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Sanusi is still useful to the North
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A bill seeking to amend the provisions of the 1999 Constitution to preclude the federal, state and FCT High Courts from entertaining pre-election disputes emanating from elective congresses of political parties scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate yesterday. The bill, sponsored by Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), seeks to alter Section 272 of the Principal Act by inserting, after subsection (3), a new subsection (4).https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/senate-moves-to-stop-high-courts-from-entertaining-pre-election-matters.html
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*Presidency tackles Kwankwaso, says govs can remove monarchs Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/family-visits-sanusi-in-awe.html 2 Likes 3 Shares |
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Aisha Muhammadu Buhari’s foundation, Future Assured Initiative, with from Presidential Committee on Northeast and funds from Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEP) has enrolled 639 out-of-school youths for WAEC and NECO exams for free. Lead project coordinator of the Youth Educational Program (YEP), Nasir Sani disclosed this to journalists during a monitoring session of some of the out-of-school youth taking lessons in preparatory for the exams at Aliyu Mustapha Secondary School in Yola. He said the selected candidates are those who have lost hope in education due to their families’ financial background and those who have written the WAEC and NECO exams once and could not write again due to their financial status. He said the program will cover three zones—the central zone hosted in Aliyu Mustapha, Southern zone at College of Agriculture Ganye and northern zone at the Adamawa State University, Mubi. Sani said the programme, which started in 2017 with 135 out of 350 candidates ed for both WAEC and NECO, amidst poor performance. In order to change the narrative, they thought there is a problem in the teaching methods and decided to come up with a different system of using ICT so as to make learning easier with e-books installed in Tablets given to each of the 639 out-of-school youths. He said they have received much from the Adamawa state government, Ganwari Ganye and the Emir of Mubi. A beneficiary, Mariya Muhammad, who dreamed of becoming a doctor one day said the training has broadened her horizon. Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/foundation-s-639-out-of-school-youth-for-jamb-neco-in-adamawa.html |
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday re-arraigned Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, the lawyer to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, for allegedly laundering $2m during the 2019 general elections. In the three counts filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, the EFCC accused the lawyer and his younger brother, Erhunse Giwa-Osagie, of conspiring to make a cash payment of $2m without going through a financial institution. The anti-graft agency said the transaction violated provisions of Sections 18(a) and 1(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011, adding that the defendants were liable to be punished under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act. But the Giwa-Osagie brothers pleaded not guilty before Justice C.J. Aneke. They had earlier been arraigned in August last year before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the same court. Their re-arraignment yesterday followed the transfer of the case file from Justice Oweibo to Justice Aneke. Following an application by their lawyer, Ahmed Raji (SAN), Justice Aneke permitted them to continue on the bail earlier granted them by Justice Oweibo. The judge later adjourned till Monday, March 9, to rule on the lawyer’s application seeking permission to travel to London for medical appointment. Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/efcc-re-arraigns-atikus-lawyer-for-money-laundering.html |
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko has sworn in the Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem. Justice Dongban-Mensem took over from Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa who retired as the substantive President of the Court of Appeal after attaining the statutory retirement age of 70 years. Her appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari following a recommendation from the National Judicial Council (NJC). Speaking during the ceremony on Friday, Justice Muhammad described Justice Dongban-Mensem as a hardworking and seasoned jurist. “The whole world had testified that you can do it. The testimony that comes from colleagues and the generality of the public and colleagues and those of us which you met. Please continue to bear that testimony. People have good things to say about you,” he said. “I urged you to carry your colleagues along and do a lot of consultations with them, have a lot of confidence and if need be, pay them a visit to their various divisions,” the CJN stated He wished her God’s guidance and protection in her new role. Supreme Court justices at the event were Justices Bode Rhodes-Vivour; Olukayode Ariwoola; Kudirat Kekere-Ekun; Ejembi Eko; Amina Augie; Sylvester Ngwuta; Justice Uwani Abba-Aji and Paul Galunje. Governors Simeon Lanlong of Plateau State, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase were among the dignitaries present at the event. The former head of the Enugu Division of the court, graduated from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. She specialised in Criminal and Civil Procedure Law, Taxation and International Public Finance, Public International Law, Legislative Drafting, Constitutional and istrative Law and International Commercial Transactions. She received her LL.B and LL.M from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria-Nigeria and a Post Graduate Diploma from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Russel Square, London. Justice Mensem was Registrar of Plateau State High Court in 1979 and Magistrate of various grades up to Chief Magistrate between 1981 and 1990. She was Visiting Lecturer on Press Law at the Catholic Media Centre, Kaduna from 1988-1992 and Part-time Lecturer at the University of Jos between 1989 and 1997. From 1990-1993, Justice Dongban-Mensem served as Deputy Chief Registrar, Superior Courts and Protocol Affairs and was appointed Judge, High Court of Justice, Plateau Judiciary from 1993-1996. On transfer from the former, Dongban-Mensem became the Judge, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judiciary from 1997-2003. Apart from being on several s of investigation in the Plateau State Judiciary, she has performed numerous ad-hoc duties in the capacity of Secretary, Plateau State Law Report Committee, Secretary/Legal Adviser, Ad-hoc Committee on Widowhood Practices in Plateau State all in 1991 and a Pioneer Board Member/Legal Adviser, Plateau State Commission for Women from1991-1992 among several others. She was also an Advisory Committee Member for FCT Judiciary on the National Centre for State Courts International Programs Division from 2001-2002 and was Acting Presiding Justice of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal between November and December 2009. Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/justice-dongban-mensem-takes-oath-as-acting-president-court-of-appeal.html |
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Political activities in the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC have been paralysed following the suspension of its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole by a FCT High Court, Daily Trust reports. One of our correspondents who visited the office of embattled party Chief at about 12:05pm reports that workers in the office did not show up at their duty post – a development that came after scores of security operatives besieged the Secretariat to enforce the judgment of the court. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday, presided over by Justice Lewis Allagoa ordered the status quo be maintained in the matter regarding the suspension of Oshiomhole. The party chief, who had earlier called reporters for a press briefing at his private residence in Aso Drive, Abuja presented the judgement to journalists through his Chief Press Secretary, Simon Egbebulum and aborted the scheduled briefing. But in a swift reaction by the National Vice Chairman (North East), Mustapha Salihu during a press conference at the party’s National Secretariat, argued that two courts of coordinate jurisdiction cannot sit on the same matter. He said, “First of all, I want to be very brief because we have a case in court and I am a plaintiff, so, I don’t want to subjudice. But I want to tell you from my knowledge of law, two courts of coordinate jurisdiction cannot seat on appeal of an order or judgement given by each other. “A Federal High Court cannot sit on appeal of FCT High Court. The only court that has the jurisdiction to sit on an appeal is the Court of Appeal in this case and the court order of the FCT High Court was served yesterday. “Most of you have the copy of order and it is an elementary law that first in time prevails. That of Abuja High Court came earlier and we sought interlocutory injunction and there is affidavit of urgency which seeks to prevail on certain kinds of mischief which we prayed that the court should help prevail which they did so.” He added, “If you look at the main reason why that interlocutory injunction was granted, I don’t think that a Federal High Court of the same jurisdiction will now come and set it aside. We don’t need the knowledge of law to know that a High Court cannot sit on a matter of appeal in High Court. So, I don’t want to say much about the order but I want to say that it is only the Court of Appeal that can vacate this injunction. “As you can see, we are in the secretariat and we are running the affairs of the party. So, the suspension still prevails until hearing of the matter or if there is any contrary order from the Court of Appeal.” Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/oshiomholes-suspension-activities-grounded-at-apc-national-secretariat.html
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Nigeria’s debt hits N33.078trn as Senate approves Buhari’s $22.7bn loan Experts flay borrowing ‘96m Nigerians live in extreme poverty’ Nigeria’s debt profile has hit N33.078trn (108.1bn) following the Senate’s approval of a $22.7 billion (N6.923trn) loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The approval pushed up the nation’s total debt from $85.4bn (N26.047trn) accumulated as at… Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerias-debt-hits-n33-078trn-as-senate-approves-buharis-22-7bn-loan.html
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The embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed why some persons are allegedly bent on removing him from office. He disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja on Thursday. His revelation is also coming shortly after the news coming from Kano indicated that Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Kano had set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending him as the ruling party’s national chairman. The former Edo State governor, who was ordered by an FCT High Court to stop parading himself as APC National Chairman, said he met President Buhari in order to brief him on the issue. Oshiomhole, who hinted that an unnamed minister and governors were behind his travail, said that the decision to delay hearing of the case to 7th April was to enable his opponents destabilise the party. The embattled chairman alleged that those people plotting to get rid of him, because they wanted to be president in 2023, had “doubtful hold” on their state at the moment. Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-my-opponents-want-me-out-oshiomhole.html |
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A 34-year-old woman, Sherifat Shakirudeen, who allegedly assaulted her male neighbour by pouring urine on his face, on Wednesday, appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Shakirudeen is facing a charge of assault, to which she pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at about 6:00 am. on Jan. 15, at No.15, Adeseke Street, Oworonshoki area of Lagos. Osuji said the defendant assaulted the complainant, Mr Okon Bassey, by pouring urine on him. He said that the defendant and the complainant had a misunderstanding and that instead of resolving it, the former poured urine on the latter while he was preparing to go out. The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The Magistrate, Mrs M. O. Ope-Agbe, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000, with one surety in like sum. Agbe, who said that the surety must be gainfully employed, thereafter adjourned the case till March 19, for trial. (NAN) Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/woman-in-court-for-allegedly-pouring-urine-on-male-neighbour.html |
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The National Vice Chairman of the party, (North East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu has said that the suspended National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, almost caused chaos before the court ordered he stepped aside on Wednesday. Salihu, while reacting to the judgement delivered by Justice Danladi Senchi, in an interview with journalists, specifically said Oshiomhole’s order to the Spokesperson of the party, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, during one of their meetings to announce one of the aspirants to fill vacant National Secretary position nearly tore the party apart. Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-natl-vice-chair-hails-oshiomholes-suspension.html 7 Likes 2 Shares |
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Coronavirus
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Take precaution measures and backup it with prayers...that is the way to go
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The Supreme Court had on Tuesday dismissed the application seeking a review of the January 14 judgement of the court which removed former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha and declared Hope Uzodinma winner of the election. But in a dissenting judgement of the court by Justice Chima Nweze, the apex court set aside the judgement of January 14 and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Ihedioha with the certificate of return. Here are 10 excerpts in that judgement: Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-ihedioha-not-uzodinma-should-be-imo-governor-supreme-courts-dissenting-judgement.html 15 Likes |
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A former governor of Zamfara State and three-term senator of the Federal republic of Nigeria, Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima has said that he had no plan of introducing sharia law in the country if elected president come 2023. Yarima is planning to run for the office of the president of Nigeria in the next presidential election. While speaking during an interview with Daily Trust at his Abuja residence, said: “See, I did Sharia under the Nigerian constitution” “I prepared a bill, sent it to state assembly and the state assembly ed it into law because we have a homogeneous society and I did it with consultations with the Christians. Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-i-cant-introduce-sharia-in-nigeria-if-elected-president-yarima.html
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Pope Francis postponed his official appointments Friday and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of “a mild ailment”. Francis, 83, had appeared earlier in the week to be suffering from a cold. He was seen blowing his nose and coughing during the Ash Wednesday service, and his voice sounded hoarse. He celebrated morning mass as usual and greeted participants at the end, but cleared his diary of everything apart from meetings at the Saint Martha’s guest house at the Vatican he lives, chief press officer Matteo Bruni said in a statement. Bruni had said Thursday that Francis was suffering from “a mild ailment”. The decision to cancel public appointments for a second day in a row came as Italy grapples with the largest outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe, with some 650 cases and 17 deaths. The Vatican made no reference to the disease in its announcement. Francis has not previously curtailed any of his activities, which often include mingling with crowds and shaking hands. The pontiff, who lost part of a lung as a young man and suffers from sciatica, very rarely skips appointments in his busy schedule. On Sunday he is due to go on a spiritual retreat with the entire Roman Curia — the Holy See’s istrative institutions — after presiding over the weekly Angelus prayer from a window overlooking Saint Peter’s Square. (AFP) Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pope-cancels-more-official-appointments-over-cold.html |
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Bubu is working
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On January 16, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the new 64-page enhanced Electronic International port which has a 10-year validity period. Daily Trust had in November 2019 reported that many months after its launch, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) was yet to commence the issuance of the new enhanced electronic port after an initial announcement… Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/on-nigerias-new-e-port-and-us-travel-restriction.html
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A former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has said that his family are now ‘scattered’ with relatives over the seizure of his houses by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The corporation had announced the taken over of the residence and company of Alhaji Galadima, over “debts to the tune of N900 million”. Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/my-family-are-scattered-in-relatives-houses-buba-galadima.html 6 Likes 1 Share |
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