All eyes on judiciary as Nigerians await hearing of election petitions

• About 100 SANs assembled to plead Tinubu, Atiku, Obi’s cases • LP, PDP, others want tribunal to pay attention to substance, not technicalities Despite the controversies generated by the general elections and the sense of urgency which some Nigerians had argued should follow the election petitions, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) is yet […]

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Ganduje begs for forgiveness, says ‘I’ve forgiven those who wrong me’

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has begged for forgiveness from those he might have offended in the course of governing the state. He spoke at a Ramadan lecture series at Al Furqan Juma’at Mosque located at Nasarawa GRA, Kano. The governor said he has forgiven those who wrong him and they should reciprocate the same […]

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Avoid recycled, political jobbers in your government, investor urges Tinubu

• 10+1 Commandments To Step Up Good Governance Suggested With 43 days left for a new government to take the reins, a Nigerian investor, entrepreneur, writer, author, mentor, and life coach, Tim Akano, has called on the President-elect to, as a matter of urgency, embark on a seven-Rs initiative to save the country. Describing the […]

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Sylva wins Bayelsa APC governorship primaries, defeat Lyon, four others

Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister for State, Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday, emerged as the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for November 11 gubernatorial election in the state. The former governor defeated the former candidate of the party in the last gubernatorial election, Chief David Lyon, and four others […]

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FG’s poor policies responsible for Nigeria’s economic woes — World Bank

Poor policies by the Federal Government are creating trade barriers that may worsen the nation’s economic growth this year, going by the World Bank’s projections. The World Bank, in its Africa Pulse Report April 2023 edition titled “Leveraging Resource Wealth During the Low Carbon Transition” said the country’s economy is set to grow by 2.8 […]

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Keep your $800m subsidy palliative, Nigerians tell Buhari

• Loan Repayment Plan Spreads Till 2051 • Stakeholders Express Dissatisfaction, Say Govt Not Transparent With Loans • I Don’t Think It’s Proper To Disburse The Money – Muda Yusuf As reactions continue to trail the Federal Government’s $800 million World Bank grant to be used as subsidy palliatives ahead of the proposed fuel removal […]

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Atiku’s corruption claim during presidential election unknown to law – Tinubu

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, says that PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar’s allegations of “corrupt practices” during the 25 February presidential election have no legal backing. In a preliminary objection to Atiku’s petition, Tinubu, who was the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer in the election, argued that “no incidence of corrupt practice has been made out […]

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Man convicted after throwing eggs at Britain’s King Charles

Britain’s King Charles III inspects graduating officer cadets march during the 200th Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, southwest of London on April 14, 2023. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / Pool / AFP) A student who threw eggs at King Charles III during a walkabout last year, and later claimed he was responding […]

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