Appeal Court President, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has warned judges nominated to serve in the various election tribunals to desist from act amounting to misconduct. Bulkachuwa threatened not to spare any tribunal member who abuses his/her office and is found wanting in the course of carrying out his/her assigned responsibilities. She spoke in Abuja at the […]
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A N27.4 billion succor has been approved by the Federal Government for states ravaged by flooding and conflicts. It was approved at Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC. Kebbi State Governor and Vice Chairman of the National Food Security Council, Atiku Bagudu, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, which was chaired […]
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed to reclaim his allegedly stolen mandate. He had approached the Electoral Tribunal, claiming he won the Presidential Election of which President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Abubakar, who spoke in Abuja during a visit to […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to five bills passed by the National Assembly. The affected bills are the Nigeria Film Commission Bill 2018; Climate Change Bill, 2018; Immigration (amendment) Bill, 2018; Chartered Institute of Pension Practitioners of Nigeria Bill, 2018 and Digital Rights and Freedom Bill, 2018. He said he relied on Section 58(4) […]
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By Banji Ayoola Our hearts are with the bereaved families who have lost loved ones in this unfortunate tragedy; as we pray for the dead, that their souls be granted mercy and all needed help on their paths; as we equally stand lovingly with the wounded, that they will respond positively to treatment and recover […]
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Police say gunman had planned a 3rd attack Zaed Mustafa, in wheelchair, brother of Hamza and son of Khalid Mustafa killed in the Friday, March 15 mosque shootings reacts during their burial at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) A father and son who fled the […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined the request by the African Action Congress (AAC) for an order of interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from among others, announcing winners of the last governorship and State Assembly elections in Rivers State. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo ordered plaintiffs’ lawyer, Tawo Tawo […]
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The supplementary governorship election scheduled for March 23 in states where the March 9 governorship election was declared inconclusive may not hold in Adamawa. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave this indication in Yola Wednesday when it said it would abide by a ruling of the Adamawa State high court expected on Thursday, March […]
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By Dayo Omoogun With re-engineered leadership momentum and motivated workforce sparked by the Acting Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Mary Uduk, Dayo Omoogun, in this piece portends that the Commission is on the trajectory of a new dawn… After a long dark night, comes a glorious dawn. Watchers of the Nigerian […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa would be renamed after a former Governor of the state, the late Dr Kokumo Olusegun Agagu. The late governor was an illustrious son of Iju Odo in Okitipupa Local Government area of the state, in Ondo South Senatorial District, who died at 65 […]
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