Appeal Court upholds Oshiomhole’s suspension as APC chairman

   

  The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

  In a judgment delivered on Tuesday evening, a three-man panel of the court dismissed Oshiomhole’s appeal against an earlier judgment of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The appellate court held that Oshiomhole’s appeal was without merit.

  The FCT High Court had, in its judgment in March, held among others that Oshiomhole could no longer function as the APC National Chairman having been suspended by his local branch, a suspension he faild to challenged before the party’s National Working Committee (NEC) suspended him.

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Obaseki’s deputy, Philip Shaibu dumps APC

   

   The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his decision on Tuesday at a press briefing. The development came hours after Governor Godwin Obaseki announced his exit from the APC.

  On Monday, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Tony Aziegbemi, said Obaseki and his loyalists were set to join the party.

  Aziegbemi disclosed that Obaseki’s deputy, Philip Shuaib, and the entire APC state chapter would soon be in the PDP fold.

Imo state House of Assembly shut down as lawmaker tests positive for Coronavirus

   

  The Imo State House of Assembly has been shut down for two weeks after one of the lawmakers tested positive for Coronavirus.

   Announcing this to newsmen, the chairman of the state's task force on COVID-19, Professor Maurice Iwu, said samples of all other lawmakers and their aides have been taken to the laboratory for testing to ascertain if anyone of them has been infected with the virus.

 ''The House of Assembly will be shut for two weeks to enable us fumigate the place and also to allow members to be on self-isolation until we know whether they are COVID-19 positive or negative'' he said

.Imo state has 136 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 

Obaseki officially dumps APC after meeting Buhari

   

   Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

  The governor announced this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

His resignation, as expected, came days after the All Progressives Congress disqualified him from contesting in next week’s primary election – jeopardizing his bid to win a second term in the September 19 governorship election.

He was disqualified on the basis of his certificates – a reason believed to be widely influenced by Adams Oshiomhole, the APC’s national chairman, Obaseki’s political ally turned adversary.

However, Governor Obaseki had met high-ranking personalities of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the past few days and believed to be headed to the main opposition party ahead of the September election.

Lagos stops planned reopening of worship centers

 

  The Lagos State Government has stopped the planned reopening of worship centers (mosques and churches ) on Friday, June 19 and Sunday, June 21.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the decision at a press briefing minutes ago. According to him, the development is as a result of the rising cases of Covid-19 in the state.