Human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from spending “N26bn in the 2022 presidency budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, ‘welfare package’, and office building.” This was contained in […]
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A knight of St. Christopher, Uchie Obiajulu, has apologised to human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), for defaming him in a viral WhatsApp post and accusing him of chasing donations through Non-Governmental Organisations. Obiajulu made the apology in a public statement which was also sent to the Anglican Communion on the Peninsular in Ajah, […]
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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said many Nigerian presidents are not loved by the citizens until they are dead. He blamed this on the poor understanding of the powers of a president. He also said lack of proper interaction between the president and the citizens was responsible for Nigerians not loving […]
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The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Charles Soludo, is set to be declared the winner of Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election as results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission indicate that he won in 17 of the 19 local government areas of the state. Out of the 19 local […]
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• CDD Decries Low Voters Turnout, Inadequate Security Deployment In Rural Areas • NYSC Hails Corps Members On Election Duties • Malfunctioning Devices Attempt To Reduce My Votes – Soludo • Ozigbo Slams INEC For Poor BVAS • Poll Smoothest I’ve Ever Seen – Okeke • Ngige Wants Dry Run To Test Facilities Amid multiple […]
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The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has extended his early lead in the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday. From the 19 local governments’ results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, the former Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor won in 17. This is as election […]
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Says it’s govt notice for parents to withdraw their children The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the over 100 percent increase in school fees at the state’s University of Medical Science, Ondo, UNIMED. It described the hike as government notice for parents to withdraw their children from the university. Management of the state-owned university […]
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Ebonyi State Governor, Engineer Dave Umahi, has been nominated by the Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders of Nigeria (CENYLON) as the Infrastructural Governor of the Year Award 2021. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the coalition’s National President, Comrade Eric Oluwole and Public Relations Officer, Engineer Salahudeen A. Lukman. The statement […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, is effectively filling the vacuum created by the overstretched conventional security agencies, particularly the police in the state. He noted that Amotekun Corps is a child of necessity which is essentially created to fill the obvious security gap […]
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In celebration and recognition of the role of lawyers, company legal departments and legal professionals across Africa, the ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards 2021 edition is set to hold in November 7, 2021 at the Landmark Event Centre with many firms, In-house teams and legal professionals making the shortlist. Currently, in its 11th year, the Nigerian […]
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