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Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, has assured residents of maximum safety and security during and after the upcoming gubernatorial election. CP Barde made this known during the flag-off of a two-day intense training workshop organised for Election Security Officers in the state. He explained that training on Election Security Management aims at equipping officers that will be deployed in the upcoming gubernatorial election with the requisite knowledge and Standards Operational Procedure (SOP) needed for effective delivery of police service before, during and after the election. The Commissioner of Police admonished the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State chapter of Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), has called for a review of its jurisdiction, to align with current realities. The association made the call at an advocacy meeting with the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Kingsley Udeh, in Enugu. Chairman of the association, Mr C.K.C. Idu, thanked the commissioner for granting them the opportunity to interact with him. Idu said the association has some teething challenges including contradictions and lacunae in the Magistrate Court Law, as well as Criminal Code, and Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL). He advocated for…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A Professor of physiology and Consultant Endocrinologist, Chibueze Ufearo, has call for more clinical physiologists in Nigerian hospitals to guarantee effective patients care. Ufearo said this at the ongoing 3-Day National Conference of Nigerian Clinical physiologists in Awka, Anambra State. He said that the conference theme ”Advancing clinical physiology: Teaching, innovation and best practices,” was hoped to stimulate more interests in specialisation in clinical physiology. Ufearo, former Head of Department Human physiology and Former Dean, faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, said the conference would broaden the knowledge of participants in physiological basis of diseases…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The people of Ogwuaniocha in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, have protested over the incessant killing and abduction of their indigenes by unknown criminal groups in the community. They said insecurity in their community had claimed scores of lives and left numerous individuals with various degrees of injuries. They also said many had fled the community as a consequence of the security situation posing serious threat to their lives and that of their families. Displaying placards with different inscriptions, they marched around Onitsha and surrounding areas, decrying the anomalies in their area. The protesters comprising mostly…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by the South-East Governors and its subsequent designation as a terror organisation by the Federal Government, have been declared unconstitutional by an Enugu High Court. This is contained in a press statement issued by Aloy Ejimakor, a Special Counsel to IPOB Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in full: “Today, I led a team of lawyers to a landmark victory before the High Court of Enugu State in SUIT NO: E/20/2023 filed in January 2023 against the South-East Governors’ Forum and the FG…
…Says scoring 25% in FCT not mandatory for winning presidential poll Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Supreme Court of Nigeria, Thursday, dismissed the petition brought before it by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The apex court held that securing 25% of votes in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is not mandatory for winning presidential election. The seven-man panel dismissed the appeal by Atiku, and upheld the election of President Tinubu. Meanwhile, the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Supreme Court, has thrown away the application by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to be allowed to tender a copy of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, which he obtained from the Chicago State University, CSU, in the United States of America, USA. Delivering judgment on the suit on Thursday, the seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, held that the time constitutionally allowed for the admittance of such evidence had since expired. The panel ruled that section 285(5) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, expressly gave the Presidential…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There is heavy presence of security around the premises of the Supreme Court Abuja, as the Justice Inyan Okoro-led seven-man Justices begin judgment and appeal brought by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; and Labour Party, Peter Obi, seeking the nullification of the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The vicinity and adjoining roads leading into and out of the Supreme Court, venue of the judgment, were cordoned off by heavily armed security operatives. Visitors to the premises were subjected to thorough screening. Earlier, cameramen from Media houses were denied access to…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the application of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; the party’s application to file new evidence in respect of the forgery allegations against Bola Amed Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. So far, the apex court has resolved five of the issues in contention, including that of 25% votes requirement in the FCT, in favour of Tinubu, the respondent. Details later.
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki One of the soldiers on peace keeping mission in the crisis prone Effium community in Ebonyi State has been declared missing. To this end, the state governor had threatened to declare war on anyone responsible for his dissapearance if he is not found alive before 12noon today (Thursday). The governor stated this in a statement by his Spokesperson, Monday Uzor, on Wednesday night. The people of Efium and Ezza Effium in Effium town have been enmeshed in an intractable communal crisis which has decimated the town. Hundreds of lives have been lost with thousands rendered homeless in…