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….as court dismisses PDP’s suit against Ize-Iyamu By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, tendered in evidence before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the nomination form Governor Godwin Obaseki filled and submitted for the purpose of the governorship election that held in Edo State on September 19. Justice Ahmed Mohammed admitted and marked the document known as Form EC9, along with other attachments that accompanied it, as Exhibit PL-2. He dismissed objection the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, raised to query the admissibility of the document which INEC was summoned to produce before the court in the forgery case the All Progressives Congress, APC, instituted against Obaseki. The APC had in the suit it jointly filed with one of its members in Edo, Mr Williams Edobor, alleged that Obaseki forged the University of Ibadan degree certificate he submitted to INEC in aid of his qualification for the election. In the suit marked FHC/B/CS...

The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned the alleged certificate forgery case of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo until Dec. 30. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the APC through its counsel, Mr. Akin Olujimi, SAN, attempted to tender some documents in evidence through a subpoenaed witness. The PDP and Obaseki, however, objected to the tendering of the documents on the grounds that the process did conform with the laws guiding the admissibility of documents. Obseki’s counsel, Mr. Ken Mozia, SAN, added that there was no evidence of payment for the documents.  The judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, however, admitted the document, an INEC form EC9 in evidence, as exhibit PL2. Justice Mohammed admitted the document on the grounds that it was relevant to the case. Earlier, the judge held that the fact that the process of tendering the document was not properly complied with, was not enough reason for it to be rejected. He stated that the way out of t...

* PDP's Return In 2023, Figment Of Their Imagination - APC * Nigerians Are Tired Of Both Parties - NCF Nigeria’s major opposition par¬ty, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said many Nigerians who are already fed up with the misrule of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progres¬sives Congress (APC) are yearning for its (PDP) return to power in 2023. After 16 years in power, begin¬ning from the return of democratic lost power to the then oppogovernance in 1999, the PDP sition, the APC, in the 2015 presidential election, after President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC flag bearer, defeated Dr. Goodluck Jon¬athan who ran on the PDP platform. ¬ Buhari secured re-elec¬tion on the APC platform in 2019 by defeating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president, who was the PDP’s presidential candidate. Speaking exclusively with Daily Independent on Tues¬day, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, said having tested both parties, Nigerians have realised that ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has adopted booking for the National Identity Numbers (NIN) to avoid the spread of COVID-19 pandemic at registration centres across the country. According to a statement by its spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, personal information would be collected for scheduling an enrolment appointment. The statement warned citizens not to give personal information other than what is required by the booking register. Adegoke explained that the recent Federal Government’s policy which requires mobile network subscribers to update their SIM registration with a valid National Identification Number (NIN) has occasioned a huge demand for the NIN with a crowd visiting the NIMC Enrolment Centres nationwide. Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19, which continues to severely affect public health and cause unprecedented disruptions, the Commission wishes to announce that it has adopted a couple of measures to contain the spread of the virus while ensuring its ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that the nation’s health system is struggling to cope with the increasing number of coronavirus infections daily. The centre warned that the nation would pay in January for disregarding the health protocols. Speaking at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Director-General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu said, “We just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in Nigeria last week than in any other previous week since the beginning of the outbreak. “Pictures and videos from across the country paint a very disheartening situation because it appears that our messages, our appeals to Nigerians over the last few months have not been heeded and we have gone ahead with business as usual. Also available:  WHY MOST RELATIONSHIPS FAILED OR DON'T LAST LONG “Events centres are full, social activities are full and so it is no surprises that cases are rising. “January will be...

The All Progressives Congress chapter in Edo State has called on Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu to leave former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, out of his legal predicament while urging him to present his certificate as demanded by the court. The state Deputy Charman of the party, Jarret Tenebe, made the assertion in a statement on Monday. The PUNCH had reported that Shaibu warned Oshiomhole not to subvert the will of the people, adding that the former governor should jettison the plan to overturn the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the September 2020 governorship election through the judiciary. Reacting on Monday, Tenebe said there was no time Oshiomhole attempted to subvert the will of the people through the judiciary. “I will describe the deputy governor as a frustrated and confused man who talks from both sides of his mouth as well as seeking for survival. “Oshiomhole believes totally in the judiciary having gotten his stolen mandate through the instrumentality of the...

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Hassan Kukah’s scathing attack on President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday raised more dusts. Northern groups and Southern elders disagreed over calls for Kukah’s arrest for his discreet call for undemocratic removal of the President from office. The Federal Government at the weekend lashed out at the cleric and urged him to “stop stigmatising the President over nepotism claims”. While the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) faulted the bishop’s comments, the Southern Nigeria and Middle Belt Forum said Kukah merely spoke truth to power. Kukah said in Christmas message: “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of this blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension… “Every honest Nigerian knows that there is no way any non-northern Muslim president could have done a fraction of what President B...

Person Of The Year: Our messengers of hope Authorities in the country didn’t know enough to know that their children, sorry, the youth they have tagged as lazy and docile are well aware of the classics from a social change icon that one of the greatest liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through the great periods of social change. They (the youth) have been awake.  They have also imbibed the fact that ‘every society has its protectors of status quo and fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. The young ones in Nigeria who have seen vision of their country through learning and re-learning have noted too that their very survival depends on their ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. The EndSARS connoisseurs don’t believe in charity anymore. They believe in solidarity. They are aware too that charity is vertical and so it’s humiliating: it goe...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and Abuja has expressed great shock over what it described as attempts to further divide the nation by the Presidency, the leadership of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and other individuals and groups aimed at “twisting the crux of the homily Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah gave at Christmas.” CAN Northern States in a statement issued and signed by its vice chairman, Reverend John Joseph Hayab that “Of grave misgiving is the baseless claim in a statement signed by the President of MURIC, Prof Ishaq Akintola, that Bishop Kukah had “referred to Islam as a violent religion” and “calls for a coup.” According to the statement, “That such a statement comes from Prof Akintola is not only laughable but misleading and tissue of lies. Records show MURIC’s leadership is often careless with assertions and many times acting as if it was a political platform instead of a religious one”. CAN 19 northern states and Abuja, therefore, conde...

The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), on Monday, said it stood by Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas Day message wherein he claimed that Nigeria was on the verge of becoming a failed state In a press release made available to journalists in Abuja, the National Director of CSN’s Social Communication, Fr. Mike Umoh, raised the alarm over the incessant attacks on the Bishop by those alleging he sought to instigate violence and hinder national integration with his message. Umoh, however, maintained that with the prolonged security and economic challenges facing the country, the Catholic Church in Nigeria stood by Kukah’s position on the state of the nation. He said, “We are quite aware of the 2020 Christmas Message by our revered Bishop Hassan Kukah and the enormous space it has enjoyed on social media and in the public sphere. “As expected, the agents of evil have gathered to attack the person of the Bishop and to discredit the simple obvious truth of the message. This is the stock in ...

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19. Adeyemi, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said a decision on the issue would be announced next week. The Federal Government’s plan may not be unconnected with pressures on it to stop further spread of coronavirus by banning flights from nations with high rates of the virus. Recall that the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof Innocent Ujah, had in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said travellers from the UK and the US were worsening COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The NMA president stated, “Government knows that they (travellers from the UK and the US) are the ones responsible for increase in cases and the results have shown that and government knows what they should do.”...

Christmas: Northern Christians disown Hassan Kukah over statements on Buhari’s administration The Northern Christians Forum of Nigeria (NCFN) has distanced itself from statements credited to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto criticising President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.  The group, in a statement signed by its President, Rev. Dr. Josiah Nabut, on Sunday in Barnawa, Kaduna State warned Kukah to avoid using the pulpit for political gains.   According to the Northern Christians, the cleric is derailing and shifting from the purpose of serving the laity and has now become a tool in the hands of politicians.  The NCFN noted that most of Bishop Kukah's claims against Buhari are rehash from certain political oracles he usually visits. The group, however, urged Kukah to desist from lending himself to be used by politicians because his gift is to serve all of humanity, not himself.  Read full statement below: We are concerned that t...

Bank credit grew by N290bn in six weeks, says apex bank • Businesses lament, knock govt over poor inflation management Barely five days to the end of the year 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that a survey carried out by its Statistics Department revealed that the naira is expected to depreciate further in January 2021. The report, titled, ‘December 2020 Business Expectations Survey Report’ added that there might also be a steady rise in interest rate from December till the next six months. The naira witnessed a sharp fall in recent weeks, reaching its lowest on November 30, 2020, when it exchanged for N500/$1. Since then, the dollar has been hovering between N460 and N470. As of Friday, however, one dollar exchanged for 465 in the parallel market. Also, the Nigerian economy had on November 21 slid into its second recession in five years when the economy shrank again in the third quarter. The recession is said to be the worst in 36 years, according to the data obtained...

Wike to re-impose COVID-19 lockdown in Rivers, January ON DECEMBER 27, 20206:58 PM By Davies Iheamnachor Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has hinted that he would re-impose COVID-19 lockdown in the state beginning from January following the recent upsurge in the number of coronavirus cases in the State. Wike according to a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, gave a hint of the imminent second phase of lockdown amid rising cases of COVID-19 during the church thanksgiving service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Mrs Priscilla Nwanediye Mark, at the St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government on Sunday. Wike regretted the refusal of most churches and markets in the state to enforce the compulsory wearing of face mask in adherence to COVID-19 protocol, noting that the state government had initially relaxed the restriction on the number of persons who worship in churches which have often been violated. He noted that with the seco...

Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has accused former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of planning to overturn the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the September 2020 governorship election through the Judiciary, just like what transpired in Imo State. Shaibu during an empowerment program for Afemai Youths in Ogbona and Jattu respectively at the weekend reaffirmed confidence in the judiciary and President Muhammadu Buhari to protect the nation’s democracy and the collective will of Edo people. According to the Deputy Governor, Comrade Oshiomhole at a public function at his Iyamho residence during the yuletide declared that he was instrumental to the Supreme Court victory of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and will do the same to upturn the popular victory of Obaseki in Edo State. Shaibu expressed disappointment over Oshiomhole’s vituperation on the clear victory of Obaseki, stressing that making u...

Despite the keys that has been given to you yet you are still finding it difficult to dominate and take control of the territories God said you should dominate, Instead you are being controlled by the environment and the forces of darkness is still having a fun day in the places where we dwell. 7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Eccl. 10:7 Things God gave to you to control are now controlling us and as well dominating over you. They are exercising our rights over us again instead of us exercising it over them. You have ask, bind, and loose yet none are coming to materialization. You have even fasted and prayed yet no results. You have even asked yourselves if God is still existing or not due to the unexpected you are experiencing. The reason is because you have not obeyed the law of Dominionship.  The question is what are the law of Dominionship that we have not obeyed that is frustrating your efforts? Every kingdom has a law just as ...

The Bible tells the story of Jesus Christ’s birth through the gospels of Luke and Matthew. Almost 2,000 years ago an angel named Gabriel is said to have appeared to Mary and told her she would have a son, Jesus, who would be the Son of God. Mary and her husband-to-be, Joseph, made the journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born in a stable after the pair struggled to find a place to stay. Some time later, three 'Wise Men', or magi, from eastern countries saw a star in the sky that signalled the birth of a new king. They are said to have travelled to Judea, the region around Jerusalem and Bethlehem, to worship Jesus, the new king, but little detail is provided on who they actually were. Catholic priest and author Dwight Longenecker has long sought to learn more about the mysterious visit and whether he could unravel their true identity. He said: “To determine who the Wise Men really were, we first have to unpack the story as most people understand it. “The story Matthew tells ha...