The Joint Session of Stakeholders and Leaders of Thought of Bridgehead Market Traders Association have passed a vote of implicit confidence on Governor Chukwuma Soludo as he marks 100 days in office. In a briefing during the weekend by the Chairman and Secretary of the joint session, Chief Bonaventure Ucheagu and Sir Peter Okala, they lauded the Governor for his success in governance especially in the area of security, leadership recruitment, environmental sanitation, improvement of trade and commerce among others. They also lauded the Hon Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,…
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Alleged unlawful appointment: Lawyer asks court to remove federal character chair, secretary
A lawyer, Festus Onifade, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order, directing the Chairman and Secretary, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mrs Mueeba Dankaka and Mohammed Tukur respectively, to vacate office forthwith. Onifade, in an originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/709/2021 dated and filed July 19, 2021 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, sued five respondents in the matter.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), FCC, Dankaka and Tukur are among the respondents.The legal practitioner averred in his affidavit in support that while…
Read MoreThere’s no faction in farmers’ association – President
The newly elected President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Farouk Mudi, on Thursday, said there was no faction in the body. Mudi made the remark on Thursday when he spoke to some journalists in Abuja. It would be recalled that Mr Ibrahim, whose tenure as AFAN president expired in June 2019, has in recent times continued to parade himself as the leader of the association. He was elected into office in 2014 in accordance with Article 13 of the Constitution of the organisation which provides five-year single term…
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