The Appeal court sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. Labor party candidate in the election, Great Ogboru had petitioned the court, challenging Okowa's election. In his ruling today December 24th, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji who led other five-man bench, struck out Ogboru's appeal saying it lacked merit.
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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