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Zenith Bank Re-affirms Commitment To Sports In 2020

January 8, 2020 7:46 pm

Zenith Bank on Monday restated its commitment to the development of sports in Nigeria with a pledge to maintain its leadership position in this direction.

The bank’s Group Managing Director, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, who stated this, stressed that in the New Year (2020), the outfit would continue in its great support for sports in the country.

Onyeagwu who laid more emphasis on the fact that the bank was proud of the role played in the development of sports in Nigeria over the years, especially in the year 2019.

The bank which is in its 16th year of sponsorship of the Women’s …

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Appeal Court Affirms Ihedioha’s Election As Imo Governor

November 19, 2019 3:09 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday upheld the election of Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State.

The five-member panel in separate judgments dismissed the three appeals filed by the Action Alliance and its governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, All Progressive Congress and its governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma and that of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Ifeanyi Ararume.

While that of the AA and APGA were dismissed in a unanimous judgment, that of APC was dismissed in a four-to-one split judgment.

The appellate court held that the appellants failed to establish corrupt malpractices, non compliance with the electoral …

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Just In: Appeal Court Affirms Okowa’s Election

November 15, 2019 8:02 am

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday, dismissed the appeal filed by candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Great Ogboru against the election of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta State.

A five man panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, dismissed the appeal on the grounds that it was “completely devoid of merit”.

The court accordingly upheld the decision of the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed the declaration of Okowa as lawful winner of the March 9 governorship election in Delta State.

Ogboru and his party, APC had approached …

Appeal Court Affirms Sanwo-Olu’s Election

November 9, 2019 4:21 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Saturday, upheld the election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the five-man panel in two separate judgments, upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the March 9 poll and dismissed the appeal by governorship candidates of Labour Party (LP) and Alliance for Democracy (AD).

The two parties and their candidates had appealed the Sep. 23 judgment of the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal which upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory.

The appellate court in both judgments upheld the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal that the appellants failed to …

Court Of Appeal Affirms Okorocha’s Victory

November 7, 2019 5:11 pm

A Court of Appeal Court sitting in Owerri on Thursday upheld the election of Owelle Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as senator representing Imo West Senatorial District.

The Chairman of the panel, Justice R.A. Ada, said that the appeals by Senators Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Jones Onyereri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Okorocha lacked merit.

Ada however, reaffirmed the judgement of the State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which upheld Okorocha’s election, adding that it was in order.

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Appeal Court Affirms El-Rufai’s Election

Appeal Court Affirms El-Rufai’s Election

November 7, 2019 10:57 am

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has upheld the election of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state.

The court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Olumuyiwa Aburu in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Isah Ashiru, affirmed the judgement of the election petition tribunal, which upheld el-Rufai as winner of the March 9, 2019, governorship election.

The PDP and its candidate had filed the appeal, challenging the judgment of the tribunal which affirmed the declaration of El-Rufai by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the election.

Ashiru had asked …

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Tribunal Affirms Wike, Dismisses Petitions By AAC, ADP

October 7, 2019 5:32 am
Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal has affirmed the re-election of Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike following the dismissal of the petition filed by the defeated African Action Congress (AAC) Governorship Candidate,  Biokpomabo Awara seeking the nullification of the March 9, Rivers State Governorship Election.
Also on Saturday,  the Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the defeated Action Democratic Party (ADP) Governorship Candidate,  Mr. Victor Fingesi against the election of Governor Wike.
“We affirm the election of Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as duly conducted “, the Tribunal declared.
The Tribunal declared that both petitioners failed to prove their petitions beyond reasonable
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Tribunal affirms Abaribe’s mandate

Tribunal affirms Abaribe’s mandate

September 18, 2019 11:54 am
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Wednesday survived a legal challenge of his victory in the 2019 senatorial election for Abia South district as the National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal (panel 1) sitting in Umuahia affirmed his fourth term mandate.
Abaribe was declared winner of the February 23, 2019 poll but his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chris Nkwonta, was dissatisfied with the outcome of the poll and filed a petition at the tribunal seeking to nullify Abaribe’s mandate.
But in a unanimous judgment read by a member of the
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S&P affirms Access Bank’s ratings

March 28, 2019 10:02 pm

Following the merger between Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank, one of the global rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s (S&P), Thursday announced that it has discontinued its ‘CCC+/C’ long- and short-term issuer credit ratings and its ‘ngBB/ngB’ Nigeria national scale ratings on Diamond Bank.

At the same time, it affirmed the ‘B/B’ long- and short-term issuer credit ratings and ‘ngA/ngA-1’ Nigeria national scale ratings on Access Bank and assigned the bank a stable outlook.

According to S&P, the affirmation of its ‘B/B’ ratings on Access Bank was based on its view that short-term acquisition risks were likely to be offset …

CCT chairman reports only to the Presidency, NBA affirms

February 12, 2019 11:40 am

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said on Tuesday that it agreed with the argument by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal ( CCT ), Danladi Umar that he and his tribunal were not answerable to the Judiciary, but the Presidency.

NBA, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its President, Paul Usoro (SAN), said Umar was correct in that argument, but contended that the fact that the CCT was under the control of the Executive informs the urgent need to discontinue charge of breach of code of conduct pending against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter …

Leah Sharibu is alive, Lai Mohammed affirms

February 10, 2019 9:41 am

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as ‘absolute fake news’ the reports in the Social Media that the abducted Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, has died in captivity.

“It’s absolutely fake news. There is nothing like that,” the Minister said at a press briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Sunday

He said the rumour of Miss Sharibu’s death, which surfaced just a few days to the presidential election, is another ploy by the political opposition to tarnish the image of the administration and exploit primordial sentiments ahead of the polls.

“I think it’s part of

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