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The Court of Appeal, Enugu division, on Friday, at about 2.30pm, delivered judgment on the Appeal filed by Chief Victor Umeh and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), seeking to set aside the judgment of the Tribunal, which earlier affirmed Senator Uche Ekwunife's election. Justice Ignatius Igwe Agube, while reading the judgment signed by two other justices, dismissed the appeal filed by Chief Victor Umeh and his party, APGA, for lack of merit. While agreeing with the judgment of the tribunal delivered on the 9th of September, 2019, Justice Agube stated that the appellant, while challenging the nomination of Senator Uche Ekwunife as the candidate of PDP, wrongly relied on Section 285 (13) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Justice Agube also stated that the nomination of candidates is a pre-election matter, which is outside the mandate of the Election Petition Tribunal, hence, the appellant has no business bringing the matter to the tribunal in the first place. ...

Anambra police command On the Tuesday this week at about 10:45am,following intelligence report by Police detectives attached to CMU Anambra State Command arrested three female suspects at Nkpor market/Tarzan junction in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State. The Suspects were arrested with two kids all males whose age ranges between 2 and 4 years respectively. The suspects could not give satisfactory explanation about the children nor where they got them. The PPRO SP Haruna Mohammed said the Case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to court for prosecution. Consequently, it was gathered that the Commissioner of Police CP John B.Abang,fdc urged Parents whose children got missing and fall within the above age bracket to report at the PPRO office State Command headquarters Awka for proper identification and collect their children.

Governor Emeka Ihedioha CON, has approved the appointment of Dr. Chibuzor Iwuagwu as the Head of Service for the State Civil Service, this was made known in a press release signed by the chief press secretary to the governor, Chibuike Onyeukwu. Dr. Iwuagwu replaces Barr. Alma Eluwa who has successfully completed her service and retired. The governor thanked Barr. Eluwa for her industry and patriotism, expressing hope that she will be recommended as the need arises for more tasks at the state and federal level. Dr Chibuzo Carmelius Iwuagwu, was appointed permanent secretary in 2013, he holds a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Nigeria. He also holds M. Sc and Ph.D in Project Management from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. He was until his appointment, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works. He has also served in various Ministries, including, Education, Planning and Budget, Commerce and Industry, Civic Service Commission,Transp...

In their bid to avert death in Marine Modern market, Onitsha, Anambra state, sequel to the dilapidated state of some portions of marine road in the market, the traders, have commenced rehabilitation of the said portions. The chairman of the market, Chief Uzomili Onyeabo made this disclosure to newsmen in Onitsha,recalling how traders and their customers had on several ocassions escaped death by the whiskers because of the bad portions of the road. He said, "each time a vehicle passes through this marine road, on getting to the bad portion it will almost fall and that has been disturbing us. That is why we resolved to work on the road starting from the junction with Onitsha Main market. You can see we have spread the stones for other materials to follow. Although it is palliative work we are doing on the road, our Governor has promised us that he will fix the road and others for us." "we just want it to be accessible pending when Governor Willie Obiano will fi...

✔ @PoliceNG 2019 LIST OF SUCCESSFUL NPF CANDIDATES  https://www.npf.gov.ng/information/index.php By announcement of the above listed names,  IGP ignored the court order directing it and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to maintain a status quo in the recruitment of 10, 000 officers in the country, which is bringing agitated power play among the duo. In a verdict  led  by Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave a court order at the hearing of the case brought by the PSC against the IG on Wednesday. The PSC had brought the matter before the court, asking it to stop IGP Adamu from continuing the recruitment exercise for usurping the power of the commission. In the same vein over the week, the former police service commission chairman Chief Simon Okeke, while speaking to newsmen at his country home, said the warring parties should look at what the constitution says. Which is spelled out that, the police service commission has the ultimate right to recruit police ...

Same-sex marriage and abortion became legal in Northern Ireland at the stroke of midnight Tuesday. Abortions and same-sex marriages are now — for the first time — legal in Northern Ireland. Abortion, Same-sex marriage, now legal in Northern Ireland Legislation that the U.K.’s Parliament approved earlier this year to legalize same-sex marriage and extend abortion rights in Northern Ireland went into effect at the stroke of midnight Tuesday. Trump orders withdrawal of troops from northern Syria, Esper says(Opens in a new browser tab) Until now, the region was the only part of the U.K. that did not allow same-sex marriage, and it had the country’s most restrictive abortion rules.  With abortion now decriminalized, no criminal charges can be brought against women who seek abortion services or against health care workers who provide an abortion or assist in one. All existing investigations and criminal prosecutions relating to abortions were also dropped on Tuesday. But the final leg...

On October 14, 2019, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, rtd Col Hameed Ali, told newsmen in Abuja that Nigeria had closed its land borders to all movement of goods, giving no timeline for re-opening them. Customs CG, Hameed Ali The Federal Government had earlier in August announced a partial border closure as part of an effort to curb smuggling of rice and other goods, which government believed can be produced locally. However, Ali’s Monday announcement was the first official confirmation of a total shutdown in trade across Nigeria’s land borders — including goods that had been moving legally. The closure has no impact on Nigeria’s economically crucial oil exports, which are shipped out almost entirely via the nation’s seaports and offshore oil platforms. Ali added that despite the land border closure, it would still be possible for goods to cross at points equipped with special scanners, but did not say where those are located. The Customs boss said reop...

Rodri was substituted with what appeared to be a hamstring injury in the first half of Manchester City’s Champions League tie against Atalanta, as the Premier League champions’ injury problems mounted.  Man City midfielder Rodri, feeling his hamstring as he limps out The Spaniard has been filling in at center-back with fellow midfielder Fernandinho, as Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones struggled for fitness while Aymeric Laporte is sidelined until 2020 with a knee injury. Rodri started at center-back for City’s win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, helping Pep Guardiola’s side keep a clean sheet in a 2-0 win.  Guardiola failed to sign a central defender in the summer, despite club captain Vincent Kompany’s leaving to become player-manager at Anderlecht. Mbappe’s hat-trick for PSG in easy win in Belgium Kroos scores as Real Madrid edge Galatasaray in narrow win “We don’t know about Rodri yet,” Guardiola said after City’s 5-1 victory. “I think tomorrow we’ll know, hopefully i...

OPERATIVES of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Imo State have arrested a notorious kidnap suspect at Umuezu Ndegwu in Owerri West Council Area of the state. The suspect, Chima Okorie Uzoemenna was arrested in connection with the kidnap of an entertainer, one Izuchukwu Christopher Obiakor, in July 2018. The suspect and his gang members allegedly made away with the victim’s ash-coloured Toyota Highlander SUV after collecting ransom. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikeokwu Orlando in a statement on Monday said the suspect sustained severe head injuries during the operation which led to his arrest and was subsequently given treatment in a clinic. He noted that “one Dedan Osuoha was previously arrested following the said kidnap incident by operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and is presently in prison custody.” According to him, the suspect has made useful statements confessing to the crime. He disclosed further that the suspect claimed that he fled t...

By Afe Babalola In recent times, there has been an increase in the arrest and arraignment of persons alleged to have published false and misleading information against public figures. The first of these was that of a blogger who was arrested, arraigned and subsequently remanded in prison in connection to a publication relating to a cleric. Since then there have been more of such incidents, including journalists of mainstream media outlets. Understandably, these arrests have attracted scrutiny from the public. While some have condemned what they see as highhandedness on the part of the complainants who in most cases are elected government officials, some have argued that the right to freedom of speech comes with a responsibility to keep within the law and that anyone who fails to keep within accepted boundaries must be subjected to the law.  However, most notably has been the perspective that the complainants should simply have filed civil actions against those they cl...