The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, seeking to stop his probe in an alleged N96 billion fraud. Justice Adamu Jauro who led the seven member panel of justices while delivering judgment, dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit. The apex court affirmed the judgments of the High Court of Rivers and that of the Court of Appeal which had earlier dismissed same suit for want of substance and merit. The court also asked the former minister to pay the respondents N1 million. Amaechi had approached the Supreme Court praying for an…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has granted political parties’ request for extension of deadline for the conduct of primaries by six days for the 2023 general elections. The notice to this effect is contained in a statement by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after its meeting with the leadership of political parties in Abuja, earlier on Friday. The commission recalled that the political parties at the meeting had again requested the Commission to review the timelines for primaries provided in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the conduct of the 2023…
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been accused of changing the ministerial code to help “save his skin” ahead of a new Partygate inquiry that could publish more photos and subject him to a public grilling by MPs. The prime minister faced a barrage of criticism after he amended the rules on Friday to make clear that ministers will not always be expected to resign for breaching the code of conduct. Under new sanctions, they could apologise or temporarily lose their pay instead. Johnson also blocked his independent ethics chief, Christopher Geidt, from gaining the power to launch his own…
China’s years-long lending spree in poorer countries, particularly in Africa, poses a “serious danger” that could plunge the world into the next financial crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Friday. “There is a really serious danger that the next major debt crisis in the global south will stem from loans that China has granted worldwide and doesn’t have a full overview of because there are so many players involved,” Scholz said. “That would then plunge both China and the global south into a major economic and financial crisis and, incidentally, would not leave the rest of the world unaffected, to…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The Senate Majority leader, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya at the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Kebbi state, polled zero vote and lost to the National President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Deputy Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Dr Nasir Idris. Of the total of 1,090 delegates that caste their votes, Idris polled 1,055 votes to defeat the first runner-up, Abubakar Gari Malam, who polled 35 votes and emerged the APC flag bearer. The chairman of Kebbi governorship primaries, who came from the APC National Headquarters, Abuja, Idris Yahuza Ya’akub declared…
By Justina Auta AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, has urged government and stakeholders to provide adequate sanitary facilities and free menstrual products to promote menstrual hygiene in the country. The group’s Marketing Manager in Nigeria, Mr Steve Aborisade, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja, ahead of the 2022 Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day), annually celebrated on May 28 in many countries around the globe. Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus, commonly known as the womb. Also known as menses, menstrual period, cycle or period, the menstrual blood, which is…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its position that it would not yield to the request of political parties to adjust the timetable for the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu affirmed the commission’s earlier position during a meeting with leaders of political parties under the auspices of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). According to him, the request will not be entertained in view of the line up of activities already released and published for the 2023 polls. “This meeting is convened from the request of the political parties, so this is distinct from our regular…
Former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar has emerged the Bauchi state flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election. The Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, polled 370 votes to defeat six other aspirants in the primary election held on Thursday in Buchi. Announcing the result on Friday, the Returning Officer and Chairman, APC Election Committee, Ali Birninkudu, declared Abubakar winner. He said that 1,020 delegates were accredited and 1,012 votes casted in the exercise. The returning officer said that Sen. Haliru Jika (Bauchi-Central), the runner up in the election polled 278 and Nura Manu-Soro came…
The federal government has disclosed that it is working assiduously in collaboration with relevant sectors and stakeholders to intensify surveillance in the animal population to prevent the outbreak of monkey pox in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said this in Àbuja. Abubakar said the surveillance included the point of entry for wildlife as well as creating awareness among hunting communities and the general public on prevention of the disease. He said that the ministry was working assiduously in collaboration with relevant sectors and stakeholders to intensify surveillance in the animal population and at…
The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa says a national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for Monkeypox has been activated in the country. Adetifa, who disclosed this on Friday, said the move followed a risk assessment conducted by the NCDC on Monkeypox outbreaks in multiple countries. The DG said EOC would continue to coordinate ongoing response activities in the country while contributing to the global response. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox following the outbreak of cases in the UK and US.…