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The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to him.
Caleb Mutfwang
The Appeal Court in Abuja has sacked the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang.
In her ruling on Sunday, the lead Justice, Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Nentawe Goshwe.
Justice Williams-Dawodu set aside the judgment of the Tribunal which affirmed the election of Governor Mutfwang, describing it as highly incompetent.
According to the court, the decision of the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the APC and its candidate on the ground that the duo had no business meddling in the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on which platform Mutfwang was elected is in breach of Section 177 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Section 134 (C) of the Electoral Act.
The court also held that contrary to the decision of the tribunal that the issues contained in the petition filed by the appellants were pre-election matters, they were both pre-election and post-election matters and could not have been deemed status barred.
Citing section 177 of the Constitution, the panel noted that Mutfwang was not validly sponsored by the PDP during the election.
It held that the party violated the court order that a valid congress be conducted in the 17 local government areas of that state, by conducting congress in only five local government areas of the state, and as such is a nullity.
While dismissing the decision of Plateau State Election Petitions Tribunal, the court held that the issue of qualification is both a pre-election and a post-election matter contrary to the findings of the tribunal which held that the appellant lacked the locus to contest the validity of the respondent.
The court also noted that under section 134 of the Electoral Act, it is the sole right of a political party to sponsor its candidate having met the necessary requirements to do so.
While evoking section 136 of the Electoral Act, the court ordered INEC to retrieve the certificate of return issued to Governor Mutfwang and issue a fresh certificate of return to the Goshwe.
Agreeing with the judgment, Justice Okon Abang said unless the PDP resolved its issues in Plateau State, it would always suffer self-inflicted misfortune
Affirmed Internet Fraud : EFCC Liberates 7 NAF Personnel, 1 Armed force Official
EFCC operatives
Seven Nigerian Air Force personnel and one serving Nigerian Army officer, allegedly linked with internet fraud, have been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The suspects were at first captured on Monday by personnel of the Kaduna State zonal office of the anti-graft agency unite organization and were held in care for examination and conceivable arraignment.
Nonetheless, the circumstance went in a new direction when equipped Nigerian Air corps personnel purportedly attacked the EFCC office situated at Number 4, Wurno Street in Kaduna. They requested the arrival of their partners who were being held by the anti-graft agency.
The Army personnel showed up at the EFCC office in five Hilux watch vans around 10 am, cordoning off the area and discouraging EFCC authorities from entering or leaving. This swelled into a showdown between the officers and EFCC staff.
The strained circumstance was ultimately managed after a short gathering between the EFCC zonal head and the head of the Nigerian Air corps group, prompting the arrival of the suspects.
Authorities of the EFCC in Kaduna expressed concern, stating that the release and handover of the suspects to their respective agencies went against the commission’s standard operating procedure. Despite having completed its investigation and forensic profiling, the EFCC emphasized that the suspects would still be arraigned in court.
Lieutenant Colonel Emerges As First Armed force Professor At NDA
The new professor holds a graduate degree holder in Mechatronics from Newcastle College, Joined Realm, and PhD in Mechatronics and Mechanical technology from a same University.
A file photo of Lieutenant Colonel, Abubakar-Surajo Imam, who emerged as the first Army professor at the NDA
A Lieutenant Colonel, Abubakar-Surajo Imam, has emerged as the first officer on whom the title of professor was conferred from among the serving personnel of the Nigerian Army.
Imam, who was consulted with the title of a Professor by the Nigerian Defend Academy (NDA), is currently a Professor of Mechatronics Designing.
The Enlistment center of the Foundation, Brigadier General A.M Tukur, who uncovered this in a proclamation, said the advancement of Lieutenant Colonel Imam who is likewise the Top of the Division of Mechatronics Designing, was sanctioned during the NDA Board Meeting in September and produced results from October 1, 2022.
The assertion made sense of that the academy councils choice was an impression of the certainty and acknowledgment of the commitments of Imam to the Division of Mechatronics Designing of the NDA.
Furthermore, he said that the new professor has offered model types of assistance and maintained the principles of greatness anticipated in his field.
The new professor hails from Kankia in Katsina State and holds a Four year University in Mechanical Designing from Bayero University, Kano State. He is likewise a Master's degree holder in Mechatronics from Newcastle University, Joined Realm, and PhD in Mechatronics and Mechanical technology from the same University.
He enlisted in the Nigerian Armed force as an individual from Diminutive Help Soldier Course 32, and was relegated to the Nigerian Armed force Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineer.
During his tactical vocation, Imam later switched over completely to Standard Commission, and served in various units 1 Base workshop, Technical Group EME, HQ Nigerian Armed force Electrical and Mechanical Designing Corps and Protection Businesses Partnership of Nigeria (DICON).
The new teacher is an Inspector and Part Focal Choice Council for Expert's and PhD competitors being supported by the Petrol Innovation Advancement Asset.
'Unnatural birth cycle Of Justice': Kano Gov Yusuf Rejects Firing, Heads To High Court
The Governor, who talked in a transmission, portrayed the allure court judgment as an unnatural birth cycle of Justice.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State gives a broadcast in reaction to his Appeal Court loss on Friday, November 17, 2023.
The Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has rejected the appeal court judgment affirming the verdict of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sacking him, vowing to challenge the decision at the Supreme Court.
The governor, who talked in a transmission, depicted the allure court judgment as an unsuccessful labor of Justice.
Be that as it may, he encouraged individuals of Kano State to keep quiet and decent as his group of legal advisors arranged to recover what he portrayed as his command at the High Court.
Tinubu Congratulations Boakai's Poll Triumph In Liberia, Hails Weah For Surrendering
Tinubu compliments President George Weah for exhibiting phenomenal initiative by yielding the political decision and turning away any type of socio-political emergency.
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, congratulated Joseph Boakai on his victory in the Liberian presidential election, urging him to unite the country and deliver good governance to the people of Liberia.
He likewise complimented the public authority and individuals of Liberia on the effective direct of the Liberian Official Political decision, an assertion by Tinubu's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said.
The President additionally praised his Liberian partner, President George Weah, for exhibiting unprecedented administration by yielding the political race and deflecting any type of socio-political emergency.
He added that Weah's "extraordinary demonstration of majority rule sportsmanship is praiseworthy, especially as of now in West Africa, when a vote based system is enduring an onslaught by censure entertainers who are set on undermining the desire of individuals".
See the full statement below:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES LIBERIANS AND COMMENDS PRESIDENT WEAH’S LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
President Bola Tinubu congratulates the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian Presidential Election.
The President also congratulates President-elect Joseph Boakai, who won the mandate of the people, enjoining him to unite the country and build on the popular support expressed through the ballot box to deliver good governance to the people of Liberia.
President Tinubu commends President George Weah for demonstrating uncommon leadership by conceding the election and averting any form of socio-political crisis.
The President says President Weah’s great act of democratic sportsmanship is exemplary, particularly at this time in West Africa, when democracy is under attack by malign actors who are bent on subverting the will of the people.
“I commend President George Weah for his sterling example, undiluted patriotism, and statesmanship. He has defied the stereotype that peaceful transitions of power are untenable in West Africa. He has demonstrated that the outcome of elections in the sub-region need not become the propellant of violence and unrest and that the will of the people must always be respected,” the President states.
President Tinubu thanks the people of Liberia for peacefully exercising their rights and implores them to remain steadfast in the furtherance of peace and democracy.
Hundreds Flee As Israel Orders Gaza’s Main Hospital Evacuated
Israel has been pressing military operations inside the hospital, searching for the Hamas operations centre it says lies under the sprawling complex -- a charge Hamas denies.
Palestinians inspect the damage to a building after an Israeli strike on Hamad City in Khan Yunis on November 18, 2023. – The director of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said it had received the bodies of 26 people, as well as 23 people with serious injuries, after an air strike on a residential building in the southern region’s Hamad city. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
Hundreds of people fled on foot Saturday after Israel’s army ordered the evacuation of Gaza’s main hospital where more than 2,000 patients, medics and displaced people were trapped by the war between Israel and Hamas.
An AFP journalist witnessed the movement, on a road leading south, but health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory said 450 patients unable to be moved remained at Al-Shifa hospital. The facility has become the focus of the war that is entering its seventh week after Hamas’s October 7 attacks on southern Israel.
Israel has been pressing military operations inside the hospital, searching for the Hamas operations centre it says lies under the sprawling complex — a charge Hamas denies.Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in response to the October 7 attacks which Israeli officials say killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and saw about 240 people taken hostage.
The army’s air and ground campaign has since killed 12,000 people, including 5,000 children, according to the Hamas government which has ruled Gaza since 2007.
In Gaza City on Saturday morning, Israeli troops ordered over loudspeakers the evacuation of the Al-Shifa hospital “in the next hour”, an AFP journalist at the scene reported.
They called the hospital’s director, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, to instruct him to ensure “the evacuation of patients, wounded, the displaced and medical staff, and that they should move on foot towards the seafront”, he told AFP.
Israel has come under mounting pressure to back up its allegations that Hamas is using hospitals as command centres, a charge denied by Hamas, an Islamist movement with an armed wing. Al-Shifa hospital has also rejected the allegation.
The United Nations estimated 2,300 patients, staff and displaced Palestinians were sheltering at Al-Shifa before Israeli troops entered the facility on Wednesday.
Palestinians inspect the damage to a building after an Israeli strike on Hamad City in Khan Yunis on November 18, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
‘They Are All Dead’
Israel has told Palestinians to move from the north of Gaza for their safety, but deadly air strikes continue to hit central and southern areas of the narrow coastal territory.
“They said the south was safer, so we moved,” Azhar al-Rifi told AFP.
But her family was caught in another strike that killed seven relatives, including her five-year-old nephew.
Nada Abu Hiya, aged eight, said she suffered the third bombing of the war at the Nuseirat refugee camp on Friday.
“There are bombings everywhere,” she said. “My grandmother is dead, my mother is dead, my grandfather is dead, my uncle is dead, they destroyed our house. Our neighbours’ house is also destroyed and they are all dead.”
Palestinians inspect the damage after an overnight Israeli strike on the refugee camp of Balata, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Israel has imposed a siege on Gaza, allowing just a trickle of aid in from Egypt but barring most shipments of fuel over concerns Hamas could divert supplies for military purposes.
A first consignment of fuel entered Gaza after Israel’s war cabinet bowed to pressure from its ally the United States and agreed to allow two diesel tankers a day into the Palestinian territory.
“We took that decision to prevent the spread of epidemics,” Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said.
Raw Sewage
A two-day blackout caused by fuel shortages ended after a first delivery arrived from Egypt late Friday, but UN officials continued to plead for a ceasefire, warning no part of Gaza is safe.
A senior US official said Washington had exerted huge pressure on Israel for weeks to allow fuel in.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said 70 percent of residents have no access to clean water in south Gaza, where raw sewage has begun to flow on the streets.
Under the deal, 140,000 litres (37,000 gallons) of fuel would be allowed in every 48 hours, of which 20,000 litres will be earmarked for generators to restore the phone network, the US official said.
Palestinians queue for clean water in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
A communications blackout hampered aid deliveries, UNRWA said. Humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the UN General Assembly that fuel supplies to the agency so far were “a fraction of what is needed to meet the minimum of our humanitarian responsibilities”.
The Hamas health ministry said 24 patients had died in 48 hours due to the lack of fuel for generators.
In the latest bloodshed, a strike on a residential building in the southern city of Hamad killed 26 people, the director of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said.
“I was asleep and we were surprised by the strike. At least 20 bombs were dropped,” Imed al-Mubasher, 45, told AFP.
His wife Sabrin Mussa said: “All of a sudden, the house caught fire. I found myself with gravel in my mouth and I immediately looked for my husband and daughters.
“I saw human remains everywhere,” and screamed for help, she said.
The Israeli military has yet to respond to a request for comment.
Starvation Risk
Israel has come under scrutiny for targeting hospitals in northern Gaza, but says the facilities are being used by Hamas — a claim rejected by the group and medical staff.
The military says it has found rifles, ammunition, explosives and the entrance to a tunnel shaft at the hospital complex, claims that cannot be independently verified.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, without providing details, that there were “strong indications” hostages may have been held at the Shifa facility.
Palestinians inspect the damage after an overnight Israeli strike on the refugee camp of Balata, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Israel has not recovered hostages at the hospital but said it found the bodies of two kidnapped women not far away.
The remains of kidnapped woman soldier Noa Marciano, 19, were found at “a structure adjacent to Al-Shifa hospital” on Friday, a day after the body of 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss was recovered.
Those held hostage range from infants to octogenarians, and there has been little information on their fate despite ongoing negotiations mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure releases.
In Gaza, more than 1.5 million people have been internally displaced, and Israel’s blockade has left civilians facing the “immediate possibility of starvation”, according to World Food Programme head Cindy McCain.
More than half of Gaza’s hospitals are no longer functional due to combat, damage or shortages, and people are waiting four to six hours for half the normal portion of bread.
Liberia’s George Weah concedes to Joseph Boakai in presidential polls
Sitting President Weah was accused of failing to live up to his promises of curbing poverty and fighting corruption.
The peaceful Boakai victory comes at a time when the region has seen several military coups in the span of a few years
Joseph Boakai has become Liberia’s new leader after his rival and sitting President George Weah conceded a tight election to mark a peaceful transfer of power in a region that has recently seen many military coups. The country’s elections commission said on Friday that the 78-year-old Boakai, a former vice president, has managed to secure a narrow victory with 50.9 percent of the vote to Weah’s 49.1 percent, with almost all the votes counted. “The Liberian people have spoken and we have heard their voice,” Weah said in an address to the nation. “I urge you to follow my example and accept the result of the elections,” he said, adding that “our time will come again” in 2029 when Boakai’s six-year term in office ends. The results mark a considerable shift compared with 2017 when former international football star Weah had succeeded in defeating Boakai comfortably by garnering 62 percent of the vote. He had ridden a wave of public hope to the presidency, promising to combat poverty, develop the country’s ailing infrastructure and crackdown on injustice and corruption.But voters grew disillusioned over time and the 57-year-old Weah was accused of failing to live up to his election promises to improve conditions in the West African nation. Regardless of the results of Friday’s vote, the fact that the president conceded even before the final official tally was announced is significant as the region has seen eight military coups in the past three years, raising concerns about the fall of the democratic process. Gabon, in Central Africa, earlier this year became the latest nation in the region to experience a coup as military leaders swept up power in the aftermath of a presidential election.When elections are not overtaken by military commanders in the region, they usually are contested in court, with accusations of fraud abound. But Boakai supporters took to the streets in the capital Monrovia after he was declared the winner to celebrate. Boakai told the Reuters news agency after the results were announced that “we have a job ahead of us to do and I’m excited that the citizens have given us approval”. “First and foremost, we want to have a message of peace and reconciliation,” he said. Boakai’s victory comes as Liberia is trying to recover from two civil wars between 1989 and 2003 that killed at least 250,000 people, and an Ebola outbreak in the mid-2010s that killed thousands.
