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http://ift.tt/2q9FvG5 Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin on Friday upheld the election of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of Edo. The court dismissed the petition filed by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as lacking in merit.Ize-Iyamu, through his counsel Yusuf Ali (SAN), appealed against the judgment of the Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, that affirmed Obaseki as winner of the Sept.28,2016 governorship election. Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, who delivered the judgment, said the tribunal was right to uphold Obaseki’s election.The judge said that the tribunal did a painstaking job, adding that the tribunal was right to dismiss Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’ petition. The Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three member Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, dismissed Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s petition for lacki...

http://ift.tt/2q9FvG5 Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin on Friday upheld the election of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of Edo. The court dismissed the petition filed by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as lacking in merit.Ize-Iyamu, through his counsel Yusuf Ali (SAN), appealed against the judgment of the Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, that affirmed Obaseki as winner of the Sept.28,2016 governorship election. Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, who delivered the judgment, said the tribunal was right to uphold Obaseki’s election.The judge said that the tribunal did a painstaking job, adding that the tribunal was right to dismiss Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’ petition. The Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three member Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, dismissed Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s petition for lacki...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In a short contribution titled “Biafra Without Our Consent?” which appears to have gone viral on social media, the celebtated and respected thespian Miss Kate Henshaw wrote as follows: “I think the current generation of ‘Biafrans’ are the most funny people I hve ever seen. How dare you sit in your home or offices and draw your Biafra map and include places like Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, etc as part of your empire? Did you consult them? Did you seek their opinions? You are forcing people to join a country whose commander in chief you have already anointed- Nnamdi Kanu; whose currency you have already decided- Biafra Pounds; whose official religion you have already adopted- Judaism; whose God you have already chosen- Chukwu Abiama? Do you not realize that you are doing to those people the same thing you accuse the British and Nigeria of doing to you? For carving my state into your ‘Biafra’ and renaming it without my permission and consultation, I have a mora...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In a short contribution titled “Biafra Without Our Consent?” which appears to have gone viral on social media, the celebtated and respected thespian Miss Kate Henshaw wrote as follows: “I think the current generation of ‘Biafrans’ are the most funny people I hve ever seen. How dare you sit in your home or offices and draw your Biafra map and include places like Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, etc as part of your empire? Did you consult them? Did you seek their opinions? You are forcing people to join a country whose commander in chief you have already anointed- Nnamdi Kanu; whose currency you have already decided- Biafra Pounds; whose official religion you have already adopted- Judaism; whose God you have already chosen- Chukwu Abiama? Do you not realize that you are doing to those people the same thing you accuse the British and Nigeria of doing to you? For carving my state into your ‘Biafra’ and renaming it without my permission and consultation, I have a mora...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sokoto State Government and the World Bank, have earmarked Nine million naira for the implementation of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). The State Environment Commissioner, Alhaji Bello Sifawa, disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday at a news briefing to mark Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s two years in office. Sifawa said that the state government had paid its counterpart fund of one billion naira, while the World Bank’s contribution of eight billion was being awaited. He said:” The projects entail the rehabilitation and construction of earth dams in the state, namely, Lugu and Lambar Tureta earth dams, among others. “Lugu dam, established in 1953, which was destroyed by flood in 2010, would also be rehabilitated under the project. ” The dam has 1,200 hectares, comprising of 3,000 of irrigable land.” Sifawa said further that the project include the construction of main collector drainage and gutter, from Tudun Wada area to river Sokoto, in S...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sokoto State Government and the World Bank, have earmarked Nine million naira for the implementation of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). The State Environment Commissioner, Alhaji Bello Sifawa, disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday at a news briefing to mark Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s two years in office. Sifawa said that the state government had paid its counterpart fund of one billion naira, while the World Bank’s contribution of eight billion was being awaited. He said:” The projects entail the rehabilitation and construction of earth dams in the state, namely, Lugu and Lambar Tureta earth dams, among others. “Lugu dam, established in 1953, which was destroyed by flood in 2010, would also be rehabilitated under the project. ” The dam has 1,200 hectares, comprising of 3,000 of irrigable land.” Sifawa said further that the project include the construction of main collector drainage and gutter, from Tudun Wada area to river Sokoto, in S...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Kaduna High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Bello, has issued a restraining order on Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i not to demolish the Kasuwar Barchi market in Kaduna until the determination of the case before the court. Bello ordered that all respondents to the case should stop “entering into and demolishing Kasuwar Barchi, pending the hearing and determination of the case.” The case was instituted by 16 persons, on behalf of stall owners and traders in Kasuwar Barchi, seeking to stop the governor from demolishing the market. Joined in the suit are the Attorney-General of Kaduna State and Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency as second and third respondents. The plaintiffs include Auwalu Hussain, Kabiru Usman, Aminu Ahmed, Bawa Ahmed, Josia Sunday, Ndubueze Egbo-Ogu, Augustine Sunday. Others are, Ali Abdulhamid, Maryam Abubakar, Rabiatu Musa, Latifah Yusuf, Amina Abdulrauf, Aishatu Ibrahim, Hafsat Uba, Sa’adiya Ahmed and Wasilat Ahmed. Counsel to the plainti...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A 30-year-old mechanic, Donald Nnabadim, who allegedly stole a Lexus Silencer valued at N60,000 was on Friday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun. Nnabadim, whose address is unknown, is facing a one-count charge of stealing. The prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 21, at about 6.30 p. m. at NDL Company, Ota, Ogun. Gbesi said that the accused stole a Lexus Silencer valued at N60,000 belonging to one Johnson Iyanola. He said that the offence contravened Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Senior Magistrate, Mr S.O.Banwo, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. Banwo said that the sureties must be residing within the court’s jurisdiction and should be gainfully employed. He also ordered that the sureties should swear to an affidavit of means and submit four recent passpor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The absence of Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Counsel to the fourth defendant in the trial relating to the police pension scam on Friday forced an Abuja High Court to put off hearing. The defendants in the case are Esar Dangabar, Atiku Kigo, Ahmed Wada, Veronica Onyegbula, Sani Zira, Uzoma Attang and Christian Madubuke, who were alleged to have been involved in the scam. They were standing trial for complicity in the over N24 billion scam in the Police Pension Fund. The case before Justice Hussien Baba-Yusuf was thereafter adjourned due to a written letter by Fagbemi, counsel to the fourth defendant, Veronica Onyegbula asking for an adjournment. The court did not sit but all counsel in the matter were in court except Fagbemi and the matter was adjourned until June 12 for continuation of hearing in the trial-within-trial. The fourth defendant, through her lawyer, Fagbemi had told the court that she was forced to make confessional statements to the EFCC. Fagbemi had...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Rodrigo Duterte of Philistines on Friday appealed to Islamist militants to abandon hostilities and start dialogue in an effort to end their bloody occupation. Duterte said the presence of foreign fighters in street battles that have raged since Tuesday in Marawi City was proof that Islamic State had gained a foothold on the restive island of Mindanao, but there was still a chance for peace. “You can say that the ISIS is here already. “My message mainly to the terrorists on the other side is we can still solve this through dialogue. “And if you cannot be convinced to stop fighting, so be it. Let’s just fight,” Duterte told soldiers in nearby Iligan City, referring to Islamic State. Special Forces commandoes were deployed to drive out the remaining 20 to 30 Maute group rebels holed-up in Marawi but encountered heavy resistance. The army said 11 soldiers and 31 militants have been killed. Fighting erupted on Tuesday after a bungled raid by security f...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday warned that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spread to the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR). Militia violence has forced thousands of people to flee across the border to CAR. Two cases of the virus have been confirmed by the WHO in Congo’s remote northeastern Bas-Uele province since early May. Four people have died so far among the 43 suspected and confirmed cases. Experts said that the affected area’s isolation, it is about 1,400 km from the capital Kinshasa, has helped contain the spread of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever. The WHO said, yet recent attacks by Christian militias in CAR’s border town of Bangassou have driven about 2,750 people into Bas-Uele, raising the risk that the Ebola outbreak could spread across the border. “There is a big concern about Ebola spreading to Central African Republic after this displacement,” said Michel Yao, the WHO’s representati...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A 30-year-old man, Idris Olaniyan, who allegedly stabbed a tailor, Usman Mohammed, with a broken bottle on the forehead for failing to adjust his clothes to his satisfaction, was on Thursday arraigned in Lagos. Olaniyan, a resident of Ayodele Street, Mafoluku in Oshodi area of Lagos, is facing a charge of assault at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Sgt. Rosemary Ehemegbe, the prosecutor, told the court that the accused, who entered a `not-guilty’ plea, committed the offence on May 3 at No. 5 Ayodele St., Mafafoluku, Oshodi. Ehemegbe alleged that the accused had stabbed Mohammed after beating him. “After beating him, the accused stabbed him with a broken bottle on the forehead.” According to her, Olaniyan gave some clothes to the complainant to adjust for him and was not satisfied with the job done. “Instead of giving the clothes to the tailor amend again, he started abusing him. “When the complainant did not answer, Olaniyan assaulted Mohammed by beating ...

http://ift.tt/2qS8xaT Femi Kuti Femi Kuti has broken the World record for the longest single note held on a saxophone at the New Africa Shrine. He attained the feat on Sunday at the New Africa Shrine as shared by his sister, Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti on her Instagram page @yenikuti; “ This evening 7th May at the New Africa Shrine, Femi Kuti broke the world record for the longest single note on a saxophone note set in 1997 by Kenny G. The record stood at 45mins 37 seconds….Femi did 46mins 38seconds!! Give it up, we have a world champ. This was witnessed by a large audience that included Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce, the deputy high commissioners of Netherlands and The United Kingdom.“ The record was previously first set in December, 1997 by legendary saxophonist Kenny G when he held an E-Flat for over 45 minutes. Kenny G was reported to have used a technique called Circular Breathing, which keeps a steady stream of air flowing through the saxophone even as the player breathes. For Fe...

http://ift.tt/2pqKJd9 Chelsea's N'Golo Kante<br />/ Kieran Galvin/NurPhoto / AFP /Getty Images) Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante completed a prestigious awards double on Monday when he was named footballer of the year by Britain’s Football Writers’ Association (FWA). The France international, 26, won the Premier League title with Leicester City last season and is closing in on a second successive triumph with Chelsea. He beat team-mate Eden Hazard to the award, voted on by the FWA’s 340 members, having last month been voted Players’ Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA). “It is a fantastic honour to win this award,” Kante said in a press release. “With so many great players in this Chelsea squad and in the Premier League, for the Football Writers’ Association of this country to name me as their footballer of the year is a very proud moment in my career.” Kante joined Chelsea from Leicester in a £32 million ($41.5 million, 38 mi...

http://ift.tt/2pkHOm6 Dakuku Peterside, says there is need to advance Nigeria’s economy through shipping for economic diversification. The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, says there is need to advance Nigeria’s economy through shipping for economic diversification. In a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMASA, Mr Isichei Osamgbi, the director-general described the shipping sector as capable of taking over from oil in future. Peterside sent the message to the 5th Nigeria Transport Awards and Lecture held in Lagos. The director-general was represented at the event by the Director of Administration and Human Resources in NIMASA, Mr Akin Akinyosoye. He said that the maritime sector was of great significance to the Nigerian economy. According to him, the benefits of the oil and gas sector and other vibrant economic sectors cannot be reaped without shipping. The dire...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Houston – The Federal Government on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to build modular refineries in oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, made the commitment as part of efforts to woo businessmen at the offshore technology conference holding in Houston, United States. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had on March 25 assured that the proposed modular refineries would be sited only in oil-producing areas as part of measures to address the developmental challenges in the area. “Now that the Vice-President has visited the area, I will go round and make a workable plan to kick-start the modular refineries, we need to move away from state-ism to a pan-Nigerian development. “We have to boost local refinery. The concept of producing crude and selling it off barrel per barrel is some policy we have to look at. “I hate to sit over a ministry where we can’t be self-sustaining. The Niger Delta has shown that ...