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Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has hailed the judgment of the National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal, which annulled the election of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu. In a statement issued by Dr. Ndubusi Eke, the Director-General of Ohuabunwa’s “Follow Better” Campaign Organisation, in Umuahia on Wednesday, Ohuabunwa described the judgment as “a triumph of justice and democracy in Nigeria.” He said that the judiciary had once again justified itself as the last hope of the common man, pointing out that he went to the tribunal “to get justice”. He said the judgment further demonstrated that “truth…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has struck out the argument by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar was not qualified to contest the last presidential election because he is allegedly not a Nigerian by birth. In its 6th ruling on Wednesday, the tribunal said its power does not include determining the qualification of a petitioner in an election dispute. It said its powers was to determine whether a person elected to the office of the President was validly elected and not to query the qualification of the petitioners to…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed two ammunition–laden gun trucks in Northern Borno, belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Daramola said the trucks were destroyed by the Air Task Force (ATF) of the Operation Lafiya Dole. He explained that the NAF’s Alpha Jet aircraft on reconnaissance mission along the Gudumbali-Zari-Garunda axis spotted the ISWAP gun trucks emerging from Jumaacheri settlement heading towards Garunda. “The attack aircraft tracked the two gun trucks as they attempted to evade detection by…

A Psychiatrist, Dr Moses Effiong, has advocated the introduction of mental health education into the nation’s academic curriculum. Effiong, a Consultant at Salem Hospital, Warri in Delta, told Newsmen in Warri on Wednesday, that the step, if taken, would help to increase awareness on mental illness. He said that poor awareness was responsible for the delay in reporting mental illness cases for medical attention. According to him, the problem can be cured permanently if reported early while only very few cases could be managed as against the belief that the ailment was incurable. The psychiatrist dismissed insinuations that mental illness…

INEC had relied on Paragraphs 4(5) and 53(5) of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act and urged the tribunal to strike out the list of witnesses and evidence that were attached to Atiku’s petition, insisting that it was not validly signed by a legal practitioner. It contended that the name on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, seal that Atiku’s lawyer, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, affixed on the petition dated March 18, deferred with the name he filled in the Supreme Court roll for lawyers. However, the tribunal said it was satisfied that Atiku’s lawyer was validly called to the…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, citing TraderMoni as a vote buying strategy. In a unanimous ruling by the five judges, the tribunal ruled that the Federal Government empowerment programme promoted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is not vote buying. TraderMoni is one of the National Social Investment Programmes of the Buhari administration that empowers petty traders with N10,000 to boost their business and improve financial inclusion across the country. READ: Buhari to deliver four FIDs by end of Q4 Justice Mohammed Garba, Chairman of the…

Mr Yusuf Gagdi, representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal constituency in the House of Representatives has dedicated his victory at the tribunal to God and the people of his constituency. Gagdi, who was elected on the platform  of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),  reports that the National Assembly Election Tribunal on Tuesday, upheld the election of Gagdi as the duly elected, representative of the constituency. Mr Timothy Golu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House had…

The Federal Government says it has plans to deliver Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) on at least four key projects within the nation’s oil and gas industry by the end of last quarter of 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this during the ongoing 24th World Energy Congress (WEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. A statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, however, said the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipreye Sylva, represented the President at the congress. Buhari said his vision was to bequeath a…

Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs Maryam Uwais, says the Federal Government is in the process of  building a National Social Register (NSR) for a reliable database of poor and vulnerable households across the country. Uwais disclosed this in a statement by Justice Bibiye, Communications Manager, National Social Investment Office (NSIO), on Tuesday in Abuja. The presidential aide delivered the keynote address at the 14th Anti-corruption situation room forum organised by the Human Environment Development Agenda (HEDA) in Maiduguri, Borno State. According to Uwais, the NSR can be desegregated into age, gender, disability, educational levels, among others…

The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport. Buhari is the Senator representing Oyo North in the senate. The judgement, which was read by Justice Sambo Daka, on the petition, marked EPT/OY/SEN/09/2019,  stated that the petitioners Mulikat Adeola-Akande and her party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed to prove their petition beyond a reasonable doubt. READ: [LIVE UPDATES] Buhari vs Atiku: Tribunal decides on 2019 election Also among the panel were Justice Anthony Akpovi (Chairman) and Justice Chinyere Ani. The panel also awarded a cost of…