Day: December 15, 2018

2019: Court sacks Donald Duke, declares Jerry Gana SDP flag- bearer

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A former minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, was yesterday declared winner of the presidential primary election of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) conducted on October 6, 2018, by An FCT High Court in Maitama. The party had declared a former governor of Cross River, Mr. Donald Duke, winner of the election and its flag-bearer for next year’s general elections after it said he (Duke) polled 812 votes, while Gana had 611. However, Gana went to court, seeking that he be declared winner in line with the zoning and rotation…

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CAN dissolves elders’ forum, ends probe into N40m Buhari transport fare

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After a panel set up by the National Executive Committee of the Christian Association of Nigeria concluded an investigation into allegations of misconduct leveled against the CAN President, Rev Samson Ayokunle, the committee has dissolved the Nigerian Christian Elders Forum . The elders forum had in a memo titled ‘NCEF Protests: Is NEC of CAN Guilty of Negligence?’ in May, alleged that when Ayokunle led a delegation to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on November 10, 2017, the leadership of CAN received N40m as “transportation money.” However, the CAN executive committee,…

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