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Valentine's Day Celebration

Valentine's Day Celebration, The History of This Lover's Day Celebration By Sania S. Titus Many believe that Valentine’s Day is named after Saint Valentine of Rome, a beloved martyr who was executed on February 14th in 3rd century A.D. However, there were actually several men known as “St. Valentine” who were executed during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus. During a time when Christians were persecuted often, the execution of religious advocates known as martyrs grew. The stories of religious heroism by St. Valentine were honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day.     The two most famous St. Valentines were a Roman priest and Italian bishop. The priest named Valentinus was arrested for his beliefs and put into custody. Valentinus made a bargain with the man who was guarding him, that if he could cure his foster-daughter of blindness he would convert to Christianity. The legend says that Valentinus was able to make the gi

Fresh obstacle for Sen Emmanual Bwacha as DSK Lead Counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi SAN, Writes INEC Chairman, give reasons why APC can't organize fresh primary for Governorship in Taraba State.

The Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Tigris Street, Maitama, Abuja. Sir,  NOTICE FOR THE CONDUCT OF FRESH GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN TARABA STATE ISSUED BY THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) DATED 2ND FEBRUARY, 2023 AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME OF NIGERIA ON THE STATE OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC) GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN TARABA STATE. We write as Counsel to David Sabo Kente in respect of the above captioned. Recall that our Client by suit No. FHC/JAL/CS/24/2022 ( in which INEC was the 1st Defendant) filed before the Federal High Court, Jalingo, Taraba State among others sought the following reliefs.  1. A DECLARATION that by mandatory provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, the 3rd Defendant’s constitution of March 2022 (as amended), and 3rd Defendant’s Guidelines for the Nomination of Candidates for the 2023 General Elections, there was no governorship primary election known to law conducted by the 3rd Defendant in Taraba State for

20 Points Made by Barr Tukur Elsudi on Channels TV on the Future of Taraba APC after Supreme Court Judgement

By Amb. Rikwense Muri 1. Everything is under control, APC as a party is moving forward despite the challenges. 2. The Supreme Court has ordered that there should be a fresh primary election. 3. As far as litigations are concerned, we are not in control of the outcome as a party.  4.  The Court has invalidated our party gubernatorial primary election and sack our candidate. We have accepted the position of the court as a law-abiding party. 5. As a chairman of the party, I am neutral, all I want is peace and success of the party. 6. I am looking forward to conducting a fresh primary election and we will provide a level playing ground for all contestants once the National Secretariat of the party to give us a date. 7. I am not the person that will conduct the election. It's the National Secretariat that will send a committee to conduct the election. All I have to do is to give them the anabling environment to operate smoothly.  8. The constitution of the party recognizes a