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A Kano State High Court has ordered the service of a Motion on Notice on the State Chairman of Football Association (FA), Sharu Rabiu Ahlan, who recently conducted election of the association returning himself Winner.
The Court was said to have restricted the Chairman from conducting the election but in an alleged disregard to court order, he went ahead and conducted the election returning himself unopposed.
However, Salisu Muhammadu Rabiu, who is a contender in the election, rushed to the Court seeking the Court to declared the election null and void.
The Presiding Judge of the High Court, Justice Usman Mallam Naaba, while delivering judgement on the prayers of Plaintiff/Applicant in the case Salisu Rabiu delivered that Leave was granted to him to serve the 1th, and 6th to 12 with the copy on motion on notice dated 30 may 2019 at Sani Abacha Stadium.
It could be recalled that Alhaji Salisu Rabiu on Sunday raised alarm over plot by the local FA Organizing committee to shortchanged aspirants for predetermined goals.
Briefing reporters in Kano, the former SWAN national officer said that the committee was yet to commenced sales of form in gross violation of its advertised timetable.
He lamented that, “for want of reasons, the committee has deliberately reneged over it’s much advertised plan to commenced sales of form last Thursday, and as I speak to you the committee has frustrated cognate efforts to secure the form over the last 48 hours.”
Rabiu stated that despite the hitches orchestrated by deliberate denial of sale of forms to prospective aspirants, the committee was yet to come out clean on reasons for their actions.

Read more details here https://thickmatch.com/kano-fa-election-crisis-deepens-court-moves-quash-election/

Former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari would resolve the issues of insecurity in the country.

This was as he expressed confidence in the ability of the President to fulfill his electoral promises to Nigerians.

The former Head of State gave the assurance while addressing journalists at his hilltop residence on Tuesday in Minna, Niger State.

Babangida said, “Buhari has the capacity to deal with the challenges but Nigerians need to be patient with the president.

“Buhari is not disposed to idle talk, he is known to be a man of his words.”

The former president urged “Nigerians to hold Buhari by his words,” stressing that the “resurgence of insecurity was but a temporary setback which would be overcome with time.”

Babangida expressed confidence in the ability of the president to put the country on the path of development and growth.

The former ruler said what is required now is for Nigerians to rally round the President to succeed in the task ahead.

He urged Nigerians to shun divisive tendencies, saying the peace and unity of the country is sacrosanct.
Read full statement here

https://thickmatch.com/ibb-tells-nigerians-expect-buharis-second-term/

A senior advocate of Nigeria and rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot single-handedly approve establishment of State and Local Government Areas police.

In a brief statement in reaction to the recommendation of the Presidential panel on election reforms, Falana declared that the issue of establishing state police is a constitutional matter.

He said President Buhari cannot decide on it.

The senior lawyer said without going through the National Assembly for amendment of the Constitution, whatever decision unilaterally made by Buhari would not work.

“Issue of state police is a constitutional one; there must be an amendment of the constitution in order for the president to approve the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission.

“The president cannot single-handedly give approval for the establishment of state police,” he said
https://thickmatch.com/buhari-lacks-power-approve-state-lga-police-falana/

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Forbes has named American music mogul, Jay–Z, as the richest musician in the world.

The rapper is now the first rapper to become a billionaire.

“It’s clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire—and the first hip-hop artist to do so,” Forbes said.

Forbes’ breakdown indicated that the rapper’s chief source of wealth is his $300-a-bottle Armand de Brignac champagne brand (at $310 million), but also boasts of investments at well over $200 million (including a large stake in Uber).

Forbes said the reason Jay-Z’s wealth went all up on the table is his new business interest in alcohol.

His streaming service, Tidal allegedly supplies about $100 million of his net worth, just behind his cognac D’Ussé.

Jay-Z recently gave a special performance to celebrate the re-opening of the celebrated NYC venue Webster Hall.

He and wife Beyoncé were recipients of the Vanguard Prize at the GLAAD Awards in March.
Read more here https://thickmatch.com/forbes-names-worlds-richest-musician-2019/

The legal action seeking to stop the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila from contesting Speakership of the 9th National Assembly, Monday, was adjourned to June 7 for mention.

Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the suit to Friday following the inability of the plaintiff, Mr. Philip undie, to serve the court process on the lawmaker as required by law.

It would be recalled that undie had approached the federal high court praying for an order of the court to restrain Gbajabiamila from presenting himself for the election of the speaker of the House of Representatives.
The grouse of the plaintiff was that the Lagos lawmaker was once convicted by the Supreme Court of the United States of America on alleged fraudulent practices.

By the alleged conviction of Gbajabiamila, the plaintiff claimed that he was no longer qualified and eligible for the House of Representatives as well as the speakership of the House .

However, when the matter came up in court, the House majority leader was not in court and was not represented by any legal practitioner.

Plaintiff Counsel, Ayodele Justice, informed the court that he has not been able to serve the court process on the lawmaker.

Justice Inyang Ekwo, who was not impressed with the failure of the counsel to serve the lawmaker with the court documents, warned that the plaintiff either gets ready for the matter or end the suit.

Justice Ekwo said the court action by its nature was of public interest and must be accorded speedy hearing, saying that since May 21 when the suit was filed, the plaintiff ought to have made good efforts to serve the lawmaker with the court processes.

The plaintiff’s counsel, however, told the judge that he would apply for a substituted service against the lawmaker on the adjourned date.

But in a twist, another member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Raoul Igbokwe indicated interest to be joined in the suit as an interest party.

But it was not clear if he wanted to join as a plaintiff or defendant.

Briefing newsmen after the court session, Counsel to the plaintiff denied that his client withdrew the suit as reported in the media.

He said that by his presence in court today, it was an indication that the suit has not been withdrawn and would not be withdrawn by the plaintiff.
https://thickmatch.com/9th-assembly-court-adjourns-suit-stop-gbajabiamila-speakership-race/

The Senate caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied insinuations that the Deputy Senate President position for the next Assembly, was being offered to members of the party.

PDP senators said no meeting has been held to cede the position to the main opposition party.

Spokesperson of the PDP Senate Caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), told Vanguard that the caucus was together and would work in unison.

According to Abaribe, there was nothing wrong with senators of the party supporting some of the aspirants to the position of Senate President individually.
Abaribe said, “Lawan said he was expecting other PDP senators to endorse him after Nwaoboshi.

“He has the right to be talking with some people. What I know is that we have not taken any decision at the caucus level on what to do.

‘’PDP is still together; we are not going anywhere, we will work together.

“One or two members may have taken a decision to support different aspirants, they have the right, this is democracy.

“We have all agreed that we are not going anywhere, we have not met with any aspirant for offer of the position of Deputy Senate President.

“Whoever that is doing or saying anything is expressing his personal rights.

“It should not be taken to be the position of the party and we cannot stop anybody from exercising their freedom.”
https://thickmatch.com/9th-assembly-pdp-caucus-speaks-offered-deputy-senate-presidency/

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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, has petitioned the Court of Appeal over what he called a deliberate ploy, to truncate the constitutional timeline of the presidential election petition before the Tribunal.

This comes 11 days after the President of the Court of Appeal and erstwhile Chairperson of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, disqualified herself from the Tribunal following the petition of the PDP and Atiku/Obi legal team.

The PDP and Abubakar had based their application, among other things, on the ground that Bulkachuwa is the wife of Adamu Bulkachuwa, a prominent card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senator-elect for Bauchi north senatorial district, which is a political party involved in the suit.

Atiku has now in a letter through his counsel dated May 31, 2019, urged the President of the Court of Appeal to appoint a replacement forthwith.

According to him, the Tribunal has a timeline to prosecute the petitions, adding that 76 days have already been expended out of the 180 days allowed by law, as seen in Section 134 (2) and (3) of the Electoral Act (2010 as amended).

The petition stated: “I am one (Silas Joseph) of the Counsel in the Legal Team prosecuting the above Petition on behalf of the Petitioners.

“I have the authority of the Lead Counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) to write this letter. My Lord will recall that on 22nd May 2019, the above mentioned Petition came up for a motion requesting that my Lord to recuse herself from further presiding or participating in this Petition. At the end of the proceedings, my Lord graciously recused herself on personal grounds and promised to appoint anotherJustice to continue with the Petition.”
https://thickmatch.com/atiku-blows-hot-petitions-court-ploy-delay-presidential-tribunal/

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Friday announced the reversal of appointment of 11 Permanent Secretaries in the state.

Makinde announced the decision to reverse the appointment at a meeting he had with all permanent secretaries in the state.

The new 11 permanent secretaries included: Oladeinde F.N, Jimoh A.A, Abioye Christiana and Eyitayo Adejoke.

Others were Ajagbe J.O, Adedigba A.A, Adebowale Balogun, Olaleye Iyabo Olayinka, Olanrewaju T.A, Fatoki Yinka and Audu Akeem.

But, the new Governor, Mr. Makinde, who was inaugurated on Wednesday, said that he has reversed the appointment with immediate effect.

He maintained that the he reversed the promotion as part of effort in fulfilling of his promise to review all new contracts and appointments made by Ajimobi in the last three weeks of his administration.

Makinde’s Media Aide, Prince Dotun Oyelade, who confirmed the reversal to DAILY POST, said that the decision was in line with the governor’s electoral promises.

Oyelade, who spoke on behalf the Governor, told DAILY POST in a telephone conversation that, “It is true. Yes it is true and it is in line with his electoral promises.

“Governor Makinde will be very consistent and finicky with all his campaign promises and this is not an exception.

“The governor said that all transactions either contractually or in terms of appointments and promotions that were done especially between Monday March 11 and May 28 would be given closer scrutiny particularly because of the obvious mischief that has been introduced into the whole governance within this period.

“So, it’s true that during the campaign period, the governor promised that the people of the state would not have him in the Governor’s Office to embark on distractive traditional probe but the brazen attitude that bothers on attempt to block the success of the current administration has made the governor to decide the latest course of action which is to reverse many of the policies and actions of the Ajimobi administration at the eve of his exit because they were borne out of malice.

“So, just like he made good the promise to cancel the N3,000 paid by parents on their public secondary school children and open the Governor’s Office flyover for every citizen of Oyo State, in the same manner he is dealing with the issue of the appointment of the permanent secretaries and civil servants.”
https://thickmatch.com/makinde-reverses-appointment-11-perm-secs-ajimobi-oyo/

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The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, was stalled at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday.

This was due to the absence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain.

Fani-Kayode’s lawyer, B. F. Ajudua, said he was “indisposed”, but did not state openly what was ailing the former minister.


“We apologise for the absence of the second defendant. A letter to that effect was filed,” he told the court.

Fani-Kayode, Director of Publicity of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in 2015, is on trial with former Minister of State for Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Usman, for alleged money laundering.

They were charged with former Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) Chairman and ex-Chairman of Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Yusuf Danjuma, and a company, Jointrust Dimensions Nigeria Limited.


The quartet were accused of violating the Money Laundering Act by indirectly retaining N300million, N400million and N800million, all proceeds of corruption, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The prosecution said they allegedly committed the offence, to which they pleaded not guilty, between January 8 and March 25, 2015 ahead of the 2015 general elections.

At the trial on May 14, Fani-Kayode’s counsel had opposed the prosecution’s bid to tender an extra-judicial statement he made.

Usman and Yusuf had also disowned their statements, contending that they made them under duress.

The defence counsel, Messrs Ferdinand Orbih (SAN), Norrison Quakers (SAN) and Clement Onwuenwuenor, urged the judge to order a trial-within-trial to test the voluntariness of the statements.

But the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, maintained that the defendants made the statements voluntarily, adding that there was no need for a trial-within-trial.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa had adjourned till yesterday for ruling on the statements’ admissibility, but Fani-Kayode’s absence stalled it.

The judge adjourned until June 24 for ruling and possible trial-within-trial.
https://thickmatch.com/efcc-vs-fani-kayode-happened-court-friday/

Three in court for allegedly stealing palm kernel in Ondo, see their pictures here
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Three in court for allegedly stealing palm kernel in Ondo
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Three middle-aged men have been arraigned in court for allegedly stealing bunches of palm kernel fruit valued at N35,000 in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government.

The suspected thieves, identified as Deji Gbenga, 24; Seyi Francis, 22 and Daniel Francis, appeared before
the Magistrate Court sitting in Okitipupa after they were nabbed by policemen.

According to the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Zedekiah Orogbemi, he told the court that the suspects and others now at large at about 6pm, invaded the premises of Ojuola Plantation Estate which is the property of Okitipupa Oil Palm Company on May 27, 2019 to commit the crime.

Inspector Orogbemi added that the accused committed the offence contrary to section 83 and punishable under section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 37 volume 1 of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

However, the trio pleaded not guilty to the crime.

The presiding Magistrate, D.O Ogunfuyi, subsequently granted each of the defendant’s bail in the sum of N100,000, with surety each in like sum, whom he said must produce an evidence of tax payment and residence within the court’s jurisdiction.

He ordered that the defendants should be remanded in Okitipupa prison pending when they perfect their bail conditions.
The case was then adjourned till June 19, 2019.
https://thickmatch.com/three-court-allegedly-stealing-palm-kernel-ondo/

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