The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all land borders from 00.00 hours on Saturday, March 18 to 00.00 hours on Sunday 19th of March 2023. The closure was informed by the Governorship and Assembly elections across the nation. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, announced the closure in […]
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Leaders of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites have alleged five of their members were killed and several others were injured when they clashed with Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s convoy on Thursday. One of the IMN leaders, Sheikh Aliyu Umar, who briefed journalists in Rigasa , Igabi local […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the fifth alteration to the 1999 Constitution requiring the President and Governors to send the list of Ministers and Commissioners to the legislature within sixty days after inauguration. The bill, fifth alteration no 23 which is one of the bills which got two third approval of State legislatures, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his country home in Daura, Katsina State to participate in the Governorship and Assembly elections tomorrow. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on arrival in Daura, the President visited the palace of Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruk Umar, to […]
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By Confidence McHarry With the Saudi-Iran rapprochement, it is becoming increasingly clear that this is most likely China’s century, and we are all just living in it as tenants. In nearly every geopolitical trend, there are losers. None is more obvious in the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia than two: Israel and the […]
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President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, has promised competence in appointments and engagements. In a message titled, “Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope,” he promised to reposition the country. He pledged an economy of double-digit Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, more food security, strengthened real sector and active digital economy, where young people fulfil their dreams and […]
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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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