Vanguard Latest News Monday 17th February 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 17/02/20
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Governorship: Coalition tasks Supreme Court to order rerun in Imo
LAGOS—A Coalition of human rights and pro-democracy groups, yesterday, called on the Supreme Court to order a rerun in Imo State, saying none of the governorship candidates met the required 25 percent of votes in two-thirds of the local governments in the state.
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Count us out of Charly Boy protest in Imo — Our MumuDonDo
Owerri— The Imo State chapter of Our-mumu-don-do group, yesterday, pleaded with the members of the public to dissociate them from the last pro-Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, protest in Imo State, headed by their founder, Charles Oputa, known as Charly Boy.
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Tofa, others move for new political order in Kano
By Bashir Bello KANO—Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention, NRC and elder statesman in Kano State, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, weekend, informed that he and others were strategizing to chart a way forward for the state, including giving it political directions in future elections. Tofa spoke to newsmen after his group, the Kano ConcernedRead More
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How we intend to spend N65.7bn loan —Tambuwal
Lagos—Governor, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has given insight into why the government plans to borrow N65.7 billion, saying among others, it will enable the state to hasten up some developmental projects to transform the state.
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Bayelsa: Sylva calls for calm, apologises to Buhari
YENAGOA — Minister of Petroleum and former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has called for calm and restraint over the nullification of the election of All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, David Lyon by the Supreme Court and the swearing in of Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as governor.
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Afforestation: FG plans 35m tree seedling planting
Mr Tiamiyu Oladele, Acting Director, Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment has announced plans by the Federal Government to plant 35 million tree seedlings to accelerate afforestation in the country.
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Diri urges Sylva, Lyon, others to support him
YENAGOA—Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has urged the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the last election, Chief David Lyon, and other opposition party leaders to join hands with him in building the state.
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BREAKING: Court restrains INEC from deregistering 31 political parties
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties. Justice Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed to counter the application by the applicants, the affected political parties had the legal right which must be protected. READ ALSO: Party deregistration: AA chargesRead More
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JUST IN: Court orders arrest of former customs boss, Dikko
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge of fraud brought against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other relatedRead More
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States in North East, North West prefer child fostering to child adoption — survey
Adoption is a legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child’s legal rights and duties toward its natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted.
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