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 Supreme Court Affirms Caleb Mutfwang as duly elected governor of Plateau state  Justice Emmanuel Agim who read the lead judgment held, that the validity of nomination and sponsorship by his party is not a ground for nullifying an election. The Plateau State High Court order has nothing to do with the NEC of the PDP. The court of appeal was wrong in its judgment as the order was for the state executive who had no powers to nominate a candidate for the governorship election,The petitioner's case was an abuse of the court process. A lot of people have suffered because of what the Plateau Court of Appeal did with the appeal.

The Supreme Court has set aside the lower courts' decisions sacking the Kano state Governor,  Yusuff Abba.  The tribunal had set aside Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party victory after declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid. The tribunal held that the deducted votes were from ballot papers that were neither stamped nor signed.   He then approached the appeal court for redress. The appeal court upheld the tribunal's decision and faulted the lower court for not disqualifying the governor. The Supreme Court has, however, on Friday, reinstated the governor.

Access Bank asks customers to repay CBN COVID 19 loans Access Bank on Monday urged its customers to promptly repay any outstanding debts acquired under the Central Bank of Nigeria loan scheme. The directive comes as part of the bank’s efforts to ensure timely and responsible loan repayment, aligning with regulatory guidelines. The bank in an email encouraged customers to fulfill their financial obligations to maintain a healthy and sustainable banking relationship with Access Bank. Access Bank said all existing CBN development finance intervention funds with approved interest rates remain unchanged and are to be fully repaid in line with the terms and conditions, the statement noted. The bank also advised customers in need of funds to consider alternative loan products and services tailored to their banking needs. The CBN had in December issued a circular to Deposit Money Bank to stop accepting new loan applications and recover previously granted loans under the scheme.

I like to add my voice with most Nigerians concerned about accountability in government and judicious use of public funds, I welcome the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Betta Edu, and subsequent directives for her investigation. While the action of the government is a welcome development, the investigation must be comprehensive so that all those culpable are brought to book. The suspension of the Minister should not be a window-dressing action but should be a peg to get at all those who are deserving of blame and punished just like the Minister. By a sad coincidence, the alleged fraudulent diversion of N585 million of public money by Ms. Edu broke almost at the same moment that the Minister who held the same portfolio in the last administration is being investigated for a whopping N37bn misappropriation. The Ministry may have been created by the system as a conduit pipe to siphon public funds while using the poor as a face. Equally worrisome and disgusting is th...

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daniel Bwala, was at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday where he met with President Bola Tinubu and pledged his total support for him. After the meeting with Tinubu, Bwala, who was a spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, told the States House correspondents that he came on the invitation of the President. “I honoured the invitation of His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is a father to the nation, who God has given the opportunity to lead the country at this difficult time, so I came to celebrate and congratulate him. “I also gave him my commitment that as citizens of this country, this is the time for us to throw our weight behind and support the administration,”Bwala said. He said he is particularly excited about the recent policy decisions the President has taken which according to him demonstrates that he is about the people and not just protecting his team. He commended him for taking decision ...

President Tinubu cuts cost of governance  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has slashed  the number of people accompanying him on local and foreign trips by 60 percent to reduce cost of governance.  The directive announced today by  Special Adviser on Media, Ajuri Ngelale also affects the Vice President Kashim Shettima and the First Lady. Henceforth only 20 people will accompany the President on foreign trips and five each for the VP and First Lady. On local trips, the President will have a                     25-man entourage, 15 for VP and 10 for First Lady.. President  Tinubu also directed that his security personnel be heavily reduced during visit to states in Nigeria as the security architecture in the states he is visiting would take charge of his personal security.  He warned that any minister or public servant that violates this directive would be sanctioned.

SCOAN: Characters interviewed Unfounded And Unknown To The Church The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) has countered the BBC documentary on the late Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known as TB Joshua, founder of SCOAN. SCOAN described the documentary as unfounded, noting that the characters interviewed in the report were unknown to the church. The church, in a statement signed by its Public Affairs Director, Mr Dare Adejumo, said the statement was aimed at disabusing public minds from the report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the BBC released a highly controversial and damning documentary on the late TB Joshua on Monday, accusing him of various crimes, including rape, against some members. SCOAN said, “BBC World Services investigative unit, code-named Africa Eye, came out this week with weird and strange episodes of atrocities against the late founder of SCOAN.” It said that to investigate and publish or broadcast reports was a central kernel of journalism, but to do ...