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How APC chieftain died in Chida Hotel Abuja during national convention
The Assistant Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdulsalami Ginsau, died in Chida Hotels, located at Utako District, Abuja.
Nationwide Reports had reported the incident occured on Friday, March 17, and hinted that the politician died in a yet to be disclosed hotel after he was trapped in the lift.
Details emerging from APC officials have revealed that Ginsau, who was a lawyer, headed the committee charged with the responsibility of arranging accommodation for delegates from Kano State to the just concluded APC convention.
Speaking on the matter yesterday, the Kano State chairman of the APC, Umar Haruna Doguwa, said as the person charged with the duty of arranging accommodation for delegates, Ginsau arrived in Abuja a day ahead of the convention to make hotel bookings for participants from the state.
He said the party chieftain after settling the delegates, lodged at the Chida Hotels. Doguwa said they got to know that all was not well when they could not find Ginsau during the convention on Friday, a development that forced them to begin a frantic search for him.
He said in the course of their search all over Abuja, they went to the Utako Police Division to report the matter where they were informed that there was an incident that happened at the Chida Hotel which was reported at the station.
Doguwa said upon getting to the hotel, they identified the body to be that of the deceased party chieftain. He attributed the incident to alleged negligence on the part of the hotel management.
According to him, some other delegates who were in the same hotel with the deceased had earlier raised concern that the lift at the hotel was faulty. He said the body of the deceased has since been taken for autopsy and that they were awaiting the outcome of the investigation by the police.
He raised concern over the account of the hotel’s management on the incident, urging the police to be thorough in its investigation to unravel what transpired.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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