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NOUN graduates 22,175 students, to confer honorary doctorate on Innoson’s Chukwuma, Abdulwaheed
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will on Saturday confer honorary doctorate degrees on two distinguished Nigerians, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and Hajiya Hafsatu Abdulwaheed.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Olufemi A. Peters, announced this on Monday in Abuja at a press briefing on the institution’s forthcoming 13th Convocation ceremony.
Chukwuma is a renown entrepreneur and founder of Innoson Motors, one of Nigeria’s top automobile companies, while Hajiya Hafsatu was the first female novelist in northern Nigeria, prominent activist and philanthropist.
According to Peters, the CEO of Innoson Motors is going to be awarded the honorary doctorate degree in Business Administration because of “his creativity, innovation, and dedication to local content.”
Commenting on Hajiya Hafsatu Abdulwaheed, whose Hausa novel So Aljannar Duniya was published in 1974, he said she would receive the award of an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.
Peters said: “She has devoted her life to promoting education, especially for girls, believing in literacy’s power to transform communities and break the cycle of poverty.”
A statement by Ibrahim Scheme, Director, Media and Publicity, NOUN, Peters added that both recipients “embody the university’s core values of entrepreneurial ingenuity, knowledge-based content, and creativity.”
The VC emphasised that awarding honorary degrees is not common at the NOUN, and a careful consideration was therefore given before such decisions were made.
Peters stated that the recognition was a significant achievement for the university community and has paved the way for valuable knowledge-based partnerships.
The VC further revealed that the ceremony will witness the graduation of 22,175 students, divided into 15,768 undergraduates from various departments in the eight faculties of the university, and 6,407 postgraduate students, as well as six PhD graduands.
The ceremony will be preceded by the investiture of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, as the new Chancellor of the university on Thursday and the Convocation Lecture to be delivered on Friday by the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University of Tanzania, Professor Elifas Bisanda.
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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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