Day: May 9, 2019

Appeal Court upholds Oyetola’s election

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The Appeal court in Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had declared the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the September 2018 poll. In a dissenting judgment of four-to-one, the five-man panel led by Justice Jummai Sankey, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal filed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State challenging the verdict of the tribunal and affirmed him as duly elected. Delivering the lead majority judgment of the four members of the…

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Kano Governor cuts Sanusi’s influence, splits Kano emirate into five

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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday signed into law a newly passed bill on the appointment and deposition of emirs. Essentially, the law created four new traditional institutions and emirate councils each with a substantive first class title of emir. They are Gaya, Karaye, Rano and Bichi. The emirate council is further expanded with new districts and domains under which the five independent traditional institutions will operate. By the new arrangement, the Kano emirate will now cover 10 local government areas, Rano emirate (10 local government areas), Gaya emirate (eight…

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Barcelona Defence Looked Like Schoolboys against Liverpool -Suarez

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For Liverpool’s winning goal in the Champions League semi-final second leg on Tuesday night, Barcelona striker, Luis Suarez, said his side “looked like schoolboys”. The Reds won 4-0 at Anfield, with Divock Origi scoring the winner from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s quick corner, to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit. “We have to be ready for all the criticism that is going to rain down on us now,” Suarez said. “We are very sad, we are in a lot of pain.” Barca had looked in control after winning 3-0 at the Nou Camp.…

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Man arrested for biting off neighbour’s finger

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A 36-year-old man, Adesina Badmus, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cutting off the fingers of a neighbour with his teeth. Badmus is facing one count of assault. When the matter was called in court on Wednesday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Johnson Okunade, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on April 29 around 10.15pm off Agric Road, Ado-Ekiti. According to the prosecutor, the defendant had an argument with one Ajanaku Adelegan, and assaulted him by biting off the victim’s finger. He said, “The offence…

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PFA to Protest Racist Tweets against Iheanacho

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A dossier by the Professional Footballers’ Association is going to be presented to social media bosses over racist abuse towards Kelechi Iheanacho that was allowed to stay on Twitter for more than 12 hours this month. Leicester striker Iheanacho was subjected to vile abuse following his late miss against his former club Manchester City, whose 1-0 win left them in pole position for the Premier League title. Several racist messages were posted between 9.45pm and 10pm and they remained online on Tuesday night, with Twitter having not removed them. One…

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Okorocha laments: The evil I feared in PDP has befallen me 10 times in APC

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Rochas Okorocha, the outgoing Governor of Imo State, on Tuesday lamented that he had been afflicted with more evils in the ruling All Progressives Congress than he would have suffered if he had been a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. He regretted that the APC had inflicted what he called the greatest devilish political machinations against his person 10 times more than what he would have been inflicted with if he were to be a member of the PDP. The embattled governor who spoke in Abuja however said he…

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Protests as Tinubu-Ojo installs Iyaloja, Babaloja in Computer Village

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Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the President-General, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, on Thursday installed Mr. Adeniyi Olasoji and Mrs. Abisola Azeez as Babaloja and Iyaloja of the popular Computer Village. Tinubu-Ojo installed the market leaders at an elaborate ceremony in Ikeja. Recall that some traders had staged protests at the market on Tuesday, kicking against the planned installation of the market leaders. They had claimed that Computer Village is an international market and that the titles of Babaloja and Iyaloja were only suited for markets where commodities…

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