducted in February this year is…
Tunde Ajaja, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Godfrey George, Ayoola Olasupo, Daniel Ayantoye, Muhammed Lawal and Daniels Igoni Govt planning national discourse on unity – Minister Jonathan visits Aso Villa, ex-VP deserves rest, says aide The Federal Government has said that in spite of Thursday’s judgment that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu, he is open to working with the major contenders in the February 25 presidential election; Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this on Friday as a sequel to Thursday’s Supreme…