SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRESIDENT'S POWER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY RULE. (PHOTO).
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRESIDENT'S POWER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY RULE The supreme court has affirmed the president's constitutional authority to declare a state of emergency in a state threatened by breakdown of law and order, including the power to temporarily suspend elected officials as an extraordinary measure to restore stability. The seven-man panel of justices of the apex court gave the order in a 6 to 1 split decision on a suit filed by Adamawa state and 10 others challenging president Bola Tinubu's march 18, 2025 declaration of emergency rule in Rivers state. The declaration had led to the six-month suspension of the state's governor, deputy governor, and members of the house of assembly amid prolonged political crisis and security concerns. Although the court initially dismissed the suit on jurisdictional grounds, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to establish a sufficient cause of action invoking its original jurisdiction, it proceeded to address the substanti...
RTD Major General Muhammadu Buhari,who have in several times contested for president after his reign as military administrator.Now in his fourth attempt,he submitted a sworn affidavit to INEC,claiming all his school certificates are in the safe hands of the Nigerian Army.The Nigerian Army is now saying that ''We do not keep certificates of any serving or retired officer or soldier.The Army cannot keep anybody's original certificate because it is the personal property of the owner.The original certificate of any officer or soldier is only needed at the point of entry into the service either as a cadet officer entering the Nigerian Defence Academy,or the recruitment officers when interviewing recruits to be sent to the depot for training.That is so,because they are needed t verify what were in the photocopies supplied by them or from the necessary examining bodies.The Navy secretay too {NAVSEC} keep the documents of all Naval officers and ratings and their original certificates which are their personal property''.Buari should clear of the mess of a scandal by going back to the schools he attended to reclaim the originals if his certificate is missing,if not,Nigerians will see him as a big liar and that is not good for his reputation.Dear readers,what do you think?.One more photo below
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