The Supreme Court has rescheduled its judgment till a later date in the dispute between the 36 states and the Federal Government on Judiciary funding, Executive Order 10. The judgment was planned for yesterday, according to hearing notices dispatched to parties by the court’s Registry. But when they got to court in the morning, Justice […]
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A former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau has said a meeting of members of his faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last Sunday in Kano with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tunibu, was on the party’s lingering crisis in the state. Shekarau told BBC Hausa that Tinubu invited him for the meeting in […]
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Jabi has fixed December 17 for the hearing of a suit seeking to set aside all actions and decisions taken by the Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The suit marked is also […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the travel ban on Nigeria and other African countries will not work. He spoke at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa while reacting to what some African leaders said about the recent travel ban on some African countries by the United Kingdom. […]
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie smiles as she attends a panel discussion with the German Chancellor at the Schauspielhaus theatre in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on September 8, 2021. (Photo by Rolf Vennenbernd / Pool / AFP) Ahead of the new year, the BBC has named Multiple Award-winning author and Feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie among its […]
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The Coroner, Epe District, Magistrate Mikail Kadiri, has fixed December 15 for a preliminary meeting over the death of Sylvester Oromoni. Sylvester was the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki whose death has continued to spark reaction and calls for an investigation into the circumstances that led to his death. The date for the preliminary […]
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The Senate, on Tuesday, described as unacceptable, the oil spillage caused by AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited in Bayelsa State. The red chamber has therefore urged the relevant agencies to invoke the maximum penalties applicable under the laws for such infractions. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, stated this at plenary during his […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that its officers were not involved in the cause of the crash along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School Bus Stop, Lagos State. A hit-and-run truck had crushed some pupils on Tuesday at the bus stop just as they closed from school around 2pm. Lagos State Police Command has since […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, sent the Finance Bill 2021 to the two chambers of the National Assembly for consideration and approval. He said the piece of legislation would ensure effective implementation of the 2022 budget. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s request on the floor of the Senate during plenary. Buhari said, […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request for bail made by the detained founder of Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife, Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin. Adedoyin had, in an ex-parte motion, filed along with a fundamental rights enforcement suit prayed the court to admit him to bail pending the conclusion of investigation by the police […]
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