A Benue High Court has ordered the ruling All Progressives Congress not to remove the state APC Chairman, Augustine Agada, and the current executives of the party. A copy of the exparte order granted by Justice Theresa Igoche in motion No MH /1585m/2024 was made available to newsmen at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Wednesday. The court particularly stopped the Dr Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the party from sacking the Austin Agada-led State Working Committee until the expiration of their four-year tenure. The Benue chapter of the APC has been at loggerheads with Governor…
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At Howard University, the historically Black college that educated Kamala Harris four decades ago, students are dreaming about how her victory in the US presidential election could elevate the institution — and their own ambitions. “I like seeing people that look like me and are doing such great things, like Kamala,” said Serena Evans, who said she experienced racism at majority-white schools in her native North Carolina before she enrolled at Howard two years ago. Evans followed in the footsteps of Democratic presidential nominee Harris, who began her studies in 1982 at the university, located in the nation’s capital —…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State have urged the electorate to vote for the party’s candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa, in the September 21 governorship election. They said their administration would accord and uphold respect for the traditional institutions and bring massive development to every sector of the state. The APC leaders spoke on Thursday when the party took its campaign train to the Egor Local Government Area in Benin. The Director General of the APC campaign, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, told the crowd that the APC had great confidence in the party’s…
Tens of thousands of international students took to the streets across Canada this week in a wave of protests against new immigration policies introduced by the federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto on Monday, the demonstrations, which drew approximately 70,000 students occurred in major provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests came in response to a series of immigration reforms that have left many international students fearing deportation. In 2021, Canada abolished the Post-Graduation Work Permit programme, which had previously allowed international students to gain valuable work experience in the country…
The dissolved executives of the Benue State All Progressives Congress have dragged the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, to court for dissolving the exco despite a court order contrary to the action. The PUNCH reports that following a protracted crisis in the Benue APC, the party’s National Working Committee, on Wednesday, announced the dissolution of the Austine Agada-led executives, loyal to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. In its place, the NWC immediately inaugurated a seven-man caretaker committee to take over the affairs of the party at the state level for six months. The development happened…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has set up a sub-committee to review the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is as both parties agreed to reconvene by September 6, 2024. These decisions were taken at the end of a closed-door meeting, held at the Ministry of Education in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting, which lasted for two and a half hours, had in attendance the leadership of ASUU, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, and other officials of the ministry. Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Mamman said a sub-committee had…
The Peoples Democratic Party has congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, following the Supreme Court’s decision, which upheld his victory in the 2023 governorship election. The Supreme Court’s five-member panel unanimously rejected the appeal by All Progressives Congress candidate, Timipre Sylva, contesting the outcome of the election. In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP called the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Governor Diri a significant win for democracy. The statement read in part, “The verdict of the Supreme Court is another victory for Democracy, Rule of Law, and the…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has clarified that electricity consumers who get free prepaid meters will have up to 10 years to repay the cost. Adelabu’s statement contradicts claims that customers who pay for meters would be refunded through energy credit. Speaking recently in Ibadan, the minister, who acknowledged that the cost of meters had been on the increase, said funding was a major challenge. According to Adelabu, the Federal Government would fund the meter procurement through different initiatives while the customers pay back over time. “We can get funding for this meter and allow the customers to pay…
As the abduction of citizens of various social statuses continues unabated across Nigeria, security agencies find themselves grappling with an escalating threat that seems to belittle their achievement, writes ISMAEEL UTHMAN From schoolchildren to VIPs, no one is safe from the pervasive menace of kidnapping ravaging the entire length and breadth of the country. Despite efforts from security agencies, gunmen still loom large on the horizon, as Nigerians live in constant fear of the unknown. Kidnapping has become one of the most pressing security concerns in Nigeria. The criminal enterprise touches every corner of the country. Abduction for ransom was…
International credit rating firm, Fitch Ratings, has said that the Mpox outbreak may hurt the economic activities of African countries and weaken their fiscal positions. In a commentary released on Wednesday, the ratings firm said that a potential acceleration in the spread of Mpox in sub-Saharan Africa could raise the risk that the virus and efforts to curb its impact hurt economic activity and weaken fiscal metrics in affected sovereigns, in addition to the suffering of those affected. It, however, said that any fiscal impact under such a scenario would probably be partially offset by additional financing from donors and…