Former Cross River State governor Donald Duke yesterday, Monday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that his N537, 334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, will be sorted out in less than 12 hours. Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, Duke’s counsel, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that he had approached AMCON with a promise to liquidate…
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Dear Prof. Yakubu, Putting it lightly and as respectfully as I can, the postponement of the elections is a national disgrace. I listened to your interaction with stakeholders and thought it pathetic that you were seeking sympathy and understanding. I likened you to an Olympian who has 4yrs to prepare and at the Olympics itself,…
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This afternoon, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) came up with a decision to endorse the APC and its candidate, President Mohammadu Buhari for the February 16th Presidential election. This decision has arisen according to the party, as a result of protracted legal squabbles within the party which has made…
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The appellate court, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices, vacated a judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which had on December 14, 2018, voided the emergence of Duke as SDP’s candidate for the 2019 Presidential Election. The High Court had maintained that Duke’s emergence was in violation…
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Donald Duke has called on the Federal Government to find a comprehensive and long term solution to the lingering minimum wage crisis in the country. The current “fire brigade” response, according to Duke, is tantamount to giving a short term solution to a long term problem. Such…
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, says he earned a combined sum of N5, 618, 419 between 2015 and 2017. He also paid tax to the tune of N400, 000, within the same period. This information was stated in Duke’s tax certificate with serial number…
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