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I see you got carried away with the victory over stoke city and squillaci's first goal hence you posted the wrong picture.

Most Nigerian judges are either extremely corrupt bribe takers or they just have shit for brain cells,I expect the other candidates to speedily appeal this laughable but dubiously dangerous judgement especially in Delta state

Court extends five governors’ terms



A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting governorship elections in Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross River states.



In his judgment which lasted for about two hours in the consolidated suits by Governors Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Timipriye Sylva (Bayelsa) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Justice Adamu Bello held that there were no vacancies in the affected states for now.


The judge added that the tenure of the concerned governors would not expire until 2012.



He held that the tenure of the governors legally started in 2008 when they took fresh oaths of office and allegiance following the nullification of their April 14, 2007 elections by the courts.



The court held that since the 2007 elections were nullified and set aside by competent courts, the oath of office and allegiance subscribed to by the five governors had all been nullified and set aside along with the elections.



Justice Bello held that in line with section 180 of the 1999 Constitution, the tenure of the governors legally commenced in 2008 and not in 2007.



According to the judge, the 2007 elections used by Independent National electoral Commission to determine the tenure of the governors did not exist in the eyes of the law, having been legally declared null and void by competent courts as nothing can stand on nothing.



He, however, said that although section 180 of the 1999 Constitution was amended in 2010 by the National Assembly and signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, the amendment had no effect on the five governors since their rerun elections were conducted in 2008.



The judge said, “There is nowhere in the world where a constitution takes retroactive effect as erroneously held by INEC.



“The said amendment cannot be used to determine the tenure of the governors who took oath of office in 2008.” He, therefore, directed INEC to put on hold governorship election in the states and ordered that elections would only take place in the states next year.



He said, “INEC cannot validly conduct elections in the five states until 60 days to the expiration of the tenures of the present occupants.



“The notice of elections, received nominations, and timetable issued by INEC for the April 2011 elections are unlawful, illegal and contrary to section 180 of the constitution.”



Reacting to the verdict, INEC on Wednesday said that it would give the judgment to its legal team to study.



Director of Information and Public Affairs in the commission, Mr. Emmanuel Umenger, said this shortly after the verdict was delivered in Abuja.



He said, “It is too early for us to speak about the Court judgment delivered today. The Commission does not just react on issues like this, besides, the judgment has not been served on us yet.



“We have a consortium of lawyers who will have to study the judgment and advice the commission accordingly, we can only act based on their advice.”



In their reaction, Idris and his Bayelsa state counterpart, Sylva, said it was a triumph of the rule of law and victory for their states and the nation.



Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Idris said, “I am grateful to God, it is a victory for the people of Kogi State. I will lay a proper foundation for whoever is going to take over from me.”



In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, Sylva said, “The extension will give the administration more time to deepen development and democracy in Bayelsa.”



The plaintiffs had sued INEC and the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking legal interpretation on whether their tenure in office would be extended beyond May 29 this year.



They had challenged the decision of the INEC to conduct governorship elections in their states in April 2011, claiming that their tenure would still subsist beyond 2011.



The plaintiffs, who were represented by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Samson Ameh (SAN), Kanu Agabi (SAN), Ladi Williams (SAN) and Paul Erokoro (SAN) respectively, stated that INEC was wrong to have concluded that the tenure of their clients would expire in May based on the fact that their elections conducted on April 14, 2007 were nullified by the courts.



They had contended that their tenure could not lapse in 2011 because they took oath of offices and oath of allegiance in 2008 after those of 2007 had been voided and set aside by different courts.



The Federal Government, a defendant in the case had, through its lawyer, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), asked the court not to grant the tenure elongation on the grounds that the amended constitution was in opposition to the request of the governors.



He had argued that since the governors won the rerun, their tenure started from their first oath of office in 2007 in line with the amended constitution.



But the PDP supported the governors, saying that their tenures commenced on the day they were inaugurated after the rerun.



The national legal Adviser of the PDP preparations, Chief Olusola Oke, had argued that the 2007 elections which brought the governors to office in the first instance were declared illegal, unlawful, null and void and set aside by law courts.



He contended that the oath of office taken along with the voided elections were of no effect in law.



With this development, the tenure of the affected governors will end on the following dates: Ibrahim Idris (April 5, 2012); Aliyu Wamakko (May 28, 2012); Murtala Nyako (April 30, 2012); Timipre Sylva (May 29, 2012) and Liyel Imoke (August 28, 2012).



Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state had a similar suit.



But Justice Abdul Kafarati of a Federal High Court in Abuja had on October 7, 2010, held that Amaechi must quit office on May 29, 2011, though it was Mr. Celestine Omehia who was first sworn in as the winner of the governorship election in the state on May 29, 2007.



Delivering judgment in a suit by a former legal adviser of the Peoples Democratic in Rivers State, Chief Cyprian Chukwu, Justice Kafarati had also held that Amaechi was not entitled to stay in office beyond May 29, 2011.



The judge had held that since Amaechi was deemed to be the candidate of the PDP in the governorship election, he would be deemed to have assumed that office on May 29, 2007 when Omehia was sworn in.



He held that Amaechi’s tenure was a continuation of Omehia’s term, at the time of election.



The judge said that the case of Anambra State Governor Peter Obi v. INEC did not apply on the grounds that the election petitions tribunal sitting in Anambra State nullified Dr. Chris Ngige’s election.



Justice Kafarati said Omehia’s election was not nullified.

http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201102243404514

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Are the Lakers back?I mean really back? going on the road to defeat the blazers in OT after being down in the 4th 1/4 shows character,but are they back?

Cambiasso should be sold off to Mpumalanga black aces for that criminal miss.

Arsenal won,so ALL smiles for Dayo

Mee-loooooo,Mee-looooo
27 points 10 rebounds on his debut for the Knicks

Squillaci,thx for the goal,but there's a reason you were signed to The Arsenal,perform better at that reason and we just might be friends

I'm off to Marseilles V Manscum,gotta root for the Premiership side as there's no better league in Europe,nay the world

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Während des Sommers konnte ich in Deutschland wieder sein, möglicherweise sollten Sie kommen, mich vom Berlin-Schoenefeld Flughafen auszuwählen

@ Bavaria,
You are a dirty goat and may a smelly he goat urinate on your head.

Jealousy unto wetin na??shuo,see mad man for nairaland ooo,O boy if na you dem send,tell dem say you no see me b4 you go just carry dey post when you no know every

I have more German acquaintances than you can imagine,did I say I go to Germany to scout for Nazis,for your info,nearly everything we say here is not taken to heart so whats your problem.Abeg free me joor,you Nazi apologist 

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Please stick with the topic and don't derail the thread

Why are you all so elated.Whatever happened to your diamond formation ,well this is a VERY IMPORTANT FLUKE WIN,as y'all now lose/draw games by default.

That said and since I'm always in the habit of giving the devil his due,I say una try small,thanks to that old rascal called Anelka,methinks the guy played with annoyance just to prove a point to Arselloti.

However,for cheski to redeem any iota of pride and ensure you dont get relegated out of the top 4,y'all have to defeat those noise makers from Manchester on Tuesday.Come on chavs you can do it

All these talk about front door,back door,middle door iz gettin mes confuses,Mukis cans youz explains pleases

v3:
Ordinary Blackpool
Bullchit
^{**shakes head in pity**}

Oh was it Blackpool,ahh the darned spuds tried then,cos to them Blackpool is no ordinary clubside,I actually thought it was Babanawa football club that beat them

armyofone:
work hard and get a good lawyer lady. don't just sit down there. make sure you take him to the grindhouse

pls read Ivana Thrump's book .

She's done that already in yankee,she wan go 9ja go act part 2.Abeg tell am aas she go take do am abeg,hissss,u neva halla

@ admin
This thread seems to have been drowned in the deluge of political topics on the home page,could you please bring it up again for better publicity at least as part of nairalands public service announcement

ifyalways:
The heart of men is extremely wicked.May God in his mercies keep the baby,make the parents strong and finally bring the baby back home.
@Rasputinn ,Babys' picture is on the first page.

Thanks Ify

Zwischenmailand raubt Bayern München und DK ist das gebrochene Herz


If not for Euro tournaments like the champions league,who for dey watch a useless club like Bayern,na loneliness for kill them for Germany

This will be a repeat of last May's encounter,even a misfiring inter will find a way to defeat the pretenders from Naziland

dayokanu:
Wilshere cant even be top 10 among young players in Europe

What do you mean by young players?aI'm sure you're referring to goal keepers and full backs which Jack is not

FBS:
Last season he appeared 40 times and scored 11 goals with 7 assists. What else do you want? Now tell me how did he not play his part?

40 times in the UCL,FBS which virus has corrupted you?
Don't worry,hate Jack all you like,but I assure you he'll blossom in an arithmetic progression,while Balo-phuck will deteriorate in a geometric progression,whether you admit to knowing him or not is really immaterial

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.I hope the parents have contacted INTERPOL and NAPTIP(cos the witch could be working for one of those despicable crime rings involved in something I wont name out of respect for the feelings of the parents)

If all the precautions I enumerated above had been followed,definitely the police would have had a lead of sorts to follow,especially from the end of the guarantors.

My prayers are with the parents of the girl,I pray God to miraculously restore their joy by bringing their daughter back to them by any means,also that the nanny and her cohorts get apprehended and punished

Outstrip:
You take them for deliverance first? What if your boss asks you to go to his church first for deliverance before you get a job. That is so wrong. If you want to hire people you can start by treating them like your fellow human being.

Comot for road.How many househelps have you hired in Nigeria;you never know anytin.
Wetin concern me with my office staff spiritual status?they have no link whatsoever with my family,so the question of me taking them for deliverance before I hire them does not arise.For my house though,ALL helps MUST pass through some the above screening excercise;take it or leave it

It's my house,I make the rules;you make your own rules in your house

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Thumbs up
Any system that treats either of the couple unfairly is draconian,in my book

@ Jarus

You should add another question for the poster with the most meaningless posts on nairaland.

For that,I'd nominate Patwhizkid,jeeez I've never seen anyone post with just emoticons on so many threads,at best her posts are thread topic-derailing questions or one liners

Nannies/househelps/drivers

What do they have in common;they are trusted and have access to our family and children.May I advice parents that apart from taking them.especially the househlps for HIV screening and deliverance,parents should make such recruitments very official henceforth,any prospective nanny/househelp/driver should be made to provide two-passport photos,have at least two guarantors fill out reference forms for them,the guranators may/may not provide passport photos but whatever info they supply MUST be double-checked by security operatives:ON YOUR BILL.
Finally,I prefer the private security operators cos it's easier for them to understand and carry out your instructions;in this regard,your security men should be given standing instructions NEVER to allow your nanny go out of the house in your absence as whatever she needs for your child should be in the house already

@ OP

Is this the same 10month old kid that only recently underwent a surgical operation and the nanny witch still had the wicked heart to kidnap her?

Please provide photo of kidnapper/nanny

spikedcylinder:
I believe they have exit visas that are nearly impossible for its citizens to obtain.

Meanwhile, are calls not going to Tripoli? I have a friend who lives there and it's been impossible to reach him.

Nope,all land and mobile lines have been cut by Ghaddafi

Google is arranging a process by which anyone that has access to a phone (I dunno which one now) just has to call some dedicated numbers,leave their messages and google will automatically turn it into a tweet

If I get 4da info on that,I'll share here

HNIC:
It's only in here(NL) that:
Stephane Guivarch is better than Dennis Bergkamp
Kleberson is better than Micheal Ballack
and Djimi Traore is a better left back than Ashley Cole

So sad

Well I just wish Jack all the best and hope he continues in this his stride,like A'koko said,he's got all the trappings to replace Scholsey in the heart of the England midfield