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    Governor Babajide-Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of  #EndSARS  protest in the state. The governor in a statement on Saturday said he had “directed the Honorable Attorney General to set up a meeting and pay him the compensation awarded by the court.” @jidesanwoolu  Good evening Lagos, As Governor, I'm committed to upholding the rule of law and protecting citizens' rights with empathy and authority. I became aware of the case involving Mr. Clement Adedotun and the judgement by the Federal High Court, and I understand the impact this legal battle has had on him. After reviewing Mr. Clement's case, I've directed the Honorable Attorney General to set up a meeting and pay him the compensation awarded by the Court. Although the State Government has appealed the ruling, I've interceded in this instan...

  Court Of Appeal Rules On PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima’s Candidacy, Awards N5million Against Appellant’s Lawyer In a unanimous decision on Friday, a three-member panel led by Justice James Abundaga held that the PDP had failed to establish locus standi to bring the case and hence, held that the appellant did not have the right to commence the action in law. The Court of Appeal in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has dismissed an appeal suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and his deputy, Kashim Shettima, in the February 25 election. In a unanimous decision on Friday, a three-member panel led by Justice James Abundaga held that the PDP had failed to establish locus standi to bring the case and hence, held that the appellant did not have the right to commence the action in law. According to reports, the PDP asked the appellate court to overturn the ...

T HE PRESIDENT NEVER SAID HE WON’T HAND OVER TO PRESIDENT ELECT TINUBU - PRESIDENCY The Presidency wishes to denounce as outrageous and fake, and condemns the fake news brigade for attributing a false quote to President Muhammadu Buhari and circulating it. How can you vigorously campaign for somebody, vote for him and then say you won’t hand over to him? This beggars belief. The situation of the Sahara Reporters is pretty pathetic since their ownership is politically partisan in today’s politics, in fact a loser in the presidential election. Instead of talking about issues, they repeatedly sell lies in the hope that people believe them as truth. The government is already in transition phase. The Transition Committee, made up of representatives of the outgoing administration and the incoming one is meeting on an almost daily basis planning the handover to the Tinubu/Shettima administration.  Thirteen committees as offshoots of the main committee, some, to arrange military drills and...

The British high commission on Wednesday announced that its collating relevant information about some Nigerians who engaged in anti-democratic actions during the elections with a view to taking action against the individuals. The commission also stated that it was concerned by the use of inflammatory ethno-religious language by some political figures, and called on all leaders to distance themselves from the use of such inflammatory language, as well as prevent those who speak on their behalf from doing so. This is coming as Bayo Onanuga, Media Aide to President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, came under heavy criticism after posting a viral tweet warning Igbos never to interfere in Lagos politics

  CBN pushes more banknotes to commercial banks, orders them to operate Saturdays, Sundays CBN pushes more banknotes to commercial banks others them to operate Saturdays Sundays The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, stating that a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by the commercial banks for onward circulation to their respective customers. According to him, the CBN had directed all banks to load their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as well as conduct physical operations in the banking halls through the weekends. “Branches of commercial banks will operate on Saturdays and Sundays to attend to customers’ cash needs,” he noted, adding th...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed that the aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not agree to support the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in the just-concluded presidential election. Wike made this known on Wednesday during a live media chat in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Rivers governor stated that the G-5 governors only reached an agreement and formulated strategies to ensure the emergence of a Southern President. Wike stated that the aim of PDP governors was equity, fairness, and justice, saying that they are happy that a Southern president has emerged. He said: “There was never a time the integrity Group met and say it must be this person. We only agreed on the Southern President. We formulated strategies and the southern President emerged. Our interest is that a southern President should emerge. “When we went to our meeting, we decided on the Southern President. We didn’t say it must be this. We said whatever you are...

  Court Dismisses Labour Party’s Suit, Rules That “Only INEC Can Determine Mode Of Collating, Transmitting Election Results” A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that it is only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that is empowered by law to determine the mode of collating and transmitting election results. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, also held that it is only INEC that has the prerogative to direct how Polling Unit Presiding Officer should transfer election results, including the total number of accredited voters and results of the ballot. Before dismissing the suit, Justice Nwite held that the collating and transferring election results manually in the 2023 general elections is in line with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022. The judgment was on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1454/2022 filed by the Labour Party (LP), with INEC as the only defendant. LP had prayed the court to declare that INEC has no power to choose manual method other than ...