Edo Governorship Election: We’re winning despite distractions – PDP
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The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo Election has said the party would win the governorship election despite the recent court judgment against its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo.
The Chairman of the Council, Gov. Amadu Fintiri of Adamawa, stated this during the council’s inaugural meeting on Saturday in Abuja.
Fintiri said the party would appeal Thursday’s judgment of Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which he described as a temporary setback.
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Confraternity day: Edo warns against unlawful gatherings
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The Edo State Government has warned against unlawful gatherings by members of cult groups across the state in the guise of celebrating their anniversary on July 7.
In a statement on Saturday, the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said the state government has put the police and other security agencies in the State, on the alert to arrest and prosecute any group who disregards the state anti-cultism Law.
He said, “As part of the renewed effort to tackle cultism in the state, the government has asked youths in the state to avoid any unlawful gathering on July 7, 2024, in the guise of celebrating the anniversary of any cult group.
Nigerian Judiciary No Longer Last Hope Of The Poor But Rich Citizens — Attorney-General Fagbemi
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has expressed his worries over the current state of the Nigerian judicial sector.
The minister, who spoke during the groundbreaking of the N37billion construction of the Abuja Division of the Appeal Court Complex at Daki-Biyu, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said the judiciary was now for politicians and other influential people in the country.
The FCT minister had at the ceremony said that President Bola Tinubu approved N30 billion of the N37 billion in the 2024 budget, for the structure which he promised to deliver by September 2025.
However, despite Mr Fagbemi’s submission about the judiciary, he expressed hope that the complex would be for truth exposure and protection of people’s rights.
APC National Chairmanship Seat: Court Fixes Sept 18 To Decide Ganduje’s Fate
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, slated September 18 to deliver its judgement on a suit that is seeking to remove the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, from office. The court, presided by Justice Inyang Ekwo, fixed the date after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.
The suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/599/2024, was brought before the court by aggrieved members of the party under the platform of North Central APC Forum. The plaintiffs, led by one Saleh Zazzaga, are querying the propriety of Ganduje’s appointment as the Chairman of the APC.
They, among other things, want the court to restrain Ganduje from further parading himself as the chairman of the party.