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Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the September 2018 election in the state. The 3-man tribunal upheld the petitions filed by Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election. The tribunal had earlier dismissed the objections of the APC and Oyetola. It said Adeleke’s petition has merit. The tribunal also declared the rerun election as illegal. The PDP and Adeleke, had filed a petition asking the tribunal to declare that he polled the highest lawful votes and should be declared the winner. But Oyetola, APC and INEC had filed their notices of preliminary objection contending among others that the petition was incompetent and that the court lacked jurisdiction. A three -member panel of the tribunal , dismissed the objections filed by Gov. Oyetola, APC an...

The draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals has been released. The draw, which was streamed on the UEFA website, was released on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland. The quarter-final first-leg ties will be played on April 9 and 10, with the second legs to be played on April 16 and 17. Below is the Champions League round of 8 draw in full: Ajax (NED) vs Juventus (ITA) Liverpool (ENG) vs Porto (POR) Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) vs Manchester City (ENG) Barcelona (ESP) vs Manchester United (ENG).

A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the alleged birth certificate forgery suit seeking to disqualify Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from contesting the March 9 governorship election. Justice Ekwo said the suit brought before it had become statute barred and not competent in law having been filed outside the mandatory fourteen days stipulated by section 285 subsection 9 of the 1999 constitution.

How Former M D of Unity Bank was picked to replace Emefiele.

Henry Semenitari Born on June 29, 1963, Semenitari, hails from oil rich Rivers State in the Niger Delta region attended Saint Cyprians Primary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State in 1974. He moved on to Okrika Grammar School, Okrika, Rivers State in 1979, Enitonna High School, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State in 1980 and University of Lagos in 1987. In furtherance of his academic pursuit, he went to the International Graduates School of Management, University of Navar, Barcelona, Spain in 2000, Harvard Business School, Boston, US for Advanced Management Programme in 2007 and the Cambridge Judge Business School for another advanced leadership programme at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Today, Semenitari holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from International Graduate School of Management, University of Navara (I.E.S.E) Barcelona, Spain. He is an alumnus of the Ha...