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JUST IN: Court reverses sack of Nasarawa Gov Sule

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s October 2 decision to sack All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Abdullahi Sule. A three-judge panel of the court ruled that the tribunal erred in declining to rule on the legal issues raised in the APC and Sule’s objection, which challenged the tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, David Ombugadu, as well as the petition’s competence. The court held that the petitioners at the tribunal –…

JUST IN: Tribunal sacks Nasarawa Gov, Abdullahi Sule, declares PDP’s Ombugadu Winner

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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Abdullahi Sule and declared People Democratic Party’s David Ombugadu as governor of Nasarawa state. This is according to the ruling of the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi on Monday, October 2, 2023. Recall that the National Independent Election Tribunal (INEC) had declared Sule the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election with 347,249 votes. Ombugadu pulled 283, 016 votes. However, the PDP candidate rejected the outcome of the election, citing irregularities, and headed to the tribunal

The Home Truth from Kigali, by Olusegun Adeniyi

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Fifteen of our 36 governors and three deputy governors travelled to Kigali, Rwanda last month for a three-day executive leadership retreat. We were told the trip was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The retreat was reportedly designed to enable our governors to “re-imagine Nigeria’s leadership to achieve transformation and nationwide sustainable development.” Remarkably, governors from all five parties were represented: The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as the Labour Party…

Nasarawa Govt, NASENI to partner on Lithium Processing Policy

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The Nasarawa State government and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) are set to partner on a lithium processing policy that would ensure that Lithium mined in the State is processed locally instead of exporting it raw. The processing policy is in line with NASENI’s drive to encourage the processing of Strategic Solid Minerals and particularly to ensure that batteries are produced locally for both electric vehicles as well as other energy storage applications. This was disclosed when the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A.Sule…

Adamu assures Tinubu ‘ll be next President, urges him to get ready

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National Chairman ,All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has told Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to get ready to assume the presidency of Nigeria, from 29 May 2023.   Adamu, who spoke emphatically at the Town Hall meeting Thursday in Lafia between the APC candidate and stakeholders in the mining sector, said he was merely echoing President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement.   “Except God, President Buhari is the highest authority in Nigeria today. Buhari has said it and it shall come to pass”, Adamu stated.   Urged Tinubu to stand and the…

Our campaigns ‘ll be issue-based, Tinubu declares at Nasarawa townhall meeting with Agro-processors, Miners …promises full completion, operation of Ajaokuta Steel Company

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All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his campaign for the nation’s number one seat will only be issue-based, centred on bringing prosperity to the nation. Tinubu stated this during a townhall meeting with mining and agro-processing stakeholders in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital on Thursday. The former Lagos State Governor said he would prioritize the resuscitation of the nation’s economy through the development of the solid mineral sector, stating that the nation is richly blessed and can cater for itself. He appreciated Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule…

NCC tasks Nasarawa Scholarship Board to create awareness about Digital Literacy

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged the Nasarawa State Scholarship Board (NSSB) to support the NCC in creating awareness about the intervention projects of the Commission concerning research and digital literacy in order to provide more opportunities for the citizenry.   Director of Digital Economy at the Commission, Dr. Augustine Nwaulune, who hosted a delegation of the Board, led by the Board’s Executive Secretary, Hajia Saadatu Yahya, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, recently, recalled that Nasarawa State is one of the…

Gov Sule convenes emergency security meeting, strategizes on tackling challenges

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Barely two days after ordering the closure of schools, Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has convened an emergency security council meeting, with a view to reviewing the security situation in the state and take appropriate actions.   The emergency security meeting held at the Nasarawa Government House, on Friday.   In his opening remarks, Engineer Sule said the essence of the meeting was to take proactive measures considering the security situation in the country and particularly within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where over 800 inmates escaped from the…

Gov Sule has constructed 1000km of rural roads, says DG

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Since the inception of the Engineer Abdullahi Sule administration in 2019, the Nasarawa State Government has so far, constructed 1000km of rural roads, to bring succour to rural dwellers who have been neglected for decades. Director General of the Nasarawa State Bureau for Rural Development, Mustapha Yahuza Musa II, disclosed this on Friday, in Lafia. According to the Director General, his agency, was established early last year, to ensure improvement in rural infrastructure, as well as enhance economic emancipation of rural dwellers. He explained that, while there were presently three…

2023: Gov Sule wants APC to pacify aggrieved members

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to use the period before the 2023 general elections, to calm nerves and to pacify aggrieved members of the party.   Engineer Sule made the call when he hosted the first Executive Governor of the state and National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, while on a Sallah homage/condolence visit, at the Government House, on Saturday. According to the Governor, it was imperative that the APC go into…