Breaking: Election tribunal upholds Obaseki’s election as Edo gov

The Edo Election Petition Tribunal, on Friday upheld the election of Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Edo.

                        Edo state Governor and his Deputy jubilating                                            with APC supporters

Delivering the judgment, Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three member tribunal, dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as lacking in merit.

Badamasi held that the petitioners failed in all fronts to prove the allegations as pleaded in their petitions.

“The petitioners have failed to prove their case with credible evidence and is therefore dismissed,’’ he said.

The tribunal held that while the petitioners abandoned some of their pleadings, “witnesses evidences were controverted under cross examination’’.

“The much talked about ticking and over voting by the petitioners have not be specifically proved beyond reasonable doubts.

“And not calling witnesses to prove their allegations of corrupt practices and over voting was fatal to their case and is deemed to have abandoned their pleadings,’’ he held.

Badamasi therefore held that “the petitioners have failed to prove their case with credible evidence to show that they are entitled to their pleadings’’.

“Accordingly, the petition has failed and is hereby dismissed,’’ he said.

The petitioners had listed INEC, Obaseki and the APC as first, second and third respondents.

Ize-Iyamu had asked the tribunal to nullify the election of Obaseki and declare him winner, having scored majority of the lawful votes cast among other reliefs.

He avvered that INEC was wrong to had declared Obaseki winner of the Sept. 28 governorship election.

Ize-Iyamu also alleged that the election was fraught with corrupt practices and over voting.

He added that INEC did not comply with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) in the conduct of the said election.

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A WALK DOWN THE FACULTY OF LAW(TIPS TO EXCEL WITHOUT DIFFICULTY)PART4

GST

Your target should be all A’s in your GST. It will help boost your G.P. it is not a course you should fail at all. Past questions are a vital key to excelling here and read as well.

NOTE!!!!       NOTE!!!!     NOTE!!!!        NOTE!!!!      NOTE!!!!        NOTE!!!!     

IT’S VERY IMPORTANT YOU CREATE OR DEVELOP THE MENTALITY THAT YOU AREN’T IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ANYMORE AND YOU AREN’T HERE TO TAKE FIRST POSITION.

A MILLION OF YOU CAN GRADUATE WITH 1^ST CLASS AND IT DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING…YOUR DESTINY’S ARE DIFFFERENT SO DEVELOP TEAM WORK. BECAUSE YOU’RE EXCELLENCE MATTERS WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER, COMMUNICATE BETTER. DON’T FORGET THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT FOR THE BRILLIANT BUT FOR THE HARDWORKING.

THINK IT, DO IT, ACHIEVE IT, IF IT DOESN’T START NOW, IT’S NEVER.

TILL I COME YOUR WAY AGAIN, I REMAIN DANSO MIRACLE DOOTER.

LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS ON NEXT TOPIC IN THE COMENTS BOX.

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A WALK DOWN THE FACULTY OF LAW(TIPS TO EXCEL WITHOUT DIFFICULTY)PART3

SOC101

Taken by Mr.ajir, straight forward and one of the most technical courses you will offer in your year1. THINGS TO NOTE;

§  Buy his book (introduction to sociology) because no hand out is as important as the book, no question will come outside the book, all his questions will come from the book. his test is mostly structural, for the help of those who don’t understand what structural is:

§  DEMIAN IS THE__________OF__________LEVEL, FACULTY OF ______________(course reps,100,law)…if you mistakenly cancel any word(answer) while writing, you will fail that question, so you need to be careful no matter how you find the questions simple, don’t be in a haste, gra gra is not needed here, be careful and the answer must be spelt correctly.

Keep yourself posted to this blog for his past questions.

POL101

Taken by Prof. Sorkaa, the former VC of Benue State University. He is the former vc, he knows almost everything relating to academics in B.S.U so you need to be careful.

He doesn’t find it offensive sketching marks for students who don’t take academics serious. Very technical, he mostly gives an assignment a week to his test and the assignment is submitted on test day, the test question is mostly in similarity with the question of the assignment. That is why you need to make sure the assignment is done by you or even if you aided by someone, you understand what he/she has done for you so on the Test day, you won’t find difficulties. He hates copy and paste work. Test is normally essay.

TEST; 20marks

ASSIGNMENT; 20marks

EXAMS; 60marks

SOC105:

Partly history, just like current affairs, but don’t even think of missing the lectures, his notes is what you will see in exams. Develop the habit of taking notes during lectures and reading them without hesitation. Test is OBJ, exam is OBJ.. if there is going to be any changes, he will let you know about it.

PSY101

Psychology is a very technical department that if you are offering any course and you don’t take it serious, you will have issues. Check this out:

§  The mostly don’t write Test: exams is marked over 100.

§  You can’t find an accurate material (hand outs) in the labor market; you have to attend lectures to keep to date on notes.

§  More than one lecturer will take you guys on different topics in the course which means exams will be set by different persons.

§  You have to read not to cram but understand because their questions are twisted.

§  Make use of past questions.
CLICK TO READ LAST PART;http://xeononair.blogspot.com.ng/2017/04/a-walk-down-faculty-of-lawtips-to-excel_38.html

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A WALK DOWN THE FACULTY OF LAW(TIPS TO EXCEL WITHOUT DIFFICULTY)PART2

It is no longer news that you are a law student and your friends and family members now call you Barrister-Lawyer, it’s wonderful…it is still no news that you will spend 5years in school unlike your mates in other departments who are aiming 4years. Now let’s work it out using statistics;

100level is a class where you will have to root yourself up well (build your G.P) because as you proceed higher, it gets hotter and automatically, your G.P begins to drop. If your G.P wasn’t built well in your 100level, you will experience difficulties. In most cases, students experience “G.P FINISH”, this is when their G.P can no longer be counted, there are no more left with options than;

§  Either the leave the department to another department

§  Are withdrawn from school

§  Or manage to reach 500level; in a case where you manage to reach 500level and you are yet to cover up your T.C.E, you will be left with no option than to spill for a period of two more years, making it 7years in school, don’t forget you will still be paying fees for that two years. if you can’t cover up your T.C.E after the period of two years, you will be advice to withdraw which is the polite way of the university telling you to pack your load and go. Instead of receiving a certificate, you will rather receive a hand shake.T.C.E for law is 194 while for other departments is 164…so you see, you need to hard work. The departmental handbook issued to you will cover the full explanations of how to calculate your T.C.E and G.P.

LEGAL METHODS:

This course is a 2credit load course taken by Mr. Raphael okplogidi and headed by prof. J.N. Samba. It is very important you take this course serious, pardon me to say more and very serious because it is your foundation in the legal profession. Don’t just read and study it because you need an A… read and study it because you yearn to know it’s contents. What it’s all about, I mean the in and out of it.

Your level of understanding in this course guarantees your level of understanding as you proceed. As a matter of concern, it’s pertinent to note that law courses are interwoven and what you are doing today In this course is what you will do even when you are practicing. If you have legal methods in your hand, have it in mind you will excel without much stress in your legal system, legal profession and partly constitutional law all in your 200level…mind you, this are 3powerful courses I’m talking about.

§  You have to develop the skills of answering questions using law terminologies (the legal language, words).

§  Develop the habit of asking lectures questions where you find issues confusing or not clear….
CLICK TO READ PART3-CONTINUE:http://xeononair.blogspot.com.ng/2017/04/a-walk-down-faculty-of-lawtips-to-excel_17.html

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A WALK DOWN THE FACULTY OF LAW(TIPS TO EXCEL WITHOUT DIFFICULTY)PART1

WELCOME TO BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY (B.S.U)

I guess by now you must have heard a lot about where you find yourself, be it positive or negative, it’s natural and bound to happen most especially when you find yourself in a new environment and you are a JJC in that field or sphere of life. You are not only inquisitive to finding answers to questions but also to knowing and distinguishing from your left and right so as to avoid being confused and landing into same problems most people(those ahead of you) landed themselves into. i.e learning from their mistakes.

I will restrict this article to the law students but subsequent ones will cover other departments. Though very important facts can still be extracted from this article by non-law students. After all there is a saying that “NO KNOWLEDGE IS WASTED” and above all “INFORMATION (KNOWLEDGE) IS POWER”.

I know before you were offered admission to study law, you had the opportunity to at least approximately guess how many students applied with you to study law and the percentage of assurance you had to be offered admission this course of your choice to study. Notwithstanding that fact, you had your own plans to make the necessary connection so that in case plan A fails, plan B will work.

Law is not only a practicing profession but also an applied profession, the stress of developing reading and study skills as a law student is very vital and essential. In your year1; you will discover you are offering only one law core course which is Legal Methods, this does not mean you won’t take other courses serious. It is even more important to take other courses serious so you can lay a good foundation by building a rooted G.P to help you up to your 500level.

Also there are some key points you have to note which will enable you excel in your year one. Some of which are

§  Your introduction to write ups.

§  A strong body content

§  A conclusion

§  Hit the major point of discussion in write ups before you talk less important things

§  Never underrate assignments given to you. E.g “go and make research on this , just read it (it might be a test or exam question)

§  Always make sure your Test is above 25

§  Make use of past questions, repetition is a key element.

All these and many others in my subsequent articles will be elaborated more.

Before I delve into analyzing each course and what you should expect, it’s very important to boost your nerves so you can know the kind of minds needed in B.S.U and the faculty of law.

It is no longer news that you are a law student and your friends and family members now call you Barrister-Lawyer, it’s wonderful…it is still no news that you will spend 5years in school unlike your mates in other departments who are aiming 4years. Now let’s work it out using statistics;
CLICK TO CONTINUE READING PART2:http://xeononair.blogspot.com.ng/2017/04/a-walk-down-faculty-of-lawtips-to-excel_4.html

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Ile-Ife Crisis: Stop provoking Hausa people, AYCF warns Yoruba organisations

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned Yoruba groups including the Afenifere over comments credited to the latter over the recent killings in Ile-Ife, Osun state.

A clash between the Hausa community and the indigenes of Ile-Ife on March 8, 2017 led to the death of some Nigerians, most of them reportedly from the north.
The Nigeria police had waded into the crisis and arrested some people. However, some Yoruba groups have kicked saying that only Yorubas were arrested.
The leader of the AYCF, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, said the comments from the Yoruba groups amounted to a gang-up to harass and intimidate the courts and the police from investigating and punishing those found guilty so that a repeat of the sad episode would be avoided.
“We take exception to those marauders who are hiding behind ethnic umbrella and are desperately trying to pervert the course of justice.
“We are cautioning them to tread carefully so that their latest action would not provoke reprisal attacks, because this is an important period in the history of this nation, when all compatriots are working hard to address the multiple challenges confronting the nation, economically, politically and socially,” AYCF said.
The northern group reminded the Afenifere that the Hausas have displayed maturity by not going after the millions of Yoruba citizens doing business in their region.
“This is a demonstration of respect for the rule of law and not cowardice. We are aware that no one has the monopoly of violence or creating hot-air balloons in order to cover up an organized attack on people doing legitimate business in any party of our country.
“We watched with dismay, how the Afenifere is beginning to fan the embers of hatred against the victims and creating heroes out of the attackers. This amounts to a subtle ethnic cleansing campaign and we wish to warn Afenifere and its paymasters to shun such a dangerous act.
“It was unfortunate that a few loquacious Yoruba sons have joined the bandwagon by shouting to the roof tops, in a calculated attempt to dissuade the courts and law enforcement agencies from doing the needful.
“For the records, one-time vice presidential candidate in the 2007 elections, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has launched a negative campaign against the Nigerian police for detecting and carrying out the arrest of prime suspects in the clash. Other tribal champions include Femi Fani-Kayode; and the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC), which bought airtime on Channels TV, just to condemn the arrest of the suspects,” AYCF said.
AYCF added: “Let the Afenifere and their fellow collaborators in this massive cover-up campaign bear in mind that we, the Northerners, are watching and if we were not law-abiding, we would have followed the same path of ethnic antagonism and defending the indefensible.
“We can only stress that this is a crucial moment in the history of this nation and the most important thing is how to move forward in all spheres by shunning acts capable of breeding large-scale violence in the North in the name of reprisal attacks
“To make matters worse, it is in the news that Afenifere has hired eight SANS who have. s is unacceptable and the Nigerian law knows no sacred cows, whoever breaks the law must be made to face the consequences of his deeds, no matter how highly placed. No amount of media propaganda should be allowed to make the innocent people killed in Ile-Ife to look like sacrificial lambs.
“We urge the Nigerian judiciary to let justice take its full course and ignore the ranting of tribal jingoists, masquerading as champions of ethnic cleansing agenda.
“It is now evident that Afenifere has openly endorsed the killings, especially as they were all quiet when the killings were going on and shamelessly came out after the arrests by security agents have been made. Let this be last time anyone would be shielded for killing fellow citizens in the name of ethnic or tribal agenda. We have had enough of this rubbish.”

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Mikel Obi's twin daughters are growing up so fast

Footballer, Mikel Obi shared this adorable photo of his twin daughters. He captioned it; "sister love"

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