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April 18, 2023 BREAKING: INEC Writes Inspector-General of Police to Investigate and Prosecute Adamawa REC
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BREAKING: INEC Writes Inspector-General of Police to Investigate and Prosecute Adamawa REC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC after a meeting held today; April 18, 2023 over the supplementary Governoship election held in Adamawa state and the ensuring drama has resolved to write to the Inspector General of Police; Usman Alkali Baba to investigate and Prosecute the Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari.

This was disclosed in a tweet posted in the official handle of the Commission on twitter. The post read;

BREAKING NEWS

At its meeting today, 18th April 2023, the Commission discussed matters arising from the Adamawa Governorship election and decided to:

1. Write to the Inspector-General of Police for the immediate investigation and possible prosecution of theResident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari.

2. Request the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to draw the attention of the appointing authority to the unwholesome behaviour of the REC for further action.

3. The collation process shall resume at a time to be determined by the Returning Officer. Detailed official statement will follow shortly.

This is in response to clamor by Nigerians to have the Resident Electoral Commissioner tried over accusations of violations in processes observed in the re-run Governorship election held on April 15, 2023, in Adamawa State.

April 18, 2023 Court Reinstates Ararume as NNPCL Boss, Awards N5bn Damages Against Federal Government.
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Court Reinstates Ararume as NNPCL Boss, Awards N5bn Damages Against Federal Government.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has today;Tuesday, restored Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The court set aside his removal by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 17, 2023.

Ararume had prayed the court to declare his removal as the NNPCL chief illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional and that it was a total breach of CAMA law under which the NNPCL was incorporated. He further approached the court to issue an order to return him to office with damages worth N100 billion as compensation for the humiliation suffered nationally and internationally.

Delivering judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo voided Arume’s sacking and awarded N5bn as damages against President Buhari and the NNPCL, to be paid for the disruption of Arume’s appointment on the ground that the action of the President was arbitrary, unlawful and illegal.

The justice ordered that Ararume be immediately restored to office as the non-executive chairman of the NNPCL.

The judge also declared as null and void all decisions of the Board of Directors of the NNPCL carried out in the absence of Ararume.

April 18, 2023 Civil Servants Set to Earn 40% More From April
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Civil Servants Set to Earn 40% More From April

The Federal Government of Nigeria will begin payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of April,2023, if President Muhammadu Buhari’s final assent for disbursement can be secured.

Government Officials say the fresh pay increase, tagged consequential allowance, would lead to a 40 per cent rise in the current pay of government workers.

The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, revealed that the Federal Government might begin payment of the 40 per cent pay rise by the end of April this year, adding that the three months arrears of January, February and March however would have to be paid at a later date.

He said, “Consequential allowance Salaries will be increased by 40 per cent for civil servants from level 1 to level 17.

“What we receive now is called consolidated public service salary structure, it is the combination of basic and all allowances. So, the increase will be 40 per cent of what a public servant is earning now.

“They will start paying from the end of this April and the arrears of January, February and March will be paid later. The salary increase is effective from January 2023. That is the proposal submitted by the committee set up to look into salary adjustment for civil servants, but I’m not sure if the President has signed it yet.”

Last month, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige disclosed that the Federal Government had approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country, which had been included in the 2023 budget to take effect from January 1, 2023.

Ngige described the pay raise as a peculiar allowance for civil servants in view of the current economic realities and it is meant to help government workers cushion the effects of rising inflation, cost of living, hikes in transportation fares, housing and electricity tariffs.

April 17, 2023 Clement Jimbo Unseats Aniekan Umanah as INEC Cancels Ikono/Ini Supplementary Election
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Clement Jimbo Unseats Aniekan Umanah as INEC Cancels Ikono/Ini Supplementary Election

Clement Jimbo of the All Progressives Congress has defeated his PDP Opponent , Aniekan Umanah to claim the seat in the House of Representatives for Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency,  that of Ikono/Ini federal constituency which was held the same saturday has however been cancelled by INEC due to widespread violence.

Mr. Clement Jimbo polled a total 22, 225 as against Umanah’s 20, 793 votes at the end of the supplementary election conducted on Saturday April 15, 2023.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, who disclosed this to newsmen in his office described the rerun in the area as abysmal.

Omorogbe said that the election were cancelled in all the 17 polling units that the rerun took place as a result of snatching of electoral materials, including Bi-Modal Voters Accreditation Machine System (BVAS)

“They were fighting all through the local Government Area in the 17 polling units in the area. I received a report from the Collation Officers that suppose to collate the result in the area that election did not hold.

“The whole exercise of those 17 polling units, they were either hijacked, disrupted, people were being chased and other things of that nature.

“From the Collation Officers in the field who were supposed to collate they all came back and have written reports and the result sheets they were supposed to fill are all here. Apparently, there was no election for now.” Omorogbe said.

He expressed regret that the violence led to the shooting of one of the corps members on duty on his leg, the male corps member serving as Ad-hoc staff at Ikot Efre, Itak unit 2, in Itak ward 11(eleven) was said to have been beaten mercilessly by suspected political thugs.

The contest for the Ikono/Ini Federal House seat is between incumbent House of Representatives member Mr. Emmanuel Ukpong Udo, who moved from the PDP to the Young Peoples Party (YPP)to seek second-time re-election and the PDP candidate and immediate Past Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet.

Similarly, political thugs reportedly disrupted the exercise in Etim Ekpo LGA Ward 7 at Ibio Nnung Achat community and Etok Uruk Eshiet Ward 3, by hijacking election materials.

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