Unfolding reports has confirmed October 12 as the draw date for the Confederation of African Football group stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations billed to hold in Ivory Coast. The date was approved by CAF Executive Committee at its Congress in Algiers, Algeria on Thursday and was made known on Friday. “The EXCO announced that the Official draw date of the Africa Cup of Nations Ivory Coast 2023 will be conducted on Thursday, 12 October 2023,” CAF’s statement on Friday read. Holders Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Morocco and Burkina Faso have joined the Elephants among the teams…
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Following the viral news earlier today of a Federal High Court judgement nullifying the candidacy of Abia state Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti and some other LP candidates who contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, the judge has denied the said judgement. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the Kano LP candidates that contested the 2023 general election, and not that of Abia state. Worthy of note is that Ibrahim Haruna-Ibrahim had filed an application asking the court to revoke and set aside the certificate of return issued to all LP candidates declared…
The founder of First City Monument Bank, FCMB Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, has reportedly died. The Olori Omoba of Ijebuland was said to have died on Friday morning in London, as reported by ThisDay Balogun, who was Otunba Tunwase of Ijebuland, was aged 89. As a high-ranking Egba Chief, his death has not been officially announced. Details as event unfolds…..
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded General Election, Peter Obi, has faulted the call made by the US Secretary of the State, Antony J. Blinken, to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, adding that he should let the court decide the legitimate president of Nigeria. Obi said this in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle while reacting to the conversation between Tinubu and Blinken on Friday. Sec. Blinken had pledged stronger ties between the US and Nigeria during a 20-minute telephone call to Tinubu on Tuesday. But the call had generated reactions from opposition camps,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M. N. Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by Mr. Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Commander in Bauchi State, Mr. Yusuf Abdullahi, has called for the application of Sharia Law to prosecute traffic offenders to stem road crashes across Nigeria. He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Bauchi.According to him, the extant laws guiding road crashes are not stiff enough, hence, the need for the introduction of the Sharia Law into traffic rules. Abdullahi said the measure would instil discipline, encourage respect for traffic rules and promote safe road habits among motorists. He said that it would also curtail…
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has shut down over 75 filling stations in Osun State. On Wednesday, Mr. Kunle Adeyemo, NMDPRA state Coordinator disclosed this while briefing journalists on the agency’s activities in April. According to him, the filling stations were shut down due to non-compliance with the agency’s regulatory standard, including operating without a valid license. He said the agency in the period under review, beamed searchlights on over 301 across the state and discovered many had committed several infractions. He urged that stakeholders in the industry must operate within the ambit of regulation to avoid…
Advance hearing in the petition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar against the election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been modified to May 18, 2023. Just like that of Peter Obi and the Labour Party, Atiku’s petition was adjourned at the instance of lawyers in the matter to enable them to put their house in order on various issues relating to the petition. His lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche SAN, informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be tendered during the hearing of the…
A civil society group in Nigeria has expressed displeasure and condemned the alleged action of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the issue of zoning. The coalition also condemned the alleged role of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in the zoning of the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly. The CSOs claimed that the imposition of leaders was nothing but the coronation of some individuals who would not necessarily earn the acceptance of their colleagues. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the convener of the groups, Dauda Yakubu said: “We…
Barring any last-minute change, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal will hear the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The court is scheduled to hear Kanu’s extraordinary rendition appeal on June 22, 2023. The court had initially ruled that the ground for appeal raised important issues. Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor disclosed the scheduled date for the hearing via a viral press. According to Ejimakor: “In an initial order, the court ruled that the grounds of appeal raise important issues. The appeal will be heard on June 22, 2023. Kudos to Kanu’s family and…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, on Saturday, opened up on why he wouldn’t want to be Chief of Staff to Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect saying, he would rather stay committed to contributing to the country’s development through useful counsel. El-rufai indicated further that he would also prefer to play big in the private sector in the next 22 days after handing over as governor. He made this disclosure in an address during the commissioning of the Gombe Geographic Information Systems service centre, after performing the groundbreaking ceremony of 550 Shongo Homes and Gardens under the Family Homes Fund in Gombe…
Real Estate industry is being invaded by quacks, said the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. The body maintained the invasion is executed by non-experts masquerading as surveyors and general property managers. This alarm was raised by the Abia State branch of the institution in Umuahia during the celebration of Valuers Day in the State. The institution which spoke through Abia State Chairman, Ucheibe Austin, lamented that real estate business in the country, especially in Abia State was facing the challenges of unwholesome practices by unqualified persons who go about playing in a field they know nothing about. He…