Rivers Crisis: Call For Emergency Rule Dead On Arrival – Eze, APC Chieftain
News Source: Daily Post
A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described comments credited to Mr Tony Okocha, over emergency rule in Rivers State as dead on arrival.
Recall that Okocha, in a media parley, called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State over the political crisis in the state.
Reacting through a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday, Eze flayed Okocha, saying he does not have the authority of Rivers APC to speak on their behalf in whatever capacity.
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Stop Downplaying Our Situation–Obi Charges Tinubu
News Source: Vanguard Newspapers
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has implored President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop downplaying the hardship currently being suffered by citizens with his view that it’s not peculiar to Nigeria alone.
Obi noted that rather than face the reality that we are the poverty capital of the world and the most insecure people and take decisive steps to stem the situation, the government is trying to play the ostrich even when the people are overwhelmed by the situation.
The former Anambra State Governor, who expressed these views in a series of tweets on his X handle, said, “The problems facing Nigeria are well known to all Nigerians. We are the poverty capital of the world, among the most insecure people on earth, among the hungriest, have poor education quality and the highest number of out-of-school children, high infant mortality, corruption, unemployment, the highest income gap between the poor and the rich, high corruption perception index, infrastructure and healthcare challenges, and more.
Ruling On Kano Emirate Crisis Strange, Confusing – Prof Yadudu
News Source: Daily Trust
Renowned constitutional lawyer, Professor Auwalu Yadudu, has described the ruling on Kano emirate crisis as “strange and baffling”.
Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman of a Federal High Court in Kano had, on Thursday, ruled on the suits filed before him over the Kano Emirate crisis.
A kingmaker in the former Kano emirate, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had challenged the propriety of the repealed Kano Council Law which Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf used to depose the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, and reversed the status of the emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye emirates to that of district heads, following the collapse of their emirates into Kano Emirate.
Falana Questions Court's Jurisdiction In Kano Emirate Case, Cites Limitations On High Courts In Monarchy Disputes
News Source: Sahara Reporters
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has given his perspective on a contentious legal issue involving Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and the Kano State Government.
In an interview with Arise News on Thursday, Falana's comments shed light on a legal dispute involving Sanusi, Ado Bayero, and the government over the recent removal of Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano and the reinstallation of Sanusi as the monarch by the state government, as well as the subsequent legal battle.
A Federal High Court in Kano State earlier on Thursday invalidated all actions taken by the Kano State government to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law 2024.