The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the suit filed by Accord Party challenging the National Assembly’s re-ordering of the sequence of election which countered the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court ruled on Wednesday that the National Assembly could not amend the election timetable of INEC. Both houses of the National Assembly had amended the Electoral Act bill had adopted a reordered sequence of the 2019 general election, putting the presidential election last. The proposed sequence of elections would have made the…
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We’ll keep nuclear agreement- Germany
Keeping the international nuclear deal with Iran is a top priority for Germany and it cannot be renegotiated, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. He reiterated the countries commitment as May 12 deadline looms for the U.S. to decide on restoring U.S. sanctions on Tehran. “For us, the position stays clear – the highest priority is keeping the nuclear agreement and full implementation on all sides,” said the spokesman. “The nuclear agreement was negotiated with 7 countries and the EU and can’t be renegotiated… but it is also clear…
Read MoreDanish inventor bags life imprisonment for killing Swedish journalist
A Danish court sentenced inventor Peter Madsen to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering and dismembering a Swedish journalist aboard his home-built submarine in Copenhagen harbour in August 2017. Madsen, dressed in black, sat completely still as his sentence was handed down in the Copenhagen City Court. Police detained him on Aug. 11 last year when he emerged from his submarine without Wall, 30, who had boarded the vessel the previous day to do research on a story about Madsen. Later that month, police identified a torso washed ashore…
Read MoreSenate adjourns over Melaye, summons IGP Idris
The Senate on Wednesday adjourned its plenary in solidarity with one of their colleagues Sen. Dino Melaye who was arrested and humiliated with men of the Police Force. The decision of the Senate followed a motion moved by Senator Sam Anyanwu over the arrest of their colleagues. An yanwu had decried that the police refused he and other colleagues from seeing Melaye at the hospital. However, the prayer that the senate adjourn was moved by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa who insisted that there was no need for the senate to sit…
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