Therefore, no matter the criticism against it, the Supreme Court should not descend into the public arena to join issues with its critics, as it has just done. At all times, it must maintain its equanimity and candour in the face of criticism. Dragging the Supreme Court into public controversy is undignified and unbefitting of […]
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The international British charity IA-Foundation has told Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu to take urgent steps to tackle Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis, to restore hope to some 20.2 million out-of-school children in the country. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, made the appeal in a letter to the president-elect, in Abuja on Wednesday. […]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope that Nigeria will follow its own legal processes to ease tensions after disputed presidential elections. “Nigeria is an incredibly vibrant democracy,” Blinken told AFP in an interview late Thursday in its northern neighbour Niger. “To the extent that there are concerns, problems, there is a process, institutions […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy […]
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Federal High Court Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State have applied for leave to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should electronically transmit the results of tomorrow’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Justice P. […]
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Catfish farmers have lamented low patronage due to the cash crunch across the country occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cashless policy and naira redesign. The farmers said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Mr Anthony Hammed, the Chief Executive Officer of Simple Aquaculture […]
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NNPP: We‘re studying reports, will go to court soon Atiku denies withdrawing petition, slams APC for endorsement shopping 2023 polls: International Alert launches national dialogue to curtail violence Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described the last round of general elections as an exhibition of motion without movement in the nation’s […]
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Developing new curriculum to meet 21st century standards has been a long-term demand by stakeholders in tertiary education sub-sector. Universities operated Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) system until last year when the National Universities Commission (NUC) introduced a new Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), which comes along with 17 disciplines and 238 academic programmes. […]
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National Peace Committee sues for peaceful poll tomorrow NASS supplementary election holds in 15 states COAS charges troops to be non-partisan Nigerians will no longer accept failure, CSO tells INEC INEC officials will be target of violence, intimidation, CDD warns YIAGA: Cash crunch, others capable of derailing poll APC, SDP to appeal judgment on electronic […]
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By Niran Adedokun On Monday, Nigeria’s presidency released another of those unhelpful press statements. The statement, which Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, signed, negates the objectives of public communication in two ways. This made it a counterproductive initiative, at the end. Mr Shehu’s objective was to establish President Muhammadu […]
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