Today’s Headlines :Student sent home from school over Obi’s poster;Focus on security, economy—Afenifere

Student sent home from school over Peter Obi’s posterPhoto Credit: Vanguard Newspapers

A Junior Secondary School Student of Odomola Secondary School, Miss Marvellous Barinaadaa, and her parents got more than they expected on Tuesday, when the girl was sent home by the school principal for allegedly wrapping her books with the poster of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi.

Her mother, who took to social media to lament the situation, appealed to Nigerians to come to the family’s rescue, saying the girl was apolitical and just 10 years old.

Part of the message sighted by our correspondent read: “This is to inform you all, that my daughter, Marvelous Barinaadaa, was exited from Odomola Secondary School today 14th March 2023, by the principal, just because my daughter used Peter Obi’s poster paper to wrap her notebook for school.

Atiku tells Nigerians candidates to vote on Saturday

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With three days to the governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has hinted at candidates Nigerians should vote for on Saturday.

Atiku urged Nigerians to vote for candidates of the PDP during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections across the country.

The former Vice President said Saturday’s election would expose the presidential poll as a sham.

He spoke in a video addressing Nigerians which was circulated by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday.

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Focus on security, economy, Afenifere urges TinubuPhoto Credit: Punch Newspapers

The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to mostly focus on security and the economy when he assumes office.

Fasoranti lamented that the insecurity and economy in the country were in a worse situation, saying there was a need for the president-elect to urgently address it, particularly, through the provision of employment for the youths across the country.

The Afenifere leader gave the advice in a statement issued through his Administrative Secretary, Chief Oladiran Adesua, on Wednesday.

He said, “The security situation in the country has worsened over the last few years with Nigerians unable to travel freely on our roads and even railways, they equally feel unsafe in their homes and farms; Nigeria has never known this level of insecurity before.

FG Finally Confirms Census Will Hold In May

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Daily Trust had exclusively reported that the exercise had been shifted till the last month of the Buhari administration in office.

A staff member of the commission, who did not want his name in print, had confirmed the postponement to Daily Trust.

“The census will hold now from May 3 to 7 and it is a recommendation that has been submitted to the President. He is going to approve it anyway but it is yet to be decided,” he had said.

Supreme Court Affirms Patrick Dakum As Plateau LP Gov Candidate

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Justice John Okoro dismissed the appeal following the withdrawal of the suit by the appellant, Margif, after discovering that the matter had become statute barred.

Counsel to the appellant, Mr Opeyemi George Ojo, had pleaded with the apex court to invoke Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to take over the matter and resolve all disputed issues in the interest of justice to his client.

His persuasion was however rejected by the five-man panel of Justices of the Court on the ground that conditions precedent for the court to invoke Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act were not met.

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