The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday, set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Delivering judgement, the three-member panel of the court led by Justice Hamma Akawu- Barka held that the Federal High Court Umuahia had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case. This according to them was because the plaintiff, Mr Nduka Edede did not have the legal right to have filed the suit in the first place. The appellate court said that Edede did not establish any cause of action to…
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By Fadhlillah Abdallah The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the funds being used by individual politicians to purchase the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms were being withdrawn from Ministries, Agencies and Parastatals (MDAs) by serving appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Tuesday, also accused the Presidency of allegedly allowing the mass looting of public funds to corruptly create a war chest for the APC in the 2023 general elections. “Our party has information of how public funds are being withdrawn from Ministries, Agencies and Parastatals of…
… Returns nomination forms The Chairman of Blueprint Newspapers Limited and frontline gubernatorial aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger state, Mohammed Idris Malagi has said he would work from his first hour in office as Governor to achieve his agenda of a greater Niger state if given the mandate to fly the flag of his party in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Malagi who addressed the media while submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms to APC executives on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre, Abuja said his roadmap for the development of…
By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen on Tuesday, said that the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDG) could not be achieved if women were neglected. Tallen said this in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson Director, Mr Oluujimi Oyetomi in Abuja after a meeting with teams from Pathfinder International. According to her, the ministry will have made faster progress at advocacy and economic services intervention on behalf of women if it had budgetary provisions. “Dearth of financial provisions to address issues such as economic empowerment of women, Gender-mainstreaming and Sexual and Gender-based violence (SGBV) is hindering…
By Justina Auta The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) visited the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs to assess its partnership on prevention, response to violence against children by terrorist and violent extremist groups. Information about the assessment visit is in a statement signed by the ministry’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Olujimi Oyetomi on Tuesday in Abuja, after a meeting between UNODC and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr Olufunso Adebiyi and others. The UNODC team was led by Ms Alexandra Martins, the Head, Global Programme to End Violence Against Children. The assessment was programmed to be done…
By Justina Auta The Ultimate Health Management Services, an Health Management Organisation (HMO), on Tuesday engaged healthcare providers, enrollees and other stakeholders on improving healthcare insurance services in the country. The Managing Director, Ultimate Health, Mr Lekan Ewenla, during an interactive session in Abuja, reiterated his commitment towards improving healthcare insurance services for every Nigerian to access. “This is to create a formidable platform for the fertilisation and exchange of ideas and for critical stakeholders to meet to review operational issues that will enhance operations of health insurance in the country. “The HMOs by law are licensed to drive health…
The Executive Director, FCT Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), Dr Mohammed Dan-Hassan, has said that clean and safe toilets will ensure human dignity for millions of Nigerians. The director stated this on Tuesday at the ground-breaking ceremony for mass construction of public toilets across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), aimed at ending Open Defecation (ODF) in the city. He described ODF as a matter currently receiving not just national, but global attention, adding that the FCT administration through RUWASSA was determined to end the menace and promote proper hygiene. According to him, 2.4 billion people lack access to…
The Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2022, to allow ‘statutory delegates’ to participate and vote in political parties’ conventions, congresses and meetings. This followed the passage of the amendment bill on the act at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday in Abuja. The bill was sponsored by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege. Presenting the bill, Omo-Agege said that it sought to amend the provision of Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act. According to him, the provisions of the section does not provide for the participation of what is generally known as ‘statutory delegates’ in the conventions, congresses or…
Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero on Monday, distributed tractors with complete implements for free services to farmers in Kebbi Central Senatorial District. The development is coming as farmers start land clearing in preparation for this year’s wet season farming The first batch of four tractors given to Gwandu, Bunza, Jega and Aliero local governments at Labana Farms Aliero, to be managed by a committee of trustees. According to the Senator, “the tractors are to provide free service to all interested farmers in the local government regardless of their political affiliation.” He further explained that the objective of the farmers support scheme…
The Ambassador to the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi has put the trade volume between the bloc and Nigeria in 2021, at €28.7 billion. The envoy said this at the Europe Day celebration, which was held at the EU Residence in Abuja. The Europe Day is a day set aside for celebrating peace and unity among the European countries that form the EU since 1950. The theme of the 2022 Europe Day celebration is; ‘Peace, Cooperation and Unity.’ The celebration holds every May 9 after Robert Schuman Declaration which launched the European projects. Isopi said…