All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it has directed its lawyers to appeal the Abuja Federal High Court ruling on the candidacy of the deputy-governor in the forthcoming Bayelsa November 16 election, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo.
The APC said the judgement delivered on Tuesday cannot stand the scrutiny of a superior court.
According to the publicity secretary of Bayelsa APC, Doifie Buokoribo, the court did not consider the weight of evidence before it in delivering the judgement.
The statement read in part: “The judgement occasioned a miscarriage of justice, is glaringly perverse and against the weight of evidence before the court. …
The football pitch of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium will get a major facelift with the implementation of the Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign by the ministry of youth and sports.
The youth and sports minister, Sunday Dare, announced on his social media platform that Dangote Industries owned by billionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote was partnering the ministry in the Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign.
“Many thanks to Dangote Industries and indeed Alhaji Aliko Dangote for partnering with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to restore the football pitch and score board of the Moshood Abiola National stadium. Our Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign program is on course,” Dare …
The people of Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State living in Abuja have perfected plans to give their king, the obi of Issele-Uku kingdom, Obi Agbogidi Nduka, MNSE, a befitting welcome during his planned visit to Abuja on Saturday, November 9, 2019.
The ceremony, being organised by the Issele-Uku Development Union (IDU), is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Center in Abuja.
The event is themed: “A Celebration of Culture and Royalty; A Day with our King,” His Royal Majesty, Obi Agbogidi Nduka, MNSE.
According the chairman of the Hosting Committee of the Issele-Uku …
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development was sequel to the notice given to the states by the Federal Government to recover the loan facility.
The governors, according to the meeting agenda, would deliberate on getting an update on deductions for budget support facility from the appropriate organ of government.
They were
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Wednesday that in the course of routine monitoring operations, it found dead rats, cockroaches and other pests in one of the bread factories in Abuja.
In addition to that, it said that some bakers use unclean water, cancer-causing agents and other bread improver substances, particularly potassium bromate, in order to maximise profit.
NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed the information at a sensitisation workshop for bread bakers in Abuja, said that the regulatory agency had strengthened its monitoring system to ensure strict compliance with minimum hygiene …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday departed Abuja for Sochi, Russia to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before leaving the presidential villa for onward journey to Sochi, Buhari carried out some official engagements where he was briefed by some cabinet ministers.
NAN reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage took off from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) at about 2.15 p.m.
The presidential aircraft is expected to arrive Sochi International Airport at about …
An officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who was shot during kidnappers’ onslaught on Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, has died.
The victim, Samuel Aku Attah, a Chief Superintendent Officer in the NSCDC, died at the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, where he was receiving treatment.
The 44-year-old is survived by two children and aged parents. He was shot when gunmen, dressed in military camouflage, kidnapped nine persons during a raid on the community on October 8.
Meanwhile the Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria, (ALGOVC) has concluded arrangement to hold its …
The Chief Judge (CJ) of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja , Justice Ishaq Bello, on Monday, disclosed that a total of 13,961 cases were disposed of by the court in the 2018/2019 legal year which ended last August.
Bello said out of the 30,582 caseload in the preceding year, 16,396 were fresh cases, while 14,186 were carried over from the 2017/2018 legal year.
He made the disclosure at a special court session held in commemoration of the new 2019/2020 legal year.
“In total, 13,961 were disposed; this is an indication of our ever-increasing caseload.
“From …
The wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has cautioned Nigerians on the dangers of spreading fake news in the country, say it might plunge the country into trouble.
Last week Thursday, the social media was awash with stories of her husband, getting set to marry Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq.
The wife of the president was rumoured to have returned to the country to cause an upset over the alleged affair, but was shut out by ‘Aso Rock cabal.’
Aisha gave the …
Gunmen clad in military camouflage violated the peace in Pegi resettlement community when they kidnapped nine persons during a brazing attack on the community, located in the Kuje Area Council, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Members of the community, who confirmed the attack, said the kidnappers struck about 8 p.m. on Monday night.
They disclosed that some of the kidnappers had established contact with the families of some of the kidnapped persons, demanding ₦10 million ransom.
They said that one of the kidnapped persons included a 12-year-old boy.
The kidnappers were said to have cordoned off the community …
The FCT police Command said it had set up a team to probe allegations of rape against some of its personnel.
The alleged rape was said to have occurred on April 27, 2019 when some suspected commercial sex workers were raided at Caramelo Night Club by the FCTA Joint Task Team.
Some of the commercial sex workers alleged that they were harassed, molested and assaulted by some policemen.
Following the allegation, the Command’s Deputy Spokesman, ASP Gajere Tanimu, in a statement in Abuja yesterday said the Command had sent out invitations to some individuals that may assist in the investigation.…
Some ladies, who were convicted by a mobile court for alleged prostitution, on Thursday painted gory details of how they were harassed, molested and assaulted by some men of the Nigeria Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The ladies, who narrated their ordeal to reporters in Abuja, alleged that policemen attached to Utako, Life Camp and Gwarimpa police stations in Abuja, the nation’s capital, raped and physically assaulted them in custody.
They also claimed that they were compelled to plead guilty when they were arraigned before the court on Monday by the police.
They all spoke anonymously for fear …
