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The wife of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has picked her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the Senate seat of Anambra North District in the 2023 general election. This is coming a few hours after the Chief of Staff to the …

Update: Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yusuff has joined the Labour Party in pursuit of his Gubernatorial ambition. Lasun Yusuf is expected to pick the nomination form of the party any time from now. #OsunDecides2022

Nigeria has one of the highest infant and neonatal death rates in the world.  In a strong push to effect needed change,  participants at the maiden Obijackson Women and Children Hospital (OWCH) funded Newborn Respiratory Support Workshop has called for immediate and broad adoption of a national neonatal respiratory support …

brahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is set to retire from the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) as his hope of becoming an assistant inspector-general of police (AIG) appears beyond reach. The former EFCC boss is billed to retire from the force on May …

EKET CHAIRMAN ENFORCES CLAMPDOWN ON SCRAP METAL SCAVENGERS …Demolish hideouts To further enforce the State Government’s directive on the ban on scrap metal scavengers popularly known as “Iron Condemned”, the Eket Council Chairman, Mr. Akaniyene Tommey on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, led a combined team of security agencies to supervise …

Facilities at the stadium station of the Abuja light rail system have been stolen by vandals, leaving the station that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018 as a caricature. Daily Trust visited the light rail station on Monday, and observed that the industrial and electrical cables as well …

The National Union of Road Transport Workers has dissolved its Lagos State council under Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo. NURTW, made this known in a statement titled ‘Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council’, jointly signed by its national president, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, and general secretary, Alhaji Kabiru …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja not to sack Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, over his defection from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress. Today was scheduled for judgement in a suit by the PDP challenging the defection of …

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has reviewed the country’s response to the pandemic in view of the declining number of cases. In a statement dated April 2, the committee explained that the decision followed the reduced risk of importation of new variants, as well as the availability of …

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has temporarily put on hold, judgment on a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his deputy Prof. Ivara Ejemot Esu. By the suit, the plaintiff wants the court to order Governor Ayade …