The FCT Football Association (FCTA) has expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Otumba Tade Azeez the former president of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) conveyed heartfelt condolences to the Nigeria Referees Association who passed away at the age of 63 following a brief illness on Friday was remembered as a leading figure in Nigerian football Alhaji Mouktar Mohammed articulated the grief felt within the football community particularly as it comes shortly after the loss of former FIFA referee Bosede Momoh “This news is a tremendous shock to all of us in the FCT,” said Alhaji Mouktar “The passing of a respected individual like Otumba Azeez is not just a loss for football; it is a significant loss for sports as a whole and the broader football community.” He further remarked on Azeez’s substantial contributions to the sport emphasising his role as an important stakeholder who worked tirelessly for the advancement of football in Nigeria we pray that Almighty Allah grants his soul eternal rest and provides his family and the Nigeria football community with the strength to bear this immense loss,” added Mouktar Otumba Tade Azeez’s legacy will continue to inspire future generations of football enthusiasts and officials alike ensuring that his dedication to the sport will not be forgotten © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved Did you know there’s a place in Mexico where donkeys have been celebrated with an unusual festival for almost sixty years This week, residents of Otumba located north of Mexico City in México state celebrated the 59th annual National Donkey Fair (Feria Nacional del Burro) an event where donkeys are dressed up in elaborate costumes and participate in races the donkeys compete for the best costume award 14 costumed donkeys participated in different activities starting on April 27 Their outfits were as elaborate and varied as pirate donkey thousands of attendees gathered at the burródromo to crown the winners The award-winning animal wore a hat and a costume that included a cart with a figure of Jesus Christ lollipop branches and a “cell” in which the donkey locked up at least three witches Second place was awarded to alebrije donkey and third place to carnival donkey The event held other activities such as Polo On A Donkey Otumba hopes that his annual festival will raise awareness about donkeys, Juan Carlos Chávez, the fair organizer, told the Associated Press in a 2016 interview “People say they do not understand [us] … but they do understand The National Donkey Fair has been taking place since 1965 Otumba was once a donkey market during the Spanish colonial period as it was at an important crossroads on the route to Mexico City The burros carried heavy loads and travelers Since ranchers now have tractors and trucks With reports from La Jornada, Milenio and Diario Portal ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC The Heart of the Door Peninsula Local & Live Since 1951 Friday at 12:00 noon was the much anticipated ribbon-cutting celebration and grand opening for the new playground at Sturgeon Bay’s Otumba Park Hundreds of children and adults stayed outside of the fenced-in playground area while a few speeches were made Destination Sturgeon Bay’s Cameryn Ehlers-Kwaterski was the MC as she welcomed everyone to the celebration and introduced Mayor David Ward Mayor Ward expressed much thanks to those who made the park possible…… Then Ehlers-Kwaterski introduced Sturgeon Bay’s Ashley Schanock who spearheaded the effort to build this new playground for all ages and abilities…………… Ashley Schanock then thanked numerous naming rights donors for sponsoring various sections of the park along with other major donors who sponsored specific pieces of equipment in the playground Then she offered some special thanks for her husband before the big countdown Schanock yielded the “big scissors” and cut the ribbon That’s when the huge crowd of children were allowed to flood into the new playground…………. DJ Mike Raye supplied the fun party music while many smiling children began excitedly enjoying the city’s colorful new playground There were big lines for the food and snacks in the pavilion and to have photos taken with “Princess Ariel and Bluey” It was perfect summer weather as the celebration continued into the afternoon Your beach plans may have to change after a popular Sturgeon Bay spot is closed due to elevated bacteria levels Recent test results posted by the Wisconsin Department of Resources show that elevated bacteria levels are to blame for the closure of Otumba Park Beach until further notice Sister Bay Beach and Fish Creek Beach also have elevated bacteria counts but they are low enough to be placed at just the advisory status Specific numbers from each of the three beaches were not available on the Wisconsin DNR website. Advisory signs are posted whenever the water quality criterion of 235 colony-forming units (CFU) of E coli/100 ml of water is exceeded. Beaches are closed when E Beaches at Frank Murphy County Park near Egg Harbor and Newport State Park in Ellison Bay were closed earlier this month but have since reopened with no advisories.  According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, research has linked swimming in polluted waters with adverse human health effects such as sore throats, diarrhea, and various infections. You can stay up-to-date on other beach closures throughout the state of Wisconsin by clicking this link. Sign up for our Daily Electronic Newspaper Obituaries and more delivered to your inbox View Results Click Here for more Obituaries If you need help accessing the online public files due to a disability, please contact us Built on Envisionwise Technology STURGEON BAY - Ashley Schanock said she just wanted to have a nicer place for her two young daughters to play "I'm just a mom with a vision for my girls to have a safe playground," Schanock said "A great space to play in that was safe and appropriate for all ages." That vision is becoming reality Friday when Otumba Park in Sturgeon Bay holds a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration at noon Friday for its new playground which will have three play areas with equipment appropriate for specific age groups all accessible to those with mobility issues The park is operated by the city of Sturgeon Bay but the new playground is the culmination of just more than a year of work by Schanock worked with the city to get it approved and designed the playground as well Schanock lived in the Chicago area before moving to Door County with her husband eight years ago She said she wanted to bring her daughters to a playground that not only was safe but also suitable for children of a range of age groups and abilities noting Chicago has a number of spaces that fit those ideals much unsuitable or inaccessible for youths of all abilities A new accessible playground opened last fall on Nicolet Beach in Peninsula State Park but Schanock said it doesn't feature recommended play areas for age groups which means toddlers and pre-teens end up engaging in physical activities in the same space to have a playground where kids of all ages can come together," Schanock said Accessibility also was a concern for Schanock not just for the children who would play on the equipment but also for their parents family or friends who might have accessibility issues and not be able to join them on the playground Two years ago the city installed a rubberized mat that allows people who use in wheelchairs or walking aids to cross the beach and get to the shore of the park but Schanock noted the park's terrain could be difficult for people with accessibility issues to navigate "I think it's critical it's accessible for all to be able to have fun and build lasting memories with their families," Schanock said She talked to city officials about her idea and Schanock took the lead on fundraising for the effort generating more than $500,000 in about six months from donations and grants to cover the entire cost of the playground She also consulted with several playground equipment manufacturers and worked with Minnesota Wisconsin Playground to design the playground with her daughters offering input on rides and colors The result is a playground with three play areas recommended for (but not limited to) ages 6 to 24 months The equipment in each area is tailored to the abilities of those groups with tactile gadgets and crawling tunnels for the youngest and twirling rides for the oldest the "ground" of each area is a rubberized mat to make access better and cushion tumbles "(The playground is) where families can easily interact and where the community members and tourists of varied abilities can make lasting memories together," Schanock said in a news release "It’s the first of its kind in Door County A ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration will be held from noon to 3 p.m Cartoon characters Princess Ariel (Disney's "The Little Mermaid") and Bluey the Australian cattle dog will be on hand to meet the children A balloon artist will make balloon creations and deejay Mike Raye will provide music snacks and ice cream are being donated by local vendors Tadych’s Marketplace Kitty O'Reilly’s Irish Pub and Sonny’s Pizzeria For updates or more information, visit "The Playground Project at Otumba Park" Facebook page Contact Christopher Clough at 920-562-8900 or cclough@doorcountyadvocate.com. MORE: New restaurant brings authentic tastes of Italy, Neapolitan pizzas to Ellison Bay in Door County MORE: Music that's outdoors and free: Your guide to Door County concerts in the parks FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our website STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- Community members are celebrating the grand opening of what organizers say is Sturgeon Bay's first ADA-compliant playground The Playground Project has been underway for a bit over a year working to transform Otumba Park & Beach into an accessible playground for younger children and kids of all abilities Organizer Ashley Schanock said shewas able to raise over $500,000 for the new park remaining motivated by her two young daughters and other community children "I felt that this was sort of my passion to bring it to the community and to my children," she explained The fence surrounding the playground will be removed on Monday STURGEON BAY - Otumba Park is on track to get an enlarged and enhanced beach that includes a kayak/canoe launch and access for people with disabilities to the waterfront under a plan unanimously approved by the City Council in its March 2 meeting schedule or final cost have yet to be set by the council but it approved recommendations from the Parks & Recreation Committee and Board to make changes to improve the park at West Juniper Street and North Joliet Avenue on the west side of the city The planned changes are based around extending the beach back from the shore — basically doubling it in size from 30 feet to the water's edge to 60 feet Sturgeon Bay Administrator Josh VanLieshout said that's become especially important in recent years because rising water levels in Lake Michigan "We don't really have a lot of room to make (the beach) longer (it's about 120 feet) but we have room to make it deeper," VanLieshout said the brick walkway that currently runs behind it will be rerouted and paved with concrete as the plan calls for them to be used for a new "seating wall," a roughly thigh-high wall that wraps around the beach where people can sit and gaze without going into the sand it's a really nice feature," VanLieshout said Another feature will make the waterfront accessible to some people with disabilities for the first time in any park in Door County It's a 5-foot-wide mat that would run out across the sand from the walkway to the water like a rubberized boardwalk that can be used by those in wheelchairs or with walking aids VanLieshout said Alderman Spencer Gustafson is working to procure another such mat for Sunset Park Several accessible picnic tables also are part of the plan Also part of the plan is a new kayak and canoe launch east of the beach "It'll be an easy place for residents and visitors to come down and hand-launch their kayaks or canoes," VanLieshout said NEWS:  Sturgeon Bay author to appear on C-SPAN to discuss book on his U.S. Marine father in World War II NEWS:  Washington Island student, Door County teachers win Kohl Foundation awards FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our homepage now owned by the city and surrounded by the park on three sides to be razed and the property used for parking spaces VanLieshout said he expects the city to issue a request very soon for bids for contractors to perform the work The cost won't be known until a contractor is selected but the city earmarked $200,000 in its capital budget for beach improvements at the park VanLieshout said he hopes the work is completed by the July 4 holiday weekend "This is kind of a big project for us," VanLieshout said VanLieshout noted the beach work is another step in a list of improvements the city has had in mind for several years not just at Otumba which saw its shelter building refaced and renovated last year He said the Parks & Rec Board formed a subcommittee about a year and a half ago that came up with recommendations for beach improvements "The city has committed to a lot of investment on the waterfront," VanLieshout said "I think the takeaway is that the city's investment in its recreational infrastructure is a way of supporting the residents of Sturgeon Bay and its visitors It feels like there's an energy coming along here Contact Christopher Clough at 920-741-7952, 920-562-8900 or cclough@doorcountyadvocate.com. Apply Now Schedule Sign Me Up studies ancient civilizations on a very different plane Nichols’ current research targets central Mexico a region known for its monumental architecture and material riches but her interests lie with the people who created these edifices and artifacts specifically their complex and extensive trading activities based on craft production “One thing I have come to appreciate is that much of our understanding of economic history was often looking from the top down a lot of market development is actually coming out of household economic strategies at least in this part of the world,” says Nichols “There has never been a state government that didn’t have a finance or taxation system but in pre-Columbian Mexico there appears to have been a commercial dimension to the economy that was not state controlled,” says Nichols “The issues and tensions we see today in our own economy between the private sector and the federal government were assuredly foreshadowed by what is apparent in the archaeological record of ancient Mexico ”Craft production in Mesoamerica was almost always household based Some was done by specialists attached to state institutions but much of it came out of household workshop production We tended to think of household manufacturing as small in scale but it is very clear those people developed specialties and engaged in techniques of mass production.“ Nichols contrasts this to the pattern in Mesopotamia where large numbers of specialists functioned as a part of temple and palace institutions alongside markets and independent workshops She sees the highland Mexican system as largely structured around market exchange and independent it had more than 125,000 inhabitants and its influence was felt throughout much of Mesoamerica until the 6th century But scarcely seven miles to the north of Teotihuacán are the ruins of Otumba a less impressive Aztec site that flourished in the centuries just before the Spanish conquest (1519-21) Nichols was drawn to Otumba by the abundant remnants of craftwork strewn around the surface ”There is a whole neighborhood where they were making figurines and various kinds of ceramics,“ she says ”There was another where they intensively worked agave plant fibers mass-producing the spindle whorls for them The crafts are specialized and all based in household workshops—not factories.“ Nichols and University of Iowa colleague Thomas Charlton assembled materials collected on the surface at Otumba and from excavations of its workshops They took their samples to the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center for analysis the National Science Foundation-funded lab was able to plot the broad expanse of Otumba’s trading networks The revelation of Otumba’s importance as a provincial center of craft production up-ended previous Aztec economic models that contended that most craft production was concentrated in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan Material from another site near the capital prompted reevaluation of other Mexican economic models Excavations had been carried out by a team from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) led by George Brainerd in 1954-55 The sudden death of Brainerd in 1956 effectively precluded analysis of the material recovered from the site Even in the absence of the information locked away in UCLA’s coffers scholars still considered Cerro Portezuelo potentially important to an understanding of Mexican prehistory It offers an unparalleled record of occupation from the first century A.D working with George Cowgill of Arizona State University embarked on detailed analyses of the UCLA field notes and applying the latest technologies to the material collections Their findings shed new light on the political and economic history of the grand city of Teotihuacán ”We discovered that most of our models of Teotihuacán’s regional economy are probably wrong Although the city clearly exerted political influence in the region Teotihuacán didn’t have as much control over the economy in its own hinterland as we would think,“ says Nichols Cerro Portezuelo’s trade networks with areas to the west were possibly more important than those of Teotihuacán probably compromising the metropolis’ power base Interference by such provincial centers as Cerro Portezuelo with Teotihuacán’s trade and political relations likely contributed to the eventual collapse of the great city and its state system by 600 A.D Reflecting on the history of her chosen area Nichols opines that ”with a stone tool technology, Mexico and Central American were home to the development of multiple ancient civilizations whose interactions moved ideas Central Mexico has been unusually urbanized and influential for 2,000 years." The framers were acutely aware of competing interests and they had great distrust of concentrated authority We inspire students to practice good global citizenship while strengthening their own communities Act Now This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page and his carriage is a manifestation of serenity to wit He carries a certain charm and calm mien; well-composed Otumba) is a magnet that attracts unity among people and his sense of dedication to duty is unparalleled He is a man of easy manners and stable emotions Umar has shown that he is endowed with the uncanny gifts of academic Umar exemplifies the truism that “Success requires training He has demonstrated in his private and public life that if an individual is not frightened by those values the opportunities to be successful are just as real today Umar Madawaki is a man who is sandwiched between character and credibility in his daily interactions he recognizes that divinity is always at work in him Umar was born on 10th March 1963 in the cascading ambiance of Gurumpawo community in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State He grew up with a high-minded aspiration to be the best at whatever he sets out to do He began his formal education in Islamiyya Primary School (now Yelwa Primary School) where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1975 he went to Government Secondary School (now Murtala Muhamed College) where he studied and obtained the West African School Certificate in 1980 towering head and shoulders above his peers Umar graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 1986 with a Bachelor of Education degree majoring in History Umar notched up his academic career when he returned to the University of Maiduguri where he studied and obtained a Master’s of Education with a bias in Philosophy of Education in 1991 He has effectively straddled between theory and practice in educational research Umar demonstrated that he is indeed a master of intellectual artistry when at only twenty-four years old he took up an appointment with the Federal College of Education He is a man of exceptional academic erudition Umar became a man of history as the first academic staff of the College to be offered a postgraduate scholarship With numerous laurels adorning his treasure chest and several research papers published in referenced academic journals both locally and internationally to his credit he is indisputably a leading light in academics from whatever perspective one chooses to assess him As one with a high drive for entrepreneurship and an effectual propensity to take the calculated risk Umar towed the uncommon path by resigning his appointment from academia He got inducted as a player in the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy when he registered his first company He has since demonstrated his dexterity in the industry as a savvy entrepreneur breaking limits and recording remarkable successes identified and situated his interests in the oil and gas sector to include pipeline activities He has cut his teeth as a procurement consultant and supplier to the Pipeline Product Marketing Company (PPMC) and other oil majors Umar diversified his business into other sectors of the economy spanning agriculture He is indeed the proverbial jack of many trades with the capacity to be a master of all With an avowed desire to build capacity in his endeavors and reinvent himself Umar has attended conferences and undertaken professional courses and training in some of the best training institutes and universities at home and abroad a world-class procurement training institution in the United Kingdom and obtained a certificate in that discipline he was in Hong Kong for the Mines and Money International Conference he joined other global players in the mining industry to discuss developments in sustainable global economy and finance in mining Umar was at the Affordable Housing Conference in Singapore he made a presentation that attracted rousing applause and standing ovation from global players Umar has experienced both adversities and successes in life and cultivated a deep sense of love and empathy for people Umar has equally learned to be humble in success and magnanimous in victory His life is a chronicle of aspirations founded on the burning desire to offer selfless service to humanity he is driven by charity and the public good Umar forayed into partisan politics in 2018 when he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) He has proven that he is the actual image of a progressive politician making invaluable contributions to the growth of the party with a reformed-minded disposition Umar flew the party’s flag as a Senatorial candidate to represent his people at the hallowed precincts of the Nigerian Red Chamber Umar Madawaki is so accomplished yet graceful and approachable He is possessed of the most profound sense of humility and modesty regardless of his manifold achievements In a multi-ethnic and diverse religious inclination state like Adamawa the APC would need a standard-bearer in the mold of Umar Madawaki to fly its flag as the governorship candidate in the next general elections He is allergic to ethnic jingoism and religious bigotry He is foresighted enough to understand that the socioeconomic development of Adamawa State and Nigeria transcends the strictures of ethnic and religious sentiments Umar embodies the finest tradition of our politics in tempers and attitude Having proven his mettle in the highly competitive private sector Umar’s incursion into the political turf is not informed by self-aggrandizement or the perks that go with any public office He comes with the determination to provide purposeful and visionary leadership to the people of Adamawa State His inexhaustible bank of private sector experiences will be of immense benefit to the state and by extension the party The man is an elephantine reservoir of social wits and uncommon stratagem He is equally armed with a well-articulated economic blueprint to jumpstart the development of Adamawa State from the rubbles that the PDP has kept the state Umar’s borderless interconnectedness across the country will be of huge significance to the Adamawa people He has spread his tentacles across the length and breadth of the country and beyond building bridges and enduring relationships From the faraway Northeast State of Adamawa but holds the traditional chieftaincy title of Otumba in the Southwest State of Ekiti An admirable down-to-earth candor informs his private and public life he enjoys a massive grassroots appeal and good positive perception across Adamawa State In a state where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is holding sway APC would need a likable and popular personality like Umar Mustapha Madawaki to be in the driving seat as the governorship candidate to wrestle power Umar is ostensibly the code that the people need at this time to break the PDP’s long-held hegemony in the state Missang Oyama is a social commentator who writes from Abuja and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The AUTHORITY NEWSPAPERS is published BY AUTHORITY MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS LIMITED with headquarters in Abuja - FCT Our vision is to be the best newspaper in Nigeria and one of the best in Africa; operating as a viable business and serving the best interests of the citizens as the watchdog of the nation and defender of Nigeria's nascent DEMOCRACY Yongo was arraigned before magistrate Dolphina Alego on Monday for allegations of cyber harassment.  The court directed that he be detained at Parklands police station for five days Further Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Alego directed police to record statements from the complainant Rajendra Shanghani who is the Managing Director of Granada Trading Company Limited Court was told that police are investigating a computer misuse and cybercrime case against Yongo adding that a report was filed at Parklands Police Station by Shanghani claiming that he had been harassed and threatened by the accused.  Court was told that Yongo informed Shanghani that they were planning to tarnish his name as he was appointed by Malongo to look in to his accounts and deal with the matter accordingly "Yongo continued on abusing Shanghani swearing in his mother's name saying that he would teach him a lesson," said the investigating officer The governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa State has dropped his ambition in favour of his counterpart in All Progressives Congress (APC) said at a press briefing in Yola Sunday evening that following challenges he had been contending with in the course of seeking to be governor he decided to put the ambition on hold and to fully support the governorship ambition of Binani “I am confident that Binani will provide a people-centred leadership that will prioritise human capital and resource development that will prosper Adamawa State “That is why I am calling on all my supporters to come out on Saturday and vote for Distinguished Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani as Governor of Adamawa State.” He added that he was putting all the structures of his Otumba Campaign Organisation at Binani’s disposal who has long been estranged from his Labour Party leadership at both the state and national levels pronounced the endorsement for Binani on his own account He had for long not been working with his Labour Party and has recently been accusing the state leadership of the party of working with the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the success of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri in the scheduled March 11 election Umar Mustapha had just before the Presidential election of last Saturday made open endorsement of the APC candidate confessing that he was not having the sort of relationship with Labour Party’s Peter Obi to promote his candidacy Umar Mustapha did not clarify at the Sunday briefing if he had in effect left Labour Party; as he tactically left that aspect out of the answers he provide to questions that journalists put to him Senator Aishatu Binani who attended the brief ceremony at which Umar Mustapha announced her endorsement said it was a welcome development and that it would boost her chances at the election of coming Saturday “This endorsement of Otumba will in itself alone send jitters into many circles,” Binani said Tinubu’s victory: PDP trying to incite destabilize Nigeria with Abuja protest – Fani-Kayode Good riddance to bad rubbish – PDP reacts as Lawal BREAKING: All Delta PDP Reps defect to APC 2027 indigenous governor advocate Dallah apologises to APC chairman over false allegation We need troops – Adamawa king tells FG as insurgency resurges in Hong communities Amaechi will clear doubts soon – APC chieftain APC endorses Governor Umar Namadi as sole candidate for 2027 election Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone for the jugular throwing below-the-belt punches towards MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s team of technical experts led by Kenyan Edgar Ouko Otumba dismissing him as a statistician with no qualification whatsoever in politics but is a guru in sugar board related matters who in his heads of argument is seeking to have the courts uphold his election into office picked on Otumba said his evidence before the courts was questionable and lacked integrity setting the stage for a nail-bitting Constitutional Court (ConCourt) hearing which opens tomorrow “His [Otumba] analysis progresses from data of questionable integrity and sources Some of the figures are of mysterious origins He relates to sample-based extrapolations predicated on behavioural patterns that have no scientific precision He makes inconclusive findings as regards the possible causes of the alleged variances and anomalies His evidence is not proof beyond reasonable doubt,” Mnangagwa said “The matter at issue is the actual numbers in the election While Dr Otumba is clearly an expert in mathematics and statistics skill and experience to suggest that he has any scientific technical or other specialised knowledge on elections the only election he appears to have advised on was in 2005 and related to the election of directors of a sugar board … that last sentence regarding his 100% success rate shows that Dr Otumba is aware that the experience required is that of analysing elections The Zanu PF party leader also urged the ConCourt to dismiss Chamisa’s application challenging his election into the presidential office arguing that the necessary jurisdictional facts to trigger a section 93(3) of constitutional inquiry have not been established the application must be dismissed with costs at the legal practitioner and client scale This is not only because the application is fatally and incurably defective but also because the application lodged is not sufficient to establish the jurisdictional circumstances required by section 93(3) of the Constitution which enjoins this court to declare whether anyone was duly elected as the President of Zimbabwe,” Mnangagwa said Mnangagwa also urged the court to disregard and strike off notice of oppositions filed by Noah Manyika Violet Mariyacha and Elton Mangoma on the basis that their notices were disguised applications Mariyacha and Mangoma) respondents’ notices of opposition be struck off These notices of opposition are in reality disguised applications by aggrieved losing candidates in the elections The disguised applications have been lodged outside the peremptory time period provided for in the Constitution and in a form and manner that is impermissible,” he said The Zanu PF leaders again maintained Chamisa had not filed a proper application before the ConCourt arguing the MDC Alliance leader’s petition had been filed out of time and “There is no valid challenge to the declaration of the first respondent [Mnangagwa] as the winner of the elections A challenge to this election of the President must be lodged within seven days after the date on which the results were declared This means that the application must be filed and served within the prescribed seven days The prescribed seven days are calendar days as opposed to court days,” Mnangagwa said “… The application is invalid for the further reason that it was issued without a valid notice of motion Rule 16(1) of the rules provides that an application to the Constitutional Court shall be in form CCZ1 … the notice of motion did not have the respondents’ addresses for service … the application is must file with the registrar proof of service within two days of the service Failing compliance with rule 9(5) the application is deemed abandoned in terms of rule 9(6).” Mnangagwa further urged the court to dismiss Chamisa’s application on the basis that he had approached the court with “dirty hands” after allegedly “scandalising” the court by publicly declaring that “our courts are an appendage of the first respondent’s [Mnangagwa’s] party and are involved in a conspiracy to undermine his perceived certain ascendency to the presidency of Zimbabwe” The MDC Alliance youth leader recently petitioned the ConCourt seeking nullification of the presidential votes claiming that he garnered 2 674 032 votes against Mnangagwa Chamisa made the claims in his founding affidavit and his move halted the inauguration of Mnangagwa who was set to be ushered into the presidential office on August 12 Chamisa claims about 700 000 votes are unaccounted for and He said there were a number of irregularities which included double-counting of votes and embarrassing mathematical errors which are significant to affect the outcome of the polls Chamisa also argued that the election was not held in line with the constitutional requirements institution of traditional healers and clear manipulation of laws by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to favour Mnangagwa But Mnangagwa said: “The extent to which the media had an influence over the manner in which the people voted has not been established The applicant’s conclusion remains conjectural … this ground cannot be sustained Zec and its chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba have also filed their court papers supporting their actions which ushered Mnangagwa into power Copyright © 2025 | The Zimbabwe Mail Online - Your News! 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Education News | The Leading Newspaper on Education News Education News is the leading newspaper on matters education in Kenya The fortnightly paper is widely read by teachers Sigomere Small Home for Children with Disability has received a multi-million-shilling facelift to enable it roll out quality services to the disabled children so that they are kept in school to study The centre which hosts over 130 disabled learners also established the special learning unit at the adjacent Sigomere Primary School to ensure their education plight is addressed courtesy of The Way We Care Kenya programme and Catholic Relief Services has seen the home which was established in 1972 by the Franciscan Sisters of St Joseph rehabilitated with new and modern equipment to serve the children with disability programmes Director at The Way We Care Kenya says that the home also known as Place of Hope has also been equipped with therapeutic equipment to enable it offer physiotherapy services to both the children at the institution and members of the community “CRS has purchased and installed rehabilitation equipment at the disabled children home and provided assistive devices for the children including provision and improvement of play therapy equipment in their school,” said Mainga He said that his organization has also entered a partnership that will see the Catholic nuns running the home carry out community outreach to train parents and caregivers of children living with disabilities on better care giving skills and income generating activities Siaya county executive committee member for education Edgar Otumba who was the chief guest during the occasion said the county government was committed to improving the quality of people’s lives Otumba said that as part of the commitment the county government has set aside 30% of employment opportunities to the people living with disability we have incorporated sign language translators especially during public participation forums so that they are not left behind” said Otumba Sister Mary Monica Amollo Owuor lamented over the high cost of health care services for the children living with disability Mary appealed to the government to consider providing all children livi ng with disability with free health care through the Universal health care coverage “Most of these children are from poor backgrounds and their parents cannot afford the National Hospital Insurance Fund fees” said Sister Mary Siaya county coordinator for children services saying it was the first of its kind to provide day care for such children in the region K’onyango said the initiative was in line with the government’s care reform agenda that aims at doing away with the use of orphanages and charitable child institutions as a model of care for the young in the society He said that an eight-year research finding has proved that use of orphanages and charitable children institutions was causing more harm to children Get more stories from our website: Education News You can also follow our social media pages on Twitter: Education News KE  and Facebook: Education News Newspaper for timely updates National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has expressed sadness over the passing of the chairman who led a NIWA team on a condolence visit to the bereaved family of the late maritime stalwart in Lagos Thursday he was dependable and somebody you could trust Moghalu said he was “yet to recover from the shock because less than two weeks before he passed on we had a lengthy conversation because at NIWA we are trying to organise an international maritime conference he wasn’t looking sick either; he made valuable contributions We had planned on what we were going to do “You can understand when somebody is planning something and he is a member of the committee doing the planning and he was kind of briefing me on what they had done only for me to travel on official assignment out of the country and then they called that Otumba has died he stated that “Otumba will be strongly missed because he was a voice in the maritime industry he is a dependable and knowledgeable person But this is one area that nobody can question God – when it has to do with birth and death But God told us that in every situation we should give thanks we still give God the glory that he made 81 years in good health and still played the role and contributed to the society I pray that God will give you the courage and grace and the enablement thanked the managing director and the entire visiting NIWA team dan takarar kujerar gwamna karkashin jam’iyyar LP a jihar Adamawa ya kuma goyi bayan takarar ‘yar takarar kujerar gwamna a jam’iyyar APC Otumba ya bayyana haka ne a taron manema labarai a ranar Asabar a Yola haka kuma da dukkanin tsare-tsaren yakin neman zabensa sun marawa Sanata Aishatu Dahiru Ahmad Binani ‘yar takarar gwamnan jam’iyyar APC Ya ci gaba da cewa “goyon bayan takarar Aishatu Dahiru Binani ya zama tilas duba da yanayin tafiyar siyasar kuma tana da duk abinda ake bukata a wajen gwamna saboda haka ita ta dace da zama gwamna a jihar Adamawa” inji Otumba © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Right Reserved Please enter your username or email address to reset your password © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Right Reserved A kalla mambobin jam’iyyar New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) dari bakwai suka koma jam’iyyar Labour a jihar Adamawa Da take jawabi a madadin mutanen da suka canja shekar ranar Alhamis a Yola itace jam’iyyar da zata fidda musu Kitse a wuta Da yake jawabin amsar mambobin jam’iyyar NNPP da suka canja shekar a Yola dan takarar kujerar gwamna karkashin jam’iyyar Labour a jihar Umar Mustapha (Otumba Ekiti) yace jam’iyyar ta shigo jihar da haskenta saboda haka shi zai ceto jama’ar jihar a babban zaben 2023 Ya ci gaba da cewa “tarihi zai maimaita kansa a Adamawa domin kuwa jam’iyar za ta amshe ragamar mulki a hannun jam’iyyar PDP a babban zaben 2023 “Jam’iyyar Labor za ta kafa gwamnatin kowa da kowa za kuma ta farfado da tattalin arzikin jiha jama’a za su yi farin ciki da gwamnatin Labour fati” inji Otumba Haka kuma dan takarar kujerar gwamnan ya yabawa jama’ar jihar bisa karban jam’iyyar Labour a matsayin jam’iyyarsu yace sauran jam’iyyu sun kadu da zuwan jam’iyyar Labour duba da kwarewa da kuma nasarorin da dan takarar kujerar shugaban kasar jam’iyyar Peter Obi da a karshen wa’adin mulkinsa ya bar naira miliyan dubu 70 “A daidai lokacin da gwamnoni suke gina manyan gidaje wannan itace manufar jam’iyyar Labour” inji Otumba Da shima ke jawabi shugaban jam’iyyar Labour ta jihar Mista Nicolas Christopher yace zuwan jam’iyyar fata ce ga jama’ar jihar wacce ta zo da nufin kafa ingantacciyar gwamnati a kasa da jihar Adamawa President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses gathering at the Heroes Day commemorations yesterday.-(Picture by Tawanda Mudimu) President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa took a swipe at MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s team of technical experts led by Kenyan Edgar Ouko Otumba ED is seeking to have the presidential election results upheld by the constitutional court Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" © 2023 iHarare - All Rights Reserved © 2023 iHarare - All Rights Reserved