A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging the candidature of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Natasha had on May 25, won the party’s primary election monitored by INEC, as PDP Senatorial Candidate for Kogi Central District for the 2023 general elections. The poll was, however, challenged by Adamu Atta before the Federal High Court. But Presiding Judge, Justice Peter Mallong in his judgment, dismissed the suit on the ground that it was grossly incompetent, incurably defective and strongly robbed the court of jurisdiction to entertain it. “Looking at the origin of…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, says the use of technology is crucial to the success of the fight against corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Owasanoye stated this in Abuja on Friday at the presentation of demo hacking solutions by seven innovators at the Commission’s Headquarters. The Illicit Financial Flows Hackathon is an initiative of the ICPC and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) with support of the Ford Foundation, West Africa. The demo hacking solutions are aimed at curbing corruption and IFFs in government budget and procurement processes in…
President Muhammadu Buhari says the candidature of Sen. Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is above any other politics. Buhari said this in a congratulatory message issued by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Friday in Abuja. He joined leaders and members of the APC to celebrate the former governor of Borno on his 56th birthday. The president saluted Shettima for his visionary and participatory style of leadership. Buhari, who felicitated the astute political leader and legislator, lauded him for setting a standard of resilience that had turned Borno into an example of social, economic…
Ten buildings were consumed by fire when a tanker laden with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun. A statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occurred at about 7.00am on Olambe Matogun Road, Ifo. “Though, no life was lost or anyone sustained injury, but about 10 buildings were consumed in the incident. “The situation was mitigated with most of the content spilling into the canal close to the scene. “This saved the community from serious incident that could…
The Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu is set to commence the production of vehicle parts in partnership with INNOSON Group of Companies. Minister of Science and Technology (State), Henry Ikoh disclosed this on Saturday in Enugu during an official visit to the institute. Ikoh said that the production of the motor parts was part federal government efforts to diversify Nigeria’s economy. INNOSON Group is a Nigerian firm involved in vehicle manufacturing. The minister said that Nigeria had both the manpower and resources to explore such possibility, but was not done over the years due to lack of political will. He…
An accident involving a luxury bus on Saturday at Ejule-Ochadamu road in Kogi, has injured 45 persons. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official said that the accident occurred at 8am in which 13 persons were injured. The Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, who confirmed the incident said that the accident occurred when the bus driver loss control and plunged into a nearby drainage. Dawulung said “the good thing is that our officers and men on patrol were right on time at the scene. “They took the 13 injured persons to Grimard Hospital, Ayingba and Holy Memorial…
The Emir of Gwandu in Kebbi state, Muhammadu Iliyasu-Bashar on Saturday, said that collaboration of stakeholders in the education sector was critical to curbing the menace of out-of-school children. Iliyasu-Bashar said this when a delegation from a Non-Governmental Organisation, TESS Foundation, paid him a courtesy visit at the Abdullahi Fodio Palace in Birnin Kebbi. The Emir said that the collaboration would not only reduce the number of out-of-school children but would also aid in strengthening the education sector. Iliyasu-Bashar commended the foundation for its efforts in uplifting the standard of education in Northern part of the country. He assured the…
The Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says huge opportunities in the nation’s waterways can be maximised if there are infrastructure and proper funding. The Managing Director, NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. Moghalu said this during the facility tour and commissioning of the newly acquired two patrol boats (PB-Gusau and PB-Jalingo) and a 32-seater passenger ferry boat by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, in Port Harcourt. According to him, infrastructure and funding will make the waterways attractive and competitive to players. He also said that there was need…
The Nigerian government is set to disburse the Cabottage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) to enable indigenous shipping operators to compete favourably with their foreign counterparts. The CVFF is an intervention fund created by the federal government for the development of indigenous shipping capacity. It is meant to enable indigenous shippers to maintain existing vessels or acquire new ones. Minister of Transportation, Mu-azu Sambo made the declaration about the planned disbursement of the fund when he visited the National Inland Waterways Authority, Area Office in Port Harcourt on Friday. The ministry stated on Saturday in Abuja that the minister described the…
Nigeria has been ranked second most attacked country by the Islamic State terrorist group globally, according to the data by an acclaimed global and international terrorism research group, Jihad Analytics, with Iraq being the first and Syria being the third in the world. The report which was made in its half year report spanning January to June 2022 stated that while Iraq recorded 337 terrorists attacks, Nigeria recorded 305 attacks with Syria coming third following 142 terrorists’ attacks. The analysis is coming against the backdrop of repeated claims by Nigerian government offiials that terrorists have been degraded, decimated and terrorism…