Onaiyekan: It’s Senseless to Swear in 2023 Winners of Polls with Pending Court Cases Calls for review of Nigeria’s electoral system Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Bishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John
Onaiyekan, yesterday aligned with some legal luminaries in Nigeria that it was not ideal to inaugurate politicians into office while they
have pending litigations in court. Speaking during a Channels Television interview, the former President of the Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN), posited that if Nigerians really want to practice democracy, they must desist from manipulating elections.
has to deal with a political class that wins elections fraudulently because
He argued that it was unreasonable that after chasing away the military which ruled Nigeria with the barrel of the gun, it now
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In Alliance With Jibrin, Akpabio Gets Momentum, Over 65 Senators Sign, Support Oshiomhole waits in the wings, relies on constitution Kalu still in the race, insists southeast deserves it Former Akwa Ibom State governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, might have gained considerable edge in his bid to become the 10th senate president, following his alliance
with another aspirant, Senator Barau Jibrin, as his prospective deputy, if he emerged senate president. To give weight and meaning to
this bid, over 65 senators were said to have aligned with the Akpabio/ Jibrin alliance and had allegedly declared their support for them, after signing off their commitment
as proof they were in on the project. But a former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is said to be waiting in the wings, even though a first
time senator, however relies on the constitution of the country, which describes all senators as equal and can aspire to any office.
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TinubuVows to Make Corruption Unattractive, Says Unity of Country Not Negotiable There can only be one president at a time, I cannot commit to expenditures Pledges to fulfil all political promises Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt With exactly 24 days to his inauguration, the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said his administration would put in place incentives and policies that would make corruption unattractive to Nigerian workers, especially, judges. Tinubu said the unity of the country was not open for debate or change. He added that with the right conditions, the temptation for corruption would be minimal among the citizens. A statement by the Office of the President-elect, signed by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, quoted Tinubu as making the assertions in Port Harcourt, during the inauguration of a Magistrate Courts Complex built by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration. The event was part of Tinubu's two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Wike government. Continued on page 5
INAUGURATION OF ULTRA MODERN MAGISTRATES COURT COMPLEX IN PORT HARCOURT… L-R: Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, his wife, Hon. Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike and former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi at the inauguration of the ultra-modern Magistrates court complex in Port Harcourt…. yesterday