The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, told the election petition tribunal sitting in Enugu on Friday that he will call 36 witnesses to testify against Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party to prove his certificate forgery. Mbah, who was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, is facing a mounting challenge from the Labour Party candidate, Edeoga, over his alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate presented to the electoral umpire. Edoga is praying the tribunal disqualify…
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A businessman Mr Chuka Emmanuel has dragged his wife, Jane before a Customary Court in jikwoyi Abuja, for alleged secret marriage. Chuka the petitioner in his divorce petition, said:” my wife moved out of our house without informing me. I later found her new location, when I got there I realize that she had married another man and already has a baby for him. “It is on this grounds that I seek to dissolve the marriage between us,” he said. He told the court that his wife left him and their three children since 2020. “I have been the one taking…
The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the DSS has been ordered to immediately grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, unrestricted access to his lawyers and family members as it is within his constitutional right. Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening. The order came from Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at Maitama Abuja on Friday, following an application by J.B. Daudu SAN, counsel to Emefiele. He informed the court…
***IGP remains in office, says court The Federal High Court in Awka has set aside its sack order on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. The court upheld the right of Alkali to fair hearing as enshrined in Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution which was not guaranteed by the plaintiff in his application. It said it was convinced by the depositions of the court bailiff that the IGP was not served the originating summons. Justice Fatun Riman reversed the court’s earlier judgment following an application by IGP’s counsel, Abdullahi Abdulhakeem Ago against a previous ruling in favour of…
Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, June 15, 2023, convicted a former member of the House of Representatives, Mansur Ali Mashi on eight counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. Mashi, who represented Mashi Dutsi federal constituency, was convicted alongside three bank officials: Abdulmumini Mustapha, Shehu Aliyu and Muazu Abdu in a trial that lasted 12 years. Mashi was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for using fictitious companies to fraudulently obtain a loan facility to the tune of N212,439,552 (Two Hundred and Twelve Million, Four Hundred and Thirty-nine Thousand, Five…
Head Coach Randy Waldrum has listed European Cup winner Asisat Oshoala, dainty attacking midfielder Rasheedat Ajibade and history-making captain Onome Ebi in his list of 23 Super Falcons for this year’s FIFA World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand. There is also first choice goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, as well as defenders Osinachi Ohale and Oluwatosin Demehin, midfielders Halimatu Ayinde and Christy Ucheibe, and forwards Esther Okoronkwo and Desire Oparanozie. Nigeria will play Canada, co-host nation Australia and the Republic of Ireland in that order at the biggest-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in history, with 32 teams set to…
By: Adeboye Ado, AKURE A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State, Adeyeri Kunle has dumped the party and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyeri joined the ruling party at the state Secretariat in Akure, the state capital on Friday. Adeyeri, who left the party for Labour Party (LP) a couple of months to the last general elections, noted that the firm stance of the President revealed how poised and determined he is to revamp the nation’s bartered economy. He said: “I want to thank his Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his firm stance aimed at…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Management of Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) led by the Director, Development Control at the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mukhtar Galadima mni, on Thursday visited the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) headquarters in Abuja. The team was received by the Commissioner for Insurance/CEO, Olorundare Sunday Thomas, and his Management team. The purpose of the visit was to explore areas of collaborations in order to enforce compliance by building developers and Occupiers of Public Buildings with sections 64 & 65 of the Insurance Act 2003. The two Agencies have setup a Joint Committee to work out the…
By Andrew Abah, Abuja Federal Capital Teritory Football Association Chairman, Mohammed Mouktar Adam has described Bwari Township Stadium as a world class with modern day sporting facilities capable of hosting both CAF and FIFA competitions. The former NFF Presidential aspirant who is seeking second term in office as FCT FA Football boss while speaking to Journalists at the NFF Secretariat revealed that part of the meeting with NFF President is to seek approval to formally inspect the stadium , noting that already the stadium is used by the organisers of Nationwide and National leagues. He said Bwari Township Stadium was…
ByAndrew Abah, Abuja The Chairman of FCT FA, Mohammed Mouktar Adam has warned the Super Eagles not to underrate the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in their nation’s cup qualifier bill for Sunday at Samuel Doe Stadium ,Monrovia. Mouktar made this remark while chanting with Journalists at the NFF Secretariat after his meeting with the Federation’s President Ibrahim Musa Gusau, stating that Nigeria parades known foreign based players that can stand test of time any hour they are called to duty, adding though in modern day football no country is a push over. He said the super eagles must take…