Mr Uche Ugwu (PDP-Udi North) was elected 8th Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Mr Ezenta Ezeani (PDP-Igbo-Etiti East) was elected as the deputy speaker of the Assembly. The two principal officers were elected unopposed at the inauguration of the Assembly. In his inaugural speech, Ugwu, deputy speaker at the 7th Assembly expressed profound appreciation to God for making the day possible. He also appreciated his colleagues for entrusting him with the assembly leadership, promising not to disappoint them. Ugwu promised that his leadership would be fair to all members and to newly-elected lawmakers, irrespective of party…
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The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed receipt of a letter for medical leave from Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Olamide Oladiji in a statement on Tuesday in Akure, explained that the governor asked for 21-day leave for medical treatment abroad starting from June 7 to July 6. According to the letter, the speaker said the leave will be extended to July 6 due to the public holidays on June 12(Democracy Day) and Eid el Kabir on June 28 and June 29. He explained that the governor had stated in the letter that his deputy,…
Mr Peter Obi and his Labour party (LP) On Tuesday tendered more documents in evidence to the Presidential Election Petition Court. Obi and his Labour Party (LP) are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu into power Respondents are Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) president Bola Tinubu and Vice president Kashim Shettima and All Progressives Congress (APC). The documents are mainly results sheets and reports used by INEC during the presidential election . Obi through Peter Afoba, SAN tendered forms EC40GPU, EC40G1 and reports prepared by the electoral body after the election. A…
The Spanish and Brazilian football federations presented their plan on Tuesday for a friendly match at the Santiago Bernabeu in March 2024 to combat racism, after global outrage at the abuse of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. The Brazil winger, 22, suffered racial abuse by Valencia supporters in May, provoking worldwide outrage after he squared off with fans in one stand. Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales and his Brazilian counterpart Ednaldo Rodrigues revealed their plans for the game at Madrid’s stadium, alongside Spain internationals Ansu Fati and Rodrigo Moreno. “I want to announce that the match against racism between Spain and…
By Austin Okechukwu Chijioke For a very long time to come, the words of Helen Keller will re-echo in our subconscious. For emphasis, Helen Keller taught mankind to work together to achieve a lot other than going solo which renders our productivity insignificant. Other social philosophers have significantly added their voices on the need to create a synergy that works for the betterment of humans. In his contribution, Kay avvered as follows”… If you want to go far, walk together, if you want to walk fast, walk alone”. The import of the above quotes came down heavily on the current…
By George Adimabua Late on Friday, June 9, 2023, news broke that President Bola Tinubu had suspended the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Reports would emerge a few hours later that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested the suspended CBN Governor. Since the suspension and subsequent arrest of Mr. Emefiele, all manner of crimes have been ascribed to him by Nigeria’s vibrant rumour mill. Stories of his alleged crimes have inundated WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms. Conspiracy theories of how his connivance with certain unnamed officials of the immediate past…
Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, representing Zaria Federal Constituency, has been elected as the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. Abbas, won a landslide victory, polling 353 votes to defeat his arch rival, outgoing Deputy Speaker of the House, Idris Wase, who polled only three (3) votes. The outgoing Majority Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa had earlier nominated Tajudeen Abbas for the position of Speaker and was seconded by Nnolim Nnaji. PROMPT NEWS reports that Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, are the favoured candidates of the APC leadership and Presidency for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes. The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint. Hilda attempted to set a record of 100 hours, however, almost seven hours were deducted from her final total because she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, swore in senators-elect to the 10th National Assembly. The PUNCH reports Akpabio was elected President of the Senate. After a quick recess, Sani Tambuwal, the Clerk of the National Assembly, declared Akpabio as the Senate President having garnered 63 votes leaving his rival with 46 votes. (PUNCH)
The senator-elect representing Kano South, Jibrin Barau, has emerged as the Senate Deputy President unopposed. His emergence followed his nomination by the former Governor of Ebonyi State and senator-elect, David Umahi (Ebonyi South). A member-elect (Kwara North), Salisu Mustapha, supported the nomination. Barau accepted the nomination and emerged as the Deputy Senate President of the 10th Assembly unopposed.The PUNCH, on Tuesday, reports that a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, was elected President of the Senate. (PUNCH)