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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit challenging the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded governorship election in Osun State. Justice Egwuatu in a judgment delivered yesterday struck out the suit seeking Adeleke’s disqualification from the July 16 governorship poll for being incompetent and lacking in merit. According to the judgment, the plaintiff, an aggrieved member of the PDP, Mr. Lukman Awoyemi, lacked the necessary locus standi (legal authority) to initiate the legal action in the first place. The court,…

The Lagos State government has ordered a ban on commercial motorcycles also known as Okada in four more Local Government Areas (LGAs) and their respective Local Council Development Areas effective from September 1, 2022. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde who disclosed this, said the affected four LGAs are Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Somolu and Mushin while the six Local Council Development Areas are Ikosi-Isheri, Agboyi-Ketu, Isolo, Bariga, Odi-Olowo and Ejigbo. Following the directive, the state government directed the Nigeria Police Force, the Army, Navy, Air force and other law enforcement formations within the state to form the “Anti-Okada Squad” that…

*Power grid begins gradual recovery after nationwide blackout Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Abubakar Atiku, yesterday outlined how he will lead Nigeria out of its current electricity challenges. In a statement he personally signed, Atiku said that having keenly observed developments in the power sector, he was convinced that his solution to the electricity crisis as encapsulated in his policy document, ‘My Covenant with Nigerians’, remains the most proactive plan to lead Nigeria out of darkness. “In this regard, my approach is to first remove the entire electricity value chain…

Coalition of South-East Support Group for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr Atiku Abubakar, says the flagbearer remains only template South-East can use to secure presidency. The National Coordinator of the coalition, Chief Ejikeme Odumegwu, said this in Enugu while inaugurating the South-East arm of the coalition in Enugu on Thursday. Odumegwu called on members of the PDP in the South-East to be united and deliver Atiku Abubakar in 2023. According to him, with his candidacy and eventual victory, he will right the wrong and restore peace and progress in the nation. Odumegwu urged people of the South-East not…

Apple is warning of a flaw that is allowing hackers to seize control of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, and is urging users to install emergency software updates. Patches were released Thursday and Wednesday by the tech titan to fix what it described as a vulnerability hackers already knew about and may be taking advantage of. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited,” the Silicon Valley-based company said. Apple did not disclose whether it had information regarding the extent to which the issue has been exploited. The technical description indicated that a hacker…

A Nutrition Manager with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kano Field Office, Elhaji Diop, says maternal breastfeeding decreases risk of breast cancer. Diop disclosed this at the launching of ‘Stronger with Breast Milk Only” Campaign as part of the celebration of 2022 World Breastfeeding Week held in Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. According to him, it also decreases the risk of ovarian cancer, postpartum depression, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and type-2 diabetes mellitus. He explained that infants who were breastfed, had a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis and gastroenteritis and possessed a higher IQ later in life. “Breastfeeding…

*Directs humanitarian ministry to ensure safe return of IDPs in north east  *Troops rescue four kidnapped victims, arrest four terrorists in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed the military and security agencies in the country to take the fight against insurgents in the North East to their hideouts and eliminate them. The president, who gave the directive in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2022, however, charged the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to ensure the safe return of internally displaced persons in the North East. In another development, troops, yesterday,…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State did not stop the observance of sit-at-home order in the state. It said Uzodimma could not stop the order, because he did not initiate it. Emma Powerful, the spokesperson of IPOB, said the group cancelled the sit-at-home order on the advice of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement he signed, Powerful urged Nigerians to ignore Uzodimma’s remark that he stopped the observance of sit-at-home order in the state. Powerful said: “IPOB wishes to remind Uzodimma that he does not have the capacity to stop the…

• Says UTAS outperforms IPPIS in integrity test • Union offers reason for Tuesday’s deadlocked meeting There were indications, yesterday, that the insistence by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be paid for the six months that the strike has lasted was affecting negotiations between the two feuding parties in apparent allusion to the Federal Government’s ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy. Specifically, the current administration maintained that it would not bow to the “whims and caprices” of the university lecturers, who are demanding payment of outstanding salaries, to check future and needless strikes. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed that…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed October 12 for hearing in a suit seeking disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the 2023 election over alleged certificate forgery. Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the new date to enable parties complete filing of their processes and exchange the same, as required by law before the adjourned date. Tinubu, who is the major defendant in the alleged certificate saga, has engaged the services of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Babatunde Ogala, to fortify his defence. At Thursday’s proceedings, counsel to Action Alliance, which instituted…