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JUST IN: Court Sacks Bayelsa APC Governorship Candidate, Sylva

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Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a judgement delivered on Monday, disqualified the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Justice Okorowo ruled that Chief Sylva having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again.

The judge also declared that Sylva was not qualified to run in the November poll because if he wins and is sworn in, he would spend more than eight years in office as governor of the state.

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Citing the case of Marwa vs Nyako at the Supreme Court, Okorowo noted that the drafters of the country’s constitution stated that nobody should be voted for as governor more than two times and that the parties to the suit agreed that Sylva was voted into office two times.

He further stated that the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Marwa vs Nyako that nobody can expand the constitution or its scope. So, if Sylva is allowed to contest the next election, it means a person can contest as many times as he wishes.

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Adhere To Tenets Of Journalism In Your Reportage, Edo Deputy Gov Tasks Women Journalists

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The Deputy Governor  of Edo State, Engr. Marvellous Omobayo, has tasked female journalists in the state under the auspices of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, to adhere strictly to the tenets of the profession in their reportage.

Omobayo gave the advice when he received a delegation of the women journalists at his office in Benin.

The used the opportunity of the visit to reiterate his maximum support for the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki to finish strong on his Make Edo Great Again, MEGA project.

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Earlier, the Chairperson of the Edo NAWOJ, Comrade Adesuwa Ehimuan said the visit was to congratulate the deputy governor on his elevation as the number two citizen of the state.

Ehimuan further said the visit was also to strengthen the synergy and exploring areas of collaboration to promote the development of journalism and women empowerment in the state.

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‘I’ve Become An Evangelist’ – Doyin Okupe

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The former campaign director for the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has announced his new vocation as an evangelist of Jesus Christ following his recovery from cancer.

Detailing the challenges he faced with cancer, which initially appeared 16 years ago as prostate cancer and recently in the soft tissues of his right shoulder, Okupe highlighted the role of his medical treatment and divine intervention in his recovery.

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The first problem was cancer I had and the chemotherapy makes you lose appetite, you have nausea, and even as you sustain for several months, you lose weight,” he told Channels TV.

Okupe recounted how his weight dropped from 127kg to 97kg during chemotherapy and settled at 103kg after the treatment ended.

In all these, I bear witness to God and Jesus Christ, I’m a testimony to the fact that there is nothing the Lord God Jehovah can’t do,” Okupe affirmed.

“From now on, I have become an evangelist and a witness for Christ.”

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Court Dethrones Ondo Monarch After 29 Years Of Legal Tussle

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Oba Micheal Adetunji Oluwole, the traditional ruler of Ute in the Ose local government area of Ondo state has been dethroned by a state High Court sitting in Owo, Owo local government area of the state after a legal tussle that lasted for 29 years.

Olule Omolaja Ruling House had challenged the retired Army Major’s right to ascend the throne.

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Justice Ademola Enikuomehin who nullified the selection process that brought Oba Oluwole to the throne and ordered a fresh selection process into the stool, ordered Oluwole to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town. The fresh selection process will be from the Olule Omoloja ruling house lineage.

According to Justice Enikuomehin, the dethroned monarch had no right to the throne as he’s not a member of the ruling house designated to fill the vacant throne of the town.

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