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Former Nigerinan president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed that Nigeria is more divided now than it was during the civil war. He said this during his speech at the 2019 annual retreat/conference and general meeting of members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) held at Park Inn, Abeokuta in Ogun State on Thursday. According to Obasanjo, the country would experience more division if it does not begin to partner with other countries to develop other sectors of the economy. “When we look at this country today, even during the civil war, we were not as divided as we are now. Today, we are in danger if we don’t take partnership serious. That partnership should be within our people, Africa and the rest of the world,” he said. Obasanjo stated that until the government gets its politics right, the country will keep experiencing setback in whatever it does, just as he stressed the need to translate the growing population of the country to econ

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include omitted units in supplementary election scheduled on Saturday for Brass Constituency 1. The court presided over by Justice E. Inyang made the order in a motion ex parte filed by Preye Brodrick and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against INEC. The court ruled that INEC should conduct supplementary elections in polling units 11-16; units 1-10 and 17 to 21 of Ward 6 in Brass Constituency 1 of the state on March 23 or any other day determined by the defendant (INEC). On grounds for the application, the plaintiff had told the court that elections did not hold in the affected units in line with the guidelines of INEC. The plaintiff said: “Elections did not hold in units 1-10 and units 17-21 of Ward 6 of Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly elections which held on March 9, 2019. “By the regulations and guidelines for the

The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has declared as the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the 2018 governorship election in the state, Ademola Adeleke as winner. It stated the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, were not validly returned.  source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/03/breaking-tribunal-declares-pdps-adeleke.html

The rerun Osun governorship election on September 27, 2018 in seven polling units was illegal, The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has declared. It stated the exercise was borne out of an illegal cancellation of results in the polling units during the September 22, 2018 original poll. The Returning Officers who declared the results cancelled, according to the Tribunal, lacked the power to do it. The Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, petitioned the tribunal to declare Adeleke the governor-elect having polled the highest lawful votes. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/03/breaking-tribunal-declares-osun-gov-re.html

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced the formal commencement of the first phase of the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt refinery. Port Harcourt refinery complex also houses the 60,000 barrels per day old refinery that was built in 1965 and the 150,000 barrels per day new refinery , inaugurated in 1989. The Group Managing Director, NNPC , Maikanti Baru , flagged – off the formal commencement of the rehabilitation work on the facility at the premises of the refinery in Port Harcourt on Thursday, 19 years after the last Turn Around Maintenance exercise of the nation’s premier refining plant. NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu , in a statement issued in Abuja, said the project would be executed by Milan-based Maire Tecnimont S. p. A , in collaboration with its Nigerian affiliate , Tecnimont Nigeria. NNPC said Maire Tecnimont S. p. A is listed on Milan Stock Exchange with interes

Football Photo:Pixabay Last week I attended the Integral European Football Week in Ijebu Ode where more than 300 young men between the ages of 13 – 18 from 16 teams worked hard to impress European scouts in hopes of landing a trial. There were several striking performances with some stand-out talents in the teams on parade at the Dipo Dina International Stadium. The young men played out their hearts and provided proof that indeed there exists a great production line of young footballers that could power a football industry in this country. The irony was that, despite having been selected from across the country, none of the teams was a feeder club for the leading Nigeria Professional Football League club sides. They were largely independent clubs owned by enthusiast coaches and entrepreneurs who understand the business secret of getting young talents to play in European leagues and the financial rewards that it brings. The truth is many of the best young players in Nigeria will

Members of Accord Women and Youth Initiative for Good Governance (AWYIGG) protesting against alleged refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Atiku Abubakar and PDP to access electoral materials and militarisation of polling units in Rivers, Kogi, Bauchi and other states, at the INEC headquarters in Abuja …yesterday. PHOTO: NAN • IGP deploys AIGs, CPs to ensure security in states • INEC vacates court orders on Bauchi, Adamawa polls • Releases timeline for conclusion of Rivers State’s exercise The United States of America has cautioned all political stakeholders to play according to the rule in tomorrow’s supplementary elections. It urged them to work towards credible and peaceful supplementary elections, even as it expressed disappointment over cases of violence, interference by security forces, intimidation and vote buying during the presidential and governorship elections. In a statement yesterday, the U.S. Embassy maintained that it does