Appeal Court Voids Judgement Directing INEC to Deregister ADC, APP, AA, Others Judgement vindicates party, reaffirms supremacy of rule of law, says opposition party ADC berates lower court for seeking to manufacture evidence in negation of INEC’s affidavit that opposition parties didn’t meet threshold for deregistration Chuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, yesterday, cleared the 2027 road for African Democratic Congress (ADC),
after it nullified the judgement of a Federal High Court that ordered Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to deregister the opposition party and four others. A three-member panel of the
Court of Appeal, in a judgement delivered yesterday, held that the trial court was wrong to have assumed
jurisdiction in the suit filed by a Continued on page 8
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NLNG’s Revenue Exceeds $149.6bn, Shareholders’ Dividends Soar to $47.2 Billion Peter Uzoho
RECONNAISSANCE VISIT FOR NEW ARMY BATTALION...
L-R: Major A.O. Akiniyi; Lt. Col. S. Ama; Maj. Gen. Oluwafemi Williams; Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, CON; Brig. Gen. A. Tawasimi; and Col. M. Jibril; during a reconnaissance visit for the new army battalion by the Army Headquarters team to the Ahmadu Bello House, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday
NLNG yesterday presented its facts & figures for 2026, highlighting its performance since commencement of operations, with the Managing Director, Adeleye Falade disclosing Continued on page 8
Tinubu: Kaduna Killings Unprovoked Act of Terror Against the Defenceless Orders security agencies to hunt killers, rescue abducted victims Mourns victims, condoles with impacted families Deji Elumoye and Linus Aleke in Abuja PPresident Bola Tinubu yesterday described the overnight massacre of 30 persons, including women and children in Southern Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, as an unprovoked act of terror against defenceless citizens.
The president also vowed that those behind the latest mass killings in the area will be brought to justice, declaring that his administration will not allow criminal elements to reverse the security gains recorded in Kaduna State in recent years. In the same vein , Tinubu Continued on page 8
Dangote to Donate One-third TINUBU IN WARM HANDSHAKE WITH NBA PRESIDENT-ELECT... of Wealth to Charity Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (R) and President-elect, Nigeria Bar Association, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo Okunsanya, when she led a delegation from the Nigeria Bar Association to visit the president at the Succession Plan... Page 8 Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday PHOTO: STATE HOUSE