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Lead counsel to the respective parties withdrew their separate appeals following the hints from the court’s panel of justices that they...

The Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing three separate appeals filed against the Akwa Ibom governor’s election.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed three separate appeals brought before it by some governorship candidates seeking nullification of election of Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno on account of alleged certificate forgery.The petitions of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) were all dismissed by Justice Uwani

I am no clairvoyant, but I see danger in this Quixotic adventurism. Gen. Tchiani has millions of his countrymen and women firmly behind him. If war breaks out in Niger, ECOWAS (especially Nigeria) will become an insignificant, bit player in the conflict. The big boys – US, Russia, China, France – and smaller boys such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, will come into it. Niger is uranium-rich. It is a treasure trove of solid minerals, just like our Northern Nigeria.

The Senate ad hoc committee says there is nothing wrong engaging non-state actors to secure oil pipelines in as much as the contract was yielding desired results.