Appeal Court sacks Dauda Lawal as Zamfara Governor

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAppeal Court sacks Dauda Lawal as Zamfara Governor

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 18, 2023

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the March 18 governorship election that brought Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State to power. The governorship poll was a hard-fought contest between Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Bello Mattawale of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Lawal won the election with a total of 377,726 votes while the APC candidate polled 311,976 votes, according to official results. Matawalle, now serving as the Minister...

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Uzodimma, Diri and Ododo receive Certificates of Return from INEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUzodimma, Diri and Ododo receive Certificates of Return from INEC

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 18, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented Certificates of Return to Hope Uzodimma, Duoye Diri and Usman Ododo, Governors-elect of Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States respectively. They were elected governors of their respective states during the off-cycle governorship polls on Saturday, 11 November. INEC also presented Certificates of Return to their deputies on Friday. Ododo will be sworn in as governor of Kogi State on 27 January 2024. Diri and Uzodimma will also take...

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Outrage as Nigerian law school raises fee to N476,000

EducationNewsNigeriaOutrage as Nigerian law school raises fee to N476,000

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 18, 2023

Nigerians have expressed their deep concern over the outrageous fee new intakes of Nigerian Law School are expected to pay. A schedule of fees for the 2023/2024 session making rounds on social media shows that students are to cough up a total of N476,000. The sum caters for the students’ hostel accommodation, medical services, electricity, security services, yearbook and handbook, and a host of others. The memo on the revised fee was signed by the...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Guber: INEC presents certificates of return to governor-elect, deputy

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 17, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to the governor-elect of Kogi State, Usman Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Salifu. The certificates of return were presented at the INEC headquarters in Lokoja, the state capital on Friday, amidst jubilation by a mammoth crowd of supporters. Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had won the November 11 off-season governorship election in Kogi State with a wide margin, having polled 446,237 votes...

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Stakeholders In Search Of Peace In Taraba State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsStakeholders In Search Of Peace In Taraba State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 17, 2023

The pockets of conflicts recorded in some parts of Taraba State have necessitated  the Taraba Independent Peace Committee, in partnership with the Kuka Centre Secretariat of the National Peace Committee and UNESCO, to organize a two-day summit with the theme: “In Search of Peace, Unity, and Reconciliation among Communities in Taraba State.” Speaking at the event held at the Catholic Pastoral Centre event hall in Jalingo, Prof. Talla Ngarka, the Chairman of the Taraba State...

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One killed as police and Shiites clash during pro-Palestine protest in Kaduna

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOne killed as police and Shiites clash during pro-Palestine protest in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 17, 2023

A violent clash between police and a Shiite group protesting Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza left one person dead and several injured in Kaduna on Thursday. The protesters, members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, marched the streets of Kaduna carrying Palestinian flags and dummies of dead children in a show of solidarity with Palestine and condemnation of Israel. Chants of “Death to Israel” and “We support Palestine” oozed from the crowd. As the...

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NGO accuses FG, mining stakeholders of sidelining host communities

NewsNigeriaNGO accuses FG, mining stakeholders of sidelining host communities

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 17, 2023

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Global Rights, has accused the federal government and critical stakeholders of exploiting mining communities, including taking decisions without input from host communities. The allegation was contained in an address by the Country Director, Global Rights, Nigeria, Mrs. Abiodun Baiyewu, at 2023 West African Mining Host Communities conference, INDABA, held in Abuja. Baiyewu, noted that due to faulty governance systems, the extraction and trade of the resources found in mining communities often...

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WMA seeks stronger ethical guidance, condemns Israel-Hamas war

HealthNewsNigeriaWMA seeks stronger ethical guidance, condemns Israel-Hamas war

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 17, 2023

The World Medical Association (WMA) has advocated for a stronger ethical guidance especially in the troubling times of unending conflicts, violence against physicians, and despicable attempts by some repressive governments to undermine the fundamental freedoms, professional autonomy and clinical independence of physicians. Dr. Osahon Enabulele, the immediate past president of WMA disclosed this at the launch of Lancet Commission’s Report on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust, held in Berlin, Germany. Enabulele, who represented the WMA...

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Allegations of Misconduct, Corruption: Osun govt. tells chief justice to step aside

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAllegations of Misconduct, Corruption: Osun govt. tells chief justice to step aside

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 17, 2023

Following allegations of misconduct, abuse of power, corruption and disregard for rule of law against the State Chief Judge of Osun State, Adepele Ojo, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has approved the resolution of the State House of Assembly asking her to step aside pending investigation of all matters. In the resolution of the Osun Assembly sitting on 16th November, 2023, the House resolved that the Executive should be informed of the House resolution...

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Court of Appeal declares Zamfara guber election inconclusive

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt of Appeal declares Zamfara guber election inconclusive

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 17, 2023

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared the March 18, governorship election in Zamfara State which returned Dauda Lawal as the elected governor, inconclusive. In a judgment on Thursday, a 3- man panel of Justices of the appellate court unanimously voided and set aside the declaration of Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP as the lawfully elected governor. In a lead judgment read by Justice Sybil Nwaka Gbagi, the panel ordered that...

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