Category: Politics

Governorship polls: Court to hear contempt proceedings against INEC chair Sept. 14

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An FCT High Court sitting in Bwari has fixed Sept. 14 for definite hearing of a motion seeking an order to commit the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to prison over alleged disobedience to court order. Justice Mohammed Madugu fixed the date following a committal charge which emanated from a suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/4068/2023 filed by counsel to the plaintiffs, Mr Michael Ajara. While the plaintiffs are Otunba Camaru Lateef Ogidan and Mustapha Rabiu, Chief Victor Oye and Prof. Yakubu are 1st and 2nd respondents in the…

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Suspend plans for military intervention in Niger, ex-lawmaker advises ECOWAS

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A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its chairman, President Bola Tinubu to suspend the planned invasion of Niger Republic.Uwak, in a statement in Abuja, said there was need to sustain the diplomatic channels already opened with the junta led by Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani and to agree on timelines for the return to democratic government.ECOWAS troops, in a meeting in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, had pledged their readiness to join the standby force set…

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NIGER COUP: ECOWAS ROMANCE WITH THE WEST

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By Abubakar Umar “The more money you spend on guns, the less money you spend on people! More weapons, less happiness; more guns, more misery!” Mehmet Murat Ildan The concrete ties which exist between Niger Republic and Nigeria dates back long before the colonial era especially the Northern part of Nigeria which shares a border of about 1500 kilometers with the neighboring country. Meanwhile, before the artificial borders created and imposed on Africans by the West, these are people that lived almost as one because they share common language, culture,…

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Court orders closure of police case in suit against APGA National Chairman

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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari has abruptly closed a case filed by the Nigerian Police against the National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, and another over alleged conspiracy to alter a judgment of the Supreme Court delivered by Justice Mary Peter Odili (rtd).Justice Mohammed Madugu, who gave the order due to failure of police prosector, Rinasomte Ezekiel, to produce other witnesses in court, directed Njoku and Chukwuemeka Nwoga, the defendants in the charge, to open their case.Justice Madugu observed that…

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INEC’s recognition of my leadership as AA chairman, a victory for democracy, says Omo-Aje

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The embattled National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Dr Adekunle Omo-Aje, says his recognition by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s authentic faction after several court judgments is a victory for democracy.Omo-Aje stated this on Wednesday while addressing newsmen at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.INEC, at its meeting held on June 1, approved the recognition of Dr Omo-Aje-led executive committee of the Action Alliance.In the commission’s memo marked: INEC/DE/No.164/2023 cited, the electoral umpire directed that Omo-Aje-led executive committee should be uploaded on its website.Reacting, Omo-Aje said:…

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Nnamdi Kanu suit against DSS for adoption of processes adjourned

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As Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu battles for his freedom, a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed a suit he filed against the Department of State Services (DSS) for adoption of processes. The matter was fixed for June 20 by the court registrar for adoption of applications filed by parties following the absence of Justice Binta Nyako in court. Justice Nyako was said to have gone for an official assignment. The judge had, on May 3, warned lawyers to the DSS and Kanu against truncating proceedings in…

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CJN, cog in the Wheel of Presidential Election Petition – Rights Activist

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By Alphonsus Nweze The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), Nze Emeka Umeagbalasi, has said that the Chief Justice of the Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, is the major stumbling block on the way of getting justice from the Judiciary in the on-going Presidential Election Petition in Abuja Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) dragged both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who was declared the…

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APGA Chieftain Threatens to Drag Soludo to Court Over Sack

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A chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and removed President-General of Bridgehead Market, Onitsha, Mr. Sunday Obinze, has indicated his intention to drag the Anambra State Government to Court if it fails to reinstate him to his position. In a letter to the Anambra State Government, through the Attorney General, Prof.S.N. Ifeme, Obinze’s counsel, Eto Okoye of Iloegbune Okoye Chambers, which served a pre-action notice and demanded for the immediate reinstatement of Obinze within one week of receiving the letter. But in the event the State Government failed to…

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Complaints Against INEC Over 2023 Presidential Election Valid – Enwezor

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Alphonsus Nweze A Two-time member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Chugbo Enwezor, has declared that the complaints against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last election especially the Presidential Election was valid if they failed to comply with the constitution and relevant laws. Enwezor who was the Chairman of Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary said INEC as a creation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has a duty to conduct election in accordance with the Constitution which is the grand…

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Adamawa governorship poll: Binani withdraws suit against INEC

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As events unfold, there has been different shades from the lack lustre performance of INEC in almost all its conduct of 2023 election. The one of them that has cast in indelible speck of shame is the Adamawa show of shame that has set tongues wagging even as INEC continues to distance itself from the ugly display. While the many dust raised is yet to settle, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” on Wednesday withdrew the suit filed against…

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