The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reversed the July 7, 2022 judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking the Delta Speaker Sheriff Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s election. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Peter Ige, held that the Federal High Court lacked the jurisdiction to have entertained the suit by David Edevbie on the grounds that the cause of action had not crystallised as at when the suit was filed. The appellate court further held that Edevbie failed to prove his…
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The United Nations Populations Fund has donated some medical equipment to the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo town, Ondo State. Apart from the equipment, the department’s laboratory was also renovated, courtesy of the UN agency. Speaking during the inauguration of the equipment and the laboratory at the Pre-Degree hall, UNIMED, Akure Campus, the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, said the equipment would aid the comprehension of the students in training. According to him, the new clinical skill laboratory will help the students do better in their training,…
As Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, further extended it’s over six months old strike,the federal government has faulted the action of the university lecturers’union. Government said the action was not justified given that it had met 80 percent of the demands of the union. The umbrella union of lecturers of the nation’s public universities, had earlier on Monday, again,extended the strike, after accusing the federal government of failure to live up to its term in the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement it signed with it. The action of ASUU came after its National Executive Council,NEC meeting which…
Founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has said only God will determine the shape of next year’s presidential election. The cleric said God would take absolute control on who would become Nigeria’s president. Kumuyi spoke yesterday at the palace of the Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom, Oba Victor Kiladejo, ahead of the church’s six days of global crusade in Ondo. He said: “On the 2023 general elections, everything is in the hands of God. I know that God will take absolute control, God’s will would be done. Stаble Blood Pressure Till Old…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has told party loyalists and Nigerians that the party will return 25 or more governors during the 2023 general elections as it used to in the past. Ayu was speaking after a closed-door meeting with the party’s governorship candidates from the 34 states across the country on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. According to Ayu, the governorship candidates met with some members of the National Working Committee to express their concerns in their various states on the efforts they were making to win elections in…
The lawmaker representing the Jos South/Jos East federal constituency, Dachung Bagos, on Wednesday urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure proper utilisation of the recovered $23 million Abacha loot returned by the United States government. He implored the presidency to ensure that the recovered funds were not diverted to elections and electioneering just like was done in 2018. The House of Representatives member made the remark when he appeared on Politics Today, a programme on Channels TV. He said, “These funds are critical and we want Nigerians to be aware of the situation because…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has decried the high dependence on importation of health goods in the African region. Ehanire said this at the ongoing 72nd session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa taking place in Lome, Togo. He said there was the need to increase the manufacturing capacity in Africa. In a press statement signed by the Deputy Director/Head, Media and Publicity of the Federal Ministry of Health, Ahmadu Chindaya, had the minister quoted, “The journey so far has not been easy for the sub-region due to high dependence on imported…
Heavyweight Deontay Wilder believes that Anthony Joshua’s lack of confidence played a major role during his rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Sunday morning. Pundits have commented that Joshua delivered an improved performance in Saudi Arabia following his loss to Usyk last year but it wasn’t enough as the Ukrainian retained his heavyweight titles via split decision. Wilder, who is set for a ring return on October 15 against Finland’s Robert Helenius, believes Joshua showed a lack of confidence in the build-up to the fight and has questioned the 32-year-old’s mentality. “Sometimes you just look at both…
The Federal Government, yesterday, gave reasons why it is not in a hurry to resume train services on the Abuja-Kaduna corridor, adding that doing so, would amount to insensitivity towards the predicament of families of kidnapped persons still in captivity. Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, gave the indication while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja. Responding to questions on the suspension of rail services in the aftermath of the March 2022 attack, he noted that two core issues remain at the heart of operations. …
Israel Adesanya’s manager Tim Simpson believes the UFC middleweight champion is ready to make the move up to the heavyweight division of the sport. “He’s mentioned he wants to go back up to 205. Obviously, the last time he came up short. But I think he would be very comfortable in that division again if that’s what he wants to do,” Simpson told MMA Junkie. “It’s really up to him and Eugene [Bareman, Adesanya’s head coach at City Kickboxing] on the athletic side. But I think he has business he wants to attend to at 185 first.…