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A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Wednesday sacked the State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee led by Fred Udogu describing it as illegal. The Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognize the purported Caretaker Committee constituted by the National leadership …

President Buhari today conferred the President’s NYSC Honours Awards on 110 outstanding Ex-corps members. The outstanding Ex-Corps Members were selected on merit in the areas of ORIENTATION COURSE, PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE AND WINDING UP/PASSING-OUT. The 110 young Nigerians who we today honored with the 2018/2019 President’s NYSC Honours Award, will …

The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. The Senate also invited the Director General …

You know very well that I have always liked and respected you. You will also recall that a few years ago I warned you that everything that is being done to you today would eventually be done to you given the choices you made at the time. I bear you …

• Complaints in Delta, Edo, Anambra, Kwara, Nasarawa The All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration is enmeshed in crises in Osun, Delta and Kwara states. In Delta State, the scribe, Sanusi Musa, resigned without giving reasons for his action. In a WhatsApp post, Musa said: “I have found myself in …

The law decriminalising homosexuality adopted in Angola in 2019 took effect today. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is now reprehensible and even punishable by prison. Anew law decriminalising same-sex sexual relations in Angola has gone into effect on Wednesday. According to reports, the new law overturned a colonial-era …

Following the massive importation of contraband, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday ordered that warehouses and markets stacked with smuggled rice across the South-West should be raided. Its Comptroller General, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), who gave the directive, said that the move was part of measures to get rid of smuggled …

A political advocacy group, Tinubu Support Organisation (Central Women Wing), has explained why former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu should be Nigeria’s next president. Speaking at a news conference in Lagos, Fatima Bello, the group’s president, said the All Progressives Congress’s national leader had a good vision for the country, particularly …

The first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. Announcing Lateef Jakande’s death on Twitter, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu wrote: With gratitude to God for a worthy life well spent in the service of Lagos State, Nigeria and humanity, I announce the death of a …

Kidnappings: Govt, Miyetti Allah, Bandits Agree – 181 Freed In Katsina Military rescues 3 in Nasarawa Other Northern states to benefit from negotiations NEGOTIATIONS with bandits in Katsina State by the state government, security agencies and Miyetti Allah have resulted in the release of 181 kidnap victims. Government and security …