FG Cedes Exclusive Custody of Returned Bini Artefacts to Oba of Benin Decision ends tussle between monarch, Edo governor Emmanuel Addeh and Alex Enumah in Abuja
The federal government has in an order of recognition of ownership vested custody and management of
repatriated looted Benin Artefacts in the Oba of Benin Kingdom. The government made the order in
notice No. 25 in the official gazette No. 57 in Volume 110 at pages A245-247, dated March 28, 2023.
an Order Vesting Custody and
The document was titled: “Notice of Presidential Declaration in the Recognition of Ownership and
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Ahead of Rerun Polls, IG Deploys Personnel, Logistics in 24 States Atiku drums support for Adamawa governor, Fintiri, party PDP, APC supporters demand credible polls in Adamawa Chuks Okocha, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Daji Sani in Yola Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, yesterday, ordered adequate deployment of supporting
personnel and additional logistics for effective election security management during the forthcoming supplementary elections scheduled for Saturday, April 15. The polls will hold in specific areas across 24 states.
In Adamawa State, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, implored the electorate in all the places where the supplementary elections would
take place in the state to come out in large numbers and cast their ballot for PDP. Atiku canvassed support for the state governor, Umaru Fintiri, who will be fighting a by-election to
determine whether he would have a second term following the declaration of the March 18 governorship election in the state inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
At the same time, supporters of the two major political parties – PDP and All Progressives Congress (APC) – asked INEC to conduct Continued on page 5
Tinubu: Atiku, PDP’s Petitions Gross Abuse of Judicial Process Says ex-VP’s candidacy balkanised, affected his party's fortunes Dismisses him as a serial loser, recalls his many electoral losses Atiku's aide on $460,000 forfeiture: You can’t outrun your past
Chuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in Abuja President-elect Bola Tinubu, yesterday, told the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his party that their petition against his victory at the February 25 presidential election constituted a gross abuse of the judicial process. Tinubu, in a preliminary objection he filed against Atiku and PDP’s petition, dated March 21, stated that it was wrong for the petitioners to approach the tribunal with the same issues they had earlier filed at the Supreme Court. Tinubu dismissed Atiku as a serial loser, saying he has been losing presidential polls since 1993. The president-elect insisted that he clearly won majority of the votes cast at the presidential election and was rightly declared Continued on page 5
AT THE 14TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF DANGOTE CEMENT PLC... L-R: Group Managing Director/CEO, Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak; Chairman, Aliko Dangote; Non-Executive Director, Abdu Dantata; Non-Executive Director, Olakunle Alake; and Non-Executive Director; Devakumar Edwin; at the 14th Annual General Meeting of Dangote Cement Plc held in Lagos…yesterday SUNDAY ADIGUN