GROUP DEMANDS DECLARATION OF ABA NORTH ASSEMBLY SEAT VACANT, THREATENS PROTEST. (PHOTO).

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 Group demands declaration of Aba North Assembly seat vacant, threatens protest A group known as the Coalition of Aba North Ethnic Youth Groups has mandated the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emereuwa to declare the Aba North seat vacant in seven days. The Aba North seat has been a subject of controversy since November 27, 2023, when the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos sacked Destiny Nwagwu of LP and declared Aaron Uzodike of the PDP, the duly elected member to represent Aba North. However, the seat has remained unoccupied since November 2023, as Uzodike of PDP has not been inaugurated by the Speaker, despite his several appeals. A fresh controversy erupted Friday, as the Coalition of Aba North Ethnic Youths Groups, asked the Speaker to declare the seat vacant within seven days or expect a city-wide protest in Aba. A protest letter signed by the leader of the group, Uka Matthew and some other members in Aba, said they have been without a representative in the Abia S

MARRIAGE BEFORE THE AGE OF 18 FOR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE,IS NOW ILLEGAL IN zIMBABWE.

              Yesterday wednesday,a zimbabwe's constitutional court ruled that marriage before the age of 18 is illegal.The uprecedented ruling by the court followed an application by two women,Loveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi,who sought to have the legal age of marriage moved to 18 for both men and women.The two young women were just girls when they were married and gave birth for the first time.Ruvimbo Tsopdzi now 20 was 15 when she had to get married.She was forced to leave the marriage and return to her parents home after suffering emotional and physical abuse,she told the court in a signed affidavit.She said ''My life is a hell at the moment and cannot be wished on anyone else.Raising a child when you are a child yourself is excruciation and painful''.Part of the ruling says ''No person,male or female in zimbabwe may enter into any ,marriage,including an unregistered customary law union or any other union,including one arising out of religion or a religious rite,before attaining the age of 18''.More photos below.                                                                                              

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