Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted on all expenditures […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra against the Department of State Services. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. Kanu, in the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/482/2022 and […]
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Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during a press conference at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg commercial hub on October 22, 2022. – South Africa’s top court on July 13, 2023, ruled that former president Jacob Zuma should return to prison to complete his 15-month term for contempt of court, dismissing an appeal […]
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The House of Representatives member has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to three years. The lower legislative chamber made the request on Wednesday while calling on JAMB to conduct the UTME at least twice a year. This motion was moved […]
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has given a one-week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to Court or set him free. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while delivering a ruling in a […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying it will not be enough to ease the hardships faced by workers due to the fuel subsidy removal. National treasurer of the NLC, Hakeem Ambali, demanded a 300 percent salary increase to enable workers to cope with […]
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As Abuja High Court Orders DSS To Release Him From Detention Within 7 Days Detention Unjustifiable, Lawyers Say Celebration In Home Town As News Of Release Hits Delta Let Our Son Go Home Now, Ohanaeze Youths Urge Tinubu As a Democrat The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja has ordered the […]
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• Alleges plot to stop him from ascending Olubadan throne A former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has taken the state governor, Seyi Makinde; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, and 10 members of the Olubadan-in-Council, who were recently elevated to Obas, to court […]
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$12 billion investment beckons in gas sector Nigeria eyeing $18b oil, gas investment, says NNPC Nigeria is pushing to offset about $1 billion gas legacy debt as stakeholders in the industry raised hope of a $12 billion investment and 10 Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) in the next one decade. The Federal Government, while unveiling a […]
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The chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti State, Paul Omotoso, who was kidnapped by gunmen along the Imesi Ekiti –Agbado Ekiti Road last Saturday has regained freedom. A reliable source at the APC Chairman’s Imesi-Ekiti hometown said Omotoso was freed on Wednesday night and has been reunited with his family. The source said: […]
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