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The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process. UN therefore, asked Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” and pay him adequate compensations for the arbitrary violation of his fundamental human rights. It also recommended that Government officials responsible for the torture meted to the IPOB Leader be investigated and punished. The UN body further directed Nigeria to report back within six months…

Uncertainty now surrounds the ambition of Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to contest next year’s senatorial election following Tuesday’s pronouncement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it is a violation of the electoral act for anyone to obtain multiple nomination forms. Tambuwal was handed People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) senatorial ticket for Sokoto South last month soon after pulling out of the party’s presidential primary. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, speaking on Channels Television, had described procurement of more than one nomination form by anyone as an offence under Section 115 (D)…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State, on Friday, recognised Princess Ann Agom-Eze, as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for Ebonyi South Zone. Governor Umahi through his Counsel, Roy Nweze Umahi, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, to the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, to compel the commission to recognise the governor as the authentic senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South senatorial District. But Princess Agom-Eze, on Tuesday, approached the court and urged it not to recognise Governor Umahi’s Senatorial bid. Umahi’s Counsel argued that the governor’s name should be recognised by INEC, hence…

Personal details of candidates nominated for governorship and states assembly elections by their political parties would be published in their constituencies nationwide on Friday, INEC has disclosed INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Mr Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law. “As we continue to prepare for the 2023 General Election in earnest, the Commission will tomorrow, Friday July 22, publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by…

The Nana/Ofuji Campaign Organization has received with disappointment, the sad news of the withdrawal of accreditation of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). A statement by Ben Udechukwu, argued that the event was a “serious setback for human capital development and all hands must be on deck to ensure that this decision is reversed in the interest of our teeming youths and their fledging future. “Coming after the loss of accreditation by the College of Medicine, Abia State University, the Nana/Ofuji Campaign Organization, views this progressive decline of public education in Abia State, as…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has admitted that he has been unable to pay salaries since March and the arrears of pensions, gratuity and salaries owed have been put on hold. He admitted the over four months non payment of salaries on Thursday during an interview on Arise TV. But the governor blamed the federal government for the state’s failure. Ortom had revealed that his government inherited N70bn debt comprising salaries, gratuity and pensions arrears. But he said despite the difficulties in sourcing funds, he has reduced the debts to N38bn as of July this year. The governor said,…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has enjoined Nigerians in diaspora to unite and tackle the challenges facing the nation. According to him, "one of the ways to tackle our challenges is to actively participate in the 2023 general elections by helping to entrench credible leaders through the ballot". Kalu stated this during a breakfast meeting with Nigerians in Diaspora and a cross-section of students of War College, Washington D.C, who are of Nigerian origin, at his Potomac residence, Maryland , United States He urged them to be good Ambassadors of Nigeria "You have a duty,…

Kenneth Udeh from Abuja The Senate on Wednesday accorded first reading to a bill seeking to establish a Federal University in Abia State. The bill titled ;"A bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of Federal University of Medical sciences and Biomedical Technology, Umunna, Abia State and for Matters connected Therewith, 2022 . (SB. 985), is sponsored by the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The passage of the bill followed its presentation by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Ajayi Boroffice during plenary after it had resumed from the Sallah break. Shortly after…

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated the clerics at the unveiling of his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima were not fake. He said they were at the event, which was open to all, as genuine well-wishers. The former Lagos Governor, in a statement by The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO), said the viral videos and pictures of the clerics at the event were the handiworks of political distractors. The statement by Director of Media and Communication of the organisation, Bayo Onanuga, described the development as unwarranted distractions. APC presented Senator Shettima…