Senate floor. Photo: Twitter Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum (Upstream), Downstream, and Gas to investigate the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) with regard to the potential exit of international oil companies (IOCs) from Nigeria. Section 257 (2) of the Act, which came into effect in August 2021, stipulates that oil and […]
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There was request to rebrand ET aircraft in Nigerian colour for Abuja launch, ET GCEO says The management of Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has denied having an interest in the controversial Nigeria Air, contrary to the erstwhile claim that it emerged as the preferred bidder from a ‘rigorous process’. Group Chief Executive Officer of East African […]
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IPOB Awards N8b damages to Kanu An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Onovo, has voided the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The Federal Government under Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the SouthEast region had, in 2017, proscribed the secessionist group, while the leader, Nnamdi Kanu, […]
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The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has rejected the apology tendered by his deputy, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the embarrassment that the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state. The governor, who reacted to Aiyedatiwa’s apology through his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, also rejected some […]
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Despite the passage into law in 2015 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, cases of domestic, and sexual violence have been upswing across states, even though, the main thrust of the law was to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against the person, provide maximum protection and […]
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• Your jobs are secure, Tinubu tells aides • Governors besiege Aso Villa to celebrate with President • Mixed reactions in Rivers as Diri, Wike congratulate • Buhari: Court dismissal of appeal a welcome relief • PDP: Supreme Court has failed Nigerians • Executive has hijacked judiciary, legislature, LP fumes • We’ll resort to masses’ […]
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With Lagos State being home to many non-Yoruba speaking residents and with the language at the risk of going extinct, the Lagos State Assembly has introduced some measures to reverse the trend. But their efforts are being criticised as ill-motivated and divisive. Shakirat Adunola writes. In 2017, former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, […]
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Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in the 2023 general election. […]
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the application of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to introduce new evidence against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Justice John Okoro of the Supreme Court dismissed the application on Thursday while delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Atiku and the presidential candidate of the […]
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The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State on Thursday suspended its State Youth Leader, Mr Folorunso Makinde. This was in a statement by its state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, which was titled “Ondo PDP State Working Committe (SWC) Suspends Folorunso Makinde, State Youth Leader”. According to the statement: “Pursuant to section 58(1)(b)(f) and […]
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