An Abuja Federal High Court has fixed November 1, 2022 to hear a suit which seeks to compel the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to initiate a case of perjury against the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Thursday, granted Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, a Civil Society Organization (CSO) permission to apply for an order of mandamus to compel the IGP, in line with Sections 31 and 32 of the Police Act and Section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2015, to prefer charges against Tinubu for…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary education institutions in the country on Thursday pegged the minimum cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022/2023 academic session. According to the stakeholders, the minimum cut-off mark for universities is 140 while that of polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively, were pegged at 100. These were announced at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions, presided by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja, Thursday. JAMB’s registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the cut-off after a thorough debate and votes by vice chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics and…
The Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) has said that with the former Borno state governor, Senator Kashim Shettima being unveiled as vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, Tinubu’s presidency is a done deal. Rising from an expanded meeting in Abuja Wednesday evening, the Arewa Network said it has resolved to give full backing to the Tinubu, Atiku ticket after critically assessing all the available options. A communique read by NEN Coordinator, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez said, “Nigeria needs a strong leadership that can see it through and out of its current limitations around security and the…
By Justina Auta The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) on Wednesday urged women to discourage their husbands and children from thuggery, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mrs Lami Adamu-Lau, National President of NCWS, made the call at a symposium to mark the 100 days in office of the newly inaugurated officers of the council. The theme of Adamu-Lau’s presentation was, “Transition Politics: Challenges and Prospects of Gender Inclusion in Nigeria.” She said the event was aimed at embracing the optimism of Nigeria women and an opportunity to provide an up-to-date disposition to strategise towards participatory political leadership. “Therefore,…
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, passed a bill to establish the National Social Security Commission. The bill sought to put in place a National Social Security protection funding to take care of the needs of the unemployed, old-aged and under-aged children below 18 years from broken marriages. Also covered in the bill were survivors resulting from the death of the family’s bread winner. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (NNPP – Kano), in his presentation, said the bill sought to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has predicted that the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, will win the 2023 presidential election. Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari made the prediction when he received Sen. Kashim Shettima, the running mate and vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. Shehu said the president struck a chord of humour while responding to a flowery speech by Shettima, saying, “I will respond to your speech when I am handing over to you and your boss. God willing, you…
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address delays arising from instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bello (APC-Kano) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Bello said that pursuant to Sections 2(d), 33(I)b) and 47(2) of the CBN Act, 2007, the apex bank is saddled with the duty and responsibility of promoting a sound financial system in Nigeria. According to him, the CBN via a circular dated Sept. 13, 2018 issued a regulation on instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic…
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contract worth N6 billion as augmentation for the Chochi irrigation project in Adamawa as well as N1.4billion for procurement of aviation equipment. Ministers of Water Resources and his Aviation counterpart, Sulieman Adamu and Hadi Sirika said this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Adamu said: “As you know the trend with us since the inception of this administration has been to lay emphasis on completion of ongoing projects that we inherited. “This project started in 1988 during Petroleum Trust…
By Salisu Ibrahim Democracy, as always, they say is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Democracy, thrives only when the votes of the people , and or rather the electorate absolutely count. In essence and as it is globally accepted, democracy or civilian form of leadership is the most sought after form of leadership where power belongs to the electorate. Any other form of leadership is therefore is definitely and vehemently largely despised by all well meaning citizens of their countries and indeed the whole world. In democracy, numbers also glaringly count as it…
A presidential candidate in the July 16 2022 Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) elections, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has demanded that the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) allows immediate audit of the election and sever. ASHENEWS recalls that Gadzama came second to the winner, Yakubu Maikyau, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. However, Gadzama in a statement on Wednesday, noted that in the pre-election, his agent, Andrew Madaki tested the vulnerability of the website, electionbuddy.com which was used for the conduct of the NBA National polls but found that it was susceptible to manipulation. “The report which…