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CCT orders daily proceedings in Onnoghen’s trial

March 11, 2019 10:09 pm

•Suspended CJN rejects tribunal’s chair

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has ordered that further proceedings in the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen be conducted on a day-to-day basis.

Tribunal Chairman Danladi Umar, in a bench ruling yesterday also elected to reserve, till the conclusion of the trial, decisions on applications by Justice Onnoghen, which  challenged the tribunal’s jurisdiction and another asking Umar to recuse himself from the case.

Umar cited Section 296(2)&(3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) his support to position he took.

The CCT Chairman’s decision was unexpected …

APC calls for cancellation of Abia governorship election

March 10, 2019 12:04 pm

Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) on Sunday called for the cancellation of the March 9th governorship election in the state.

APC said the call became necessary because of so many electoral anomalies including cases of snatching of ballot boxes, non use of Card Readers, thuggery and intimidation witnessed in so many LGAs in the state.

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INEC declares APC’s Abdulrazaq winner of Kwara guber poll

March 10, 2019 11:44 am

Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress has been officially declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kwara State.

Abdulrazaq polled a total of 331,546 votes out of a total of 453, 433 votes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdulrazaq Atunwa polled 114,754 votes.

9994 votes were rejected, the returning officer for the state Prof Sanusi Liman said on Sunday.

Abdulrazaq is now expected to succeed Abdulfattah Ahmed as the governor of the state on May 29.

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Peoples Democratic Party reaping the evil she sowed

March 9, 2019 8:45 pm
By MarkAnthony Nze
In as much as I condemn the maladministration of the All Progressives Congress in totality, however it is very pertinent to state here that the Peoples Democratic Party failed woefully in their sixteen years of reign.
 
It was during the reign of PDP that Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented oil boom yet what they did was never in any way commensurate to  the wealth that accrued to the country at that time.
 
Admittedly, PDP fared better than APC but we shouldn’t be in a hurry to forget that PDP set the precedence for rigging in Nigeria, and APC
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BREAKING: Kwara APC’s AbdulRazaq wins own polling unit

March 9, 2019 11:29 am

Kwara APC governorship candidate Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has won his Idigba polling unit 004 of Adewole Ward with a landslide.

AbdulRazaq polled 592 votes as against PDP’s 80, according to the official result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The APC also won the House of Assembly election with 573 votes as against PDP’s 80.

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BREAKING: Oyo: Ajimobi loses polling unit to PDP

March 9, 2019 11:19 am

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

Mr Ajimobi, who lost the National Assembly election to return to the Senate two weeks ago, cast his vote at about 1.10 pm at Oluyole Community Grammar School, Oluyole, Ibadan.

APC polled 112 while PDP polled 149 in the governorship election.

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Family of police inspector killed by soldiers wants justice

44 policemen in auto crash in Abuja

March 9, 2019 11:08 am

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed 44 of its operatives were involved in autocrash on Friday while they were on their way for election duties.

According to the Police, the accident occurred in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja.

The injured personnel attached to the Operations department of the FCT Police Command were being conveyed in one of the big Police trucks when the accident occurred.

The police said 36 of them were immediately rushed to Air force Base hospital, six to Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) hospital while two were rushed to Police hospital in Area 1, Garki …

International nurses’ verification form for New York State

March 9, 2019 2:08 am

Hello Nurses.

I was getting so many questions from Nurses about how to print out form 1 and notarize it and make payment from Nigeria. So I had to call New York state board of Professionals Nursing to enquire how you can make payment from Nigeria.

They told me that it is best to fill out online application form 1.

They only accept bank cheques from United States Banks.
So I will like to use this opportunity to inform All to fill online form 1.

You can print out Forms 2F and 3F to send to your Nursing school and …

Africa and religious gimmicks

March 9, 2019 1:54 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

The legendary and iconoclastic German philosopher and political theorist of blessed memory, Karl Marx in one of his scholastic works entitled, “A Contribution To The Critique Of Hegel’s Philosophy Of Right,” propounded that, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”

It was as if Karl Marx had Africa in mind when creating the theory. His postulation might not be completely successfully in Western world today because they are so rational and civilized in their thoughts and dealings …

R. Kelly’s interview over the allegations facing him

March 9, 2019 1:36 am

Robert Kelly, 52, simply known as R. Kelly to millions of music fans had a global audience, three Grammy awards, and sold some 75 million records. But now he is a mirror, reflecting a reckoning at the heart of the times we live in.

He is famous for the music he has given us. And he is infamous, for allegations he sexually abused women, for over two decades. Kelly vehemently denies those allegations.

The exclusive, explosive interview “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King had with him this week is part of a larger conversation America is smack in the …

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