1. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, upheld the election of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
INEC’s National Commissioner of Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, explained that the Commission failed to void results of the just concluded governorship elections because no law in Nigeria empowered it to cancel an election. 4. The All Progressives Congress has reacted to legal action taken by a self-proclaimed member of the party, Charles Enya, seeking an amendment of the constitution to allow President Muhammadu Buhari run for a third term in office.
The ace reporter, who spoke on Thursday during the ongoing 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference in Sokoto, noted that the Bill would have been dead on arrival if the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, was still the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 8. The House of Representatives has asked for an end to the burning of seized bunkered petroleum resources due to its impact on the environment.