Human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, who was jailed for contempt by the state Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, has regained freedom after spending exactly one month at a correctional centre. This is as 17 other inmates convicted for various offences also regained freedom on the same day Effiong was released from the Uyo Correctional Centre, along Willington Bassey Way, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, at about 7:30am on Friday. The lawyer had been convicted on July 27, 2022, by Justice Obot during a proceeding in the libel suit instituted by the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom…
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The Head of Legal Department, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Kano office, Suleiman Alkali, has called on journalists to do all they could to ensure that the forthcoming general election is free and fair, devoid of any rancour. Speaking, weekend, during a one-day sensitization workshop organized by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, in Kano, he said the media has a critical role to make or mar the forthcoming elections. He said the position of the Nigerian media has proven overtime as very sensitive one to the survival or otherwise of the nation. “The case of Rwanda is not different…
The Ondo State Government has approved that serving primary school teachers can henceforth reach the status of Permanent Secretaries like other civil servants. The Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, disclosed this during his interactive meeting with the headteachers across the three senatorial districts of the state in Akure, the state capital. Olabimtan, who distributed promotion letters to 2,111 teachers, out of which about 85 of them were upgraded to level-16 (PS status), reiterated the government’s genuine intention to create a conducive atmosphere for teaching. He commended Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for providing the UBEC counterpart funds…
Two persons have been confirmed dead on Friday and five rescued after a two-storey building collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado Nasco Road, at about 11:30 pm on Thursday. The two victims were a gateman identified only as Mr Abdullahi and a tiller; identified only as Mr Bolaji, who was also trapped in the rubble and confirmed dead on Friday. Abdullahi reportedly died at 6:30 pm on Friday, while Bolaji was found dead two hours after. Five of the victims were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday assured Nigerians that results of the 2023 general election would be collated transparently. The commission assured that it would continue to upload polling unit results to its results viewing portal as it did in the Osun and Ekiti governorship elections. It also assured that Nigerians would be involved at every inch of the process in terms of knowing what is going on at the various polling units through its processes and procedures. Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the public presentation of Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote report on the 2022 Governorship…
The governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win next year’s governorship election in Ogun State Mr Adeleke, who was the PDP candidate in July 16 Osun poll, defeated the sitting governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, by 28,344 votes. The governor-elect spoke in Abeokuta on Friday at a reception organised by the PDP for new members, predominantly from the former governor Ibikunle Amosun’s camp in the APC. Mr Adeleke said Governor Dapo Abiodun would get the “Osun treatment” in the 2023 general election. The new members were defectors…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has rejected an order given by the management of the institution for the resumption of academic activities. The Chairperson of the union, Dr Kayode Arogundade, who made this known on Friday, however, said the university’s Registrar, Ife Oluwole, was free to reopen the university which he closed following the industrial action. Arogundade, who spoke in reaction to a statement on Wednesday by the registrar directing fresh students for the 2021/2022 session to resume on Monday for screening, registration and orientation programmes and as well as directing the striking workers…
New Manchester United signing Casemiro has admitted he is looking forward to playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo again this season. The pair enjoyed significant success together at Real Madrid and have now reunited at Old Trafford, although their link-up could be short-lived as Ronaldo has asked to leave the club this summer in search of Champions League football. The list of suitors for Ronaldo is not a long one, however, and as it stands, the 37-year-old appears likely to remain at United for at least another season. That would be good news to Casemiro, who opened up on his relationship with…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday, released $265m to airlines operating in the country, to settle outstanding ticket sales to check a brewing crisis in the country’s aviation sector. A breakdown of the figure indicated that $230m was released as special foreign exchange intervention while another $35m was released through Retail SMIS auction. Disclosing this in a statement, the Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, said the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and his team were concerned about the development and what it portends for the sector and travellers as well as the country in the comity of…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr Y.C Maikyau was on Friday sworn in as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA following the expiration of Olumide Akpata-led administration. Maikyau, who was sworn in as the 31st President of the NBA, won the election held earlier in July with 38,000 electoral votes. At the swearing-in ceremony which held at Eko Hotel & Suites, Maikyau thanked God for bringing his thus far. He also thanked his colleagues at YC Maikyau & Co., his campaign team, as well as friends and associates who supported his candidacy. The new President commended the…