Today's Headlines: Edo: Oshiomhole, Ihonvbere win at election tribunal, Osun disowns FG appointee, directs probe
Edo: Oshiomhole, Ihonvbere win at election tribunal
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The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin has upheld the victory of Sen. Adams Oshiomhole in the Feb. 25 Edo North Senatorial District election.
The tribunal also upheld the election of Rep Ihonvbere Julius of the APC, representing Owan Federal Constituency.
The three-man tribunal, led by Justice O.A. Chuioke, dismissed the petition filed by a former Senator, Francis Alimikhena of the PDP for lack of merit.
Alimikhena, through his counsel, Mr Rasak Isenalume, had petitioned against the former governor of the state, Sen Oshiomhole, alongside INEC and APC, in the suit NO: EPT/ED/SEN/02/2023.
The 1st petitioner Alimikhena, in his petition, asked the tribunal to declare null and void the election of Oshiomhole over non compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, as required by law and declare him winner of the election.
He also urged the tribunal to nullify the election of the former APC National Chairman on alleged non transmission of election results through the use of BIVAS machine to IREV Portal.
Osun disowns FG appointee, directs probe
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Osun State Government on Monday distanced itself from the Federal Government appointed Focal Person on National Social Intervention Programmes, Mr. Kehinde Ibitoye, and programmes being planned with Microsoft and Fidelity bank.
A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, obtained in Osogbo on Monday said Ibitoye’s recent activities were injurious to the government’s reputation.
The government also declared that it was not part of any programme involving Microsoft Corporation and Fidelity Bank, and accused Ibitoye of dropping the names of the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and the State Government.
Road users shun pedestrian bridges, dare speeding vehicles
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Many residents of Lagos and Ogun states are daily putting their lives in danger as they shun pedestrian bridges erected in strategic places and decide to run across the highways, daring speeding vehicles, PUNCH Metro’s investigation has revealed.
Our correspondent who visited the Palmgrove Bus Stop end of the Ikorodu Road in Lagos and the Mowe as well as Ibafo areas on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Monday reported that the situation was the same.
Some residents who spoke with PUNCH Metro were of the view that it takes longer time and energy to go through the bridge to get to the other side of the road.
Niger workers reject governor’s palliative plans
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The Niger State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in the state to boycott the Palliative Distribution Committee set up by Governor Mohammed Bago.
The council, which kicked against the governor’s plans for palliative distribution, said the pathetic situation in which the working class and pensioners find themselves in Nigeria and Niger State in particular leaves a lot to be desired.
The state chairman of the NLC, Idrees Lafene, and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress, Ibrahim Gana, addressed a press conference on Monday in which they lamented that the state governor had skimmed out the working class and pensioners in the palliatives.
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