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Court delivers judgment in suits against Secondus, Omehia, Opara July 15

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed July 15 for judgment in three suits filed against former Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, and two others, seeking an order restraining them from attending party’s executive meetings. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after lawyers to the parties adopted their processes and argued their case for and against the suit. Three PDP members in Rivers had filed three separate suits against Secondus; sacked Governor of Rivers, Celestine Omehia, and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara. The suit…

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Court cautions Zamfara House of Assembly against impeachment of deputy governor

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, warned the Zamfara House of Assembly against plan to impeach the state’s Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau,Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning after counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gusau, Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, prayed the court to make an ordering restraining the lawmakers from carrying out their plan.Although Justice Ekwo did not specifically made the order, he held that since parties in the suit had subjected themselves to the court jurisdiction, no party should take any action until the pendency of the…

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$418m debt: Court fixes Dec. 21 to hear pending applications in 36 governors’ suit

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The last is yet to heard of the tussle between the Federal Government and the State Governors over the repayment of Paris Club fund collected by the state government. A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Dec. 21 to hear all pending applications in a suit filed by the 36 state governors over plan to deduct monies accruing to them from federation account to settle 418 million dollars judgment debt in relation to Paris Club Refund.Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the plaintiffs’…

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Nigeria Diaspora Network congratulates Anambra Governor-elect Soludo

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The Nigeria Diaspora Network (NDN) has congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)’s Candidate, Prof. Charles Soludo, in the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra on his election victory.The NDN’s Deputy Director of Finance, Mrs Vivian Iwuji, in a congratulatory massage made available in Abuja on Thursday, described the outcome of the poll as “victory for democracy and all the people of Anambra State.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NDN is an association of Nigerian professionals abroad who have come together to channel their skills and resources…

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Nov. 6 Governorship Election: Provide adequate security as promised, Archbishop Okeke tells FG

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Alphonsus Nweze The Archbishop of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev.(Dr.) Valerian Okeke, has asked the Federal Government to provide adequate security as promised for the November 6 , 2021 Governorship election. The Archbishop spoke weekend when he had an interaction with newsmen as part of his 68 years birthday, which he as usual celebrated with the inmates of Onitsha prison .He said : The Federal Government promised adequate security. I think government will fulfill their promise”.The Metropolitan, appealed to those who felt they have been aggrieved to resist the temptation…

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Onitsha-North: A sharp focus on federal allocation

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The Federal Ministry of Finance,Abuja published in the Sun newspaper of Monday Dec. 9, 2019, the distribution of revenue allocation to Local Government Council by Federation Account Committee for the month of April, 2019. In the publication, all the local councils were listed according to their States and what they got. In Anambra State, Onitsha-North Local Government Council got a total allocation of N131,307,997.32k. Breakdown: Gross Statutory Allocation is N100,577,134.91k. Deduction is 0k Exchange Gain Difference is N154,671,44k Value Added Tax is N30,576,190.97k This is just for a month. This…

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