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December 5, 2023 President Tinubu Dragged to Supreme Court Over Inauguration
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President Tinubu Dragged to Supreme Court Over Inauguration

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Supreme Court for allegedly unlawfully presenting himself for inauguration as President, despite a pending legal action against the conduct of the 2023 presidential poll.

Citing the doctrine of “lis pendens”, a presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 general election, Albert Ambrose Owuru, is asking the apex court to nullify the inauguration of Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential poll.

Owuru, a constitutional lawyer, contends that the presidential election, which produced Tinubu, was an exercise in futility and illegal self-help, given his yet-to-be-determined suit against Tinubu and others at the Supreme Court.

The pending Supreme Court suit (No. SC/667/2023) has A.A. Owuru and Hope Democratic Party (HDP) as appellants while respondents are former President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation, Independent National Electoral Commission, and Tinubu.

Owuru is arguing that Tinubu’s declaration as President by INEC is an affront to the Supreme Court and established law by reason of “lis pendens”. He added that since Tinubu is a party in the pending suit before the apex court, he ought not to have presented himself for inauguration, in respect of any presidential poll.

Owuru contested the 2019 presidential election on the platform of HDP against former President Buhari and claimed to be adjudged winner of the poll, against the declaration of Buhari by INEC and again in 2023.

His suit seeking an order of court to declare him the adjudged and constitutional winner of the 2019 election, and currently pending before the Supreme Court, was on May 18, this year, voluntarily joined by Tinubu as an interested party.

In a fresh motion on notice served on Tinubu through the chambers of Wole Olanipekun, the ex-presidential cadidate is also praying the Supreme Court for an order restraining the respondents and particularly Tinubu from further operating the federation account, pending the determination and resolution of the constitutional questions against the 2023 election.

December 5, 2023 Nigerian Army Bombs Kill Scores in Kaduna
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Nigerian Army Bombs Kill Scores in Kaduna

The accidental bombing of Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army on Sunday, which left no fewer than 85 villagers dead has sent waves of outrage across the country.

Residents of the affected communities said they were celebrating Maulud, an Islamic event when the bombs were dropped by the military, a development that triggered both local and international condemnation.

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Balarabe, had to visit Islamic clerics in the state to douse tension, as the Governor of the state, Senator Uba Sani, ordered a thorough investigation into the bombing to forestall future occurrences.

As the state government moved to douse tension, the Christian Association of Nigeria, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International, among others, condemned the recurrent erroneous bombings by the military.

No fewer than 425 persons including children and women had been killed by military accidental bombings between September 2017 and 2023.

 

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Air Force, on Monday, denied responsibility for the Kaduna village incident.

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the service had not conducted any operation in the state and its environs in the last 24 hours.

He added that the Air Force was not the only organisation using armed drones in the North-West.

The statement read, “The news making the rounds alleging that Nigerian Air Force aircraft accidentally killed innocent civilians in Kaduna is false. Please be informed that the NAF has not carried out any air operations within Kaduna State and its environs in the last 24 hours.

“Also, note that the NAF is not the only organisation operating combat-armed drones in the Northwestern region of Nigeria. It is also important to ensure that due diligence is always exhausted by the media before going to press with unverified and unconfirmed reports.”

December 4, 2023 Persons With Disabilities Protest to Government House to Demand Removal of Governor’s Aide
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Persons With Disabilities Protest to Government House to Demand Removal of Governor’s Aide

Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) drawn from the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State have protested to the Government House, Uyo, the state capital, demanding the removal of the Personal Assistant (PA) to Governor Umo Eno, on Disability Matters, Comrade Ubong Ikpe, over alleged misappropriation of the N100 million intervention fund donated by government to support the physically challenged and indigent students.

To cushion the excruciating pains faced by the physically-challenged,  the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor. Umo Eno had instituted a N100 million Education Intervention Fund (EIF) “to assist the physically challenged students of Akwa Ibom origin and other disabled students residing in the state, and studying in public tertiary institutions across the state.”

Governor Umo Eno, it could be recalled, announced this when he granted audience to members of the National Association of Students with Disabilities (NANSWDs), University of Uyo chapter, led by the president, Comrade Emmanuel Wisdom, who were on a courtesy visit to the governor at Government House, recently.

The office of the accountant-general in liaison with the ministries of Education, Women Affairs and Social Welfare, as well as the office of the SSG, were mandated to oversee equitable disbursement of the funds as the governor had warned against any administrative bottleneck in the management of the money.

But dozens of the aggrieved beneficiaries, led by the PLWDs’ coordinator in-charge of the 31 LGAs, Comrade Ekerette Udoakpan, who stormed the Government House in protest, accused the governor’s aide on Disability Matters, Ubong Ikpe, of shutting out several members and shortchanging them in the process.

December 4, 2023 4 Months On, Prospective Corp Members from Akwa Ibom Still in Kidnappers Den
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4 Months On, Prospective Corp Members from Akwa Ibom Still in Kidnappers Den

The eight Akwa Ibom State graduates abducted on their way to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Sokoto State are yet to regain their freedom, almost 4 months since abduction.

The prospective corps members from Akwa Ibom State were travelling in an AKTC bus to Sokoto State for the mandatory national youth service programme for Nigerian graduates.

Since their abduction, parents and relatives of the victims have been expressing concerns that the NYSC authorities and security agencies were not doing enough to secure the release of their children.

In September, the parents took to the street to protest, saying they had spent over N13m in an effort to have their children back.

The kidnappers had demanded that the parents of each of the abductees should pay a ransom of N10m, an amount the parents said they could not raise.

Despite the assurances from security agents that the victims would be released, none of them has been freed as of December 4, 2023.

 

Some Nigerians have called for the scrapping of the NYSC scheme, while some others opined that individuals be allowed to serve in their geopolitical zones or states.

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