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Justice Ekwo Threatens INEC over Edo PDP Crisis
Hon. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has threatened to bring contempt of court on the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, for declining it’s order to accept and publish the names of candidates of the Edo PDP that emanated from the primaries supervised by the commission
Those whose names the court gave an order in favour, are, Hon. Ogbeide Ihama, Pascal Ugbome, Chief Mike Onolememen, Patrick Giwa, Hon. Lucy Omagbon, Barrister Nosa Adams and others
The Presiding judge justice Inyang Ekwo, expressed concern over INEC’ s disobedience to an order he granted requesting the Electoral umpire to accept and recognize the PDP primary conducted by the legacy PDP and monitored by INEC
Recall that the PDP candidates including, Hon. Ogbeide Ihama, Larry Ogieva , Lucy Omagbon , the immediate past Clerk of the House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa , among others, had approached the federal high court ,Abuja, demanding an order for the Independent National Electoral commission to only recognize candidates that emerged from the party primary conducted on 18the of May, 2022 by the Legacy faction of the party in Edo state
However, in the Suit no. FHC/ABJ/CS/808/2022 , Justice Ekwo issued an order directing INEC to only accept and recognize the candidates that emerged from that primary.
But counsel to INEC
Abdul Sani, SAN, in his response to the Justice Ekwo’s charge, explained that the commission had written to the PDP National Headquarters asking it to submit the names and necessary information of the candidates upon which the court’s order was granted: For INEC’s proper documentation and publications for claims and objections in line with provisions of the Electoral Act
The INEC counsel nonetheless, tendered before Justice Ekwo a written letter to that effect , addressed to the PDP requesting the particulars of the victorious candidates
Justice Inyang Ekwo has however, adjourned hearing to 17th July, 2022
THE Federal Government has approved free internet services worth N24.2 billion naira at 20 selected airports, 43 universities and six markets across the country.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami, disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
Pantami said that the airports were selected from the six geo-political zones.
“Certain intervention projects are going to be implemented by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Communications Commission of providing Internet in 20 selected airports in Nigeria and higher institutions of learning and also some markets to support micro small and medium enterprises.
“In each geopolitical zone, you have around three airports. In the South-West, we have Lagos and Ondo. For the South-East, we have Anambra and Enugu.
“For the South-South, we have Port Harcourt and Akwa Ibom. For the North-Central we have Abuja and Ilorin. In the North-West, we have Kano, Sokoto and Kebbi. For the North-East we have Yola, Maiduguri and Gombe.”
The minister said the markets and 43 institutions which include universities and polytechnics were also drawn from the six geopolitical zones, adding that it will ease e-learning in schools and also enhance the transition to a cashless economy.
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service
The appointments followed after a recent conducted selection process.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF),Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known in a statement by Mohammed Ahmed, Director of Communications of the Office of the HOCSF,
The appointees and their states of origin are Esuabana Asanye (Cross River), Mahmud Kambari (Borno), Richard Pheelangwah (Taraba), Lamuwa Ibrahim (Gombe), Yakubu Kofar-Mata (Kano) and Oloruntola Michael (Ogun).
The Department of State Security Service has said that the plot to Instal interim government was real
DSS noted that the plot was “by some key players” to install an interim government and stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as president.
A statement on Wednesday, by Peter Afunanya, the public relations officer of the secret police, said: “The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria.
“The Service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside the constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into an avoidable crisis.
“The illegality is totally unacceptable in a democracy and to the peace loving Nigerians. This is even more so that the machination is taking place after the peaceful conduct of the elections in most parts of the country.”
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