The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the suit filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 general election in Enugu state, Chief Uche Nnaji, challenging the victory of Dr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.“ The decision of …
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HIJRAH: Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa , Kwara, Osun State Declares Today Public Holiday
In line with the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Saad Abubakar declaration of today as the first day of Muharram 1444 After Hijra, Sokoto state has joined the league of states, declaring today as public holiday. The chief press secretary to the governor Malam Bawa Abubakar, in a statement, said the …
Read More »Federal Government Yet Pay Us N323bn – TETFUND
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said the federal government is owing it the sum of N323 billion. Executive secretary of Fund, Arch Sonny Echono, disclosed this at an investigative hearing on the alleged missing N2.3 trillion in the Fund organised by an ad hoc committee of the House of …
Read More »Northern Group Seeks Release Of Suspended EFCC’s Chairman
Northern Alliance for Citizens Freedom has demanded the immediate release of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa was picked up by the Department of State Services (DSS), over a week ago, after President Bola Tinubu suspended him. President General of the Alliance, …
Read More »Court Jails 4 For Fraudulent Activities As EFCC Arraigns 33 Suspects
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had secured jail terms for four internet fraudsters through a State High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State capital and arrested 33 suspects for a similar offence in the city. The anti-graft agency, in separate statements via its Twitter handle, @officialEFFCC on …
Read More »Nigeria Labour Congress Rejects Proposed N8,000 Palliatives To Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has kicked against President Bola Tinubu’s move to seek the approval of the National Assembly to obtain another tranche of external loans worth N500b from the World Bank for the purposes of carrying out a palliative measure to cushion the effect of the hike in …
Read More »Tinubu Orders Immediate Review Of N8,000 Palliative
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered the immediate review of the proposed N8,000 to 12 million households in Nigeria for six months to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal. In a statement issued by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Tinubu …
Read More »Kylian Mbappe Loses Top Spot As World’s Most Valuable Player
Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has lost his spot as the most valuable football player in the world, according to the latest report by Football Benchmark. The 24-year-old has already topped the list of previous editions released by the renowned football business portal. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is …
Read More »Tinubu Sympathises With Parents Of 2-yr-old Killed By Stray Bullet In Delta State
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of a 2-year-old Ivan Omhonrina killed by a stray bullet during an operation by officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. “I mourn the death of little …
Read More »Ganduje, Yuguda, Others Form Fulani Coalition Against Insecurity
Leaders of 17 Fulani groups have formed a coalition to end the insecurity being perpetrated by some of their kinsmen, with the immediate past Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje stating that killer herdsmen had been transformed. The Fulani leaders, including former Bauchi State governor Isa Yuguda and Ganduje acknowledged that …
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