Tag: Tenure Extension
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Lagos #EndSARS judicial panel gets another tenure extension
The tenure of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has again been extended for another three months. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi stated this while hearing petitions on Friday. This means that the panel will now sit until October 19, a day…
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Tenure extension: Buhari, IGP meet in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. The meeting took place at the President’s office shortly after the Jumma’at prayer at the State House mosque. Idris was expected to retire from service on attainment of the mandatory 35 years in service on Thursday. A…
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2019: PDP rejects tenure extension, insists IG must retire Jan 15
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, retire on January 15, the IG’s 60th birthday. The party said this was one of the ways the President could convince Nigerians and the international community about his commitment to have free, fair and acceptable…
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Court fixes date for hearing on Oyegun’s tenure extension
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday fixed May 3 to hear a suit by a chieftain of the All progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adewale Hameed, challenging the purported tenure elongation of the party’s national officers, including its Chairman, Mr John Odigie-Oyegun. Listed as defendants are Odigie-Oyegun, Mr Segun Oni, Deputy National Chairman (South)…
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Resign, President Buhari tells Oyegun, others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday revealed what the John Odigie-Oyegun led National Executive Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) must do to seek re-election. While he noted that the current executives of the party at all levels are free to re-contest their positions, he said he was not sure of the “practicality of…
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Oyegun cancels meeting with APC Reps over Buhari’s rejection of tenure extension
Embattled chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Wednesday hastily called off a scheduled meeting between the National Working Committee of the party and House of Representatives caucus. Oyegun was scheduled to lead the NWC members to the meeting at 2pm. Investigations that the venue, Conference Room 034, House of Representatives…
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Oyegun: Court adjourns tenure extension suit by party members
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed April 16 to hear a suit challenging the tenure elongation of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the All Progressive Congress (APC), headed by John Oyegun. The plaintiff, Ademorin Kioye led some other members of the party to file the suit after the party extended the tenure of…
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Buhari’s rejection of Oyegun’s tenure extension shows commitment to democratic reforms – Tinubu
A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s clear stance on rejection of the tenure elongation of members of the National Working Committee. Recall that the president on Tuesday stated that those who wish to retain their positions or aspire for another should resign and…
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APC denies man for dragging party to court over tenure extension
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State on Saturday described one Okere Uzochukwu, who took the party to court over the extension of the tenure National Working Committee (NWC) as an impostor. Recall that Okere, who claimed to be an aspirant for the chairmanship position in Imo APC, also joined the Independent National…