Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, on Saturday, presented the staff of office to the new Emir of Dutse, Hamim Muhammad-Sunusi II. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad-Sunusi, 44, ascended the throne sequel to the passage of his father, Nuhu Muhammad-Sunusi, on Jan. 31. Badaru, who spoke...
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Order Paper, an NGO interested in the Legislature, has decried the voting pattern in last Saturday’s National Assembly elections. The organisation, in a report released after the polls, said majority of the electorate, in casting their votes, only considered the political parties, and not candidates’ credibility. The Executive Director,...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the issuance of certificates of return to elected members of the National Assembly for Tuesday and Wednesday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Saturday morning, while giving his address at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja....
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will be used in the forthcoming governorship and state legislature elections. Yakubu gave the assurance on Saturday in a meeting with all state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs)...
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Despite threats received for prophesying the outcomes of Nigeria’s election, a Zimbabwean prophet Passion Java, has dropped a second prophesy on president-elect Bola Tinubu. Java, on Sunday, prophesied that he had seen the results of the election. The Zimbabwean who is the founder of the Kingdom Embassy church, is...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated His Grace, the Most Reverend Michael Olusegun Akinwale as he officially assumes office as the new Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese of the Methodist Church Nigeria. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, wished the Archbishop...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abia has expressed consternation at the failure of Abia government to pay salary arrears owed doctors who had been on strike in the last 87 days. Members of the Abia chapter of the NMA embarked on strike on Dec. 8, 2022 to demand...
The Inter Party Advisory Council, (IPAC) on Saturday decried poor turnout of voters in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Cross River. During in a press conference in Calabar, Mr Anthony Attah, Chairman of IPAC in Cross River, said out of over 1.7 million registered voters,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – While in Maiduguri to commission an NNPC’s emergency power plant, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday unveiled some of the over 700 capital projects executed by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum. The President opened the new Tashan Bama (market and motor-park which has 475 shops) a...
Stakeholders in the energy sector have expressed divergent views on the Supreme Court judgment over extension of the use of old Naira notes till Dec. 31. They expressed their different views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN reports that the...
Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to respect the Supreme Court judgment and allow Nigerians to use the old Naira notes concurrently with the redesigned notes. Shinkafi, who made the appeal while addressing newsmen in Gusau on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday leave for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said this development followed an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Against the background that speculations are being trended on the unfortunate Maiduguri fire disaster, the Borno State Government has appealed for professional and objective reportage from journalists in the state . It will be recalled that the fire disaster that erupted last Sunday gutted...
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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, alongside his Rivers counterpart, Gov. Nyesom Wike, on Friday inaugurated 500,000 litres capacity aviation fuel facility built by his government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aviation fuel facility, a Public-Private Partnership project, built by BOVAS Petroleum Ltd., is part...
The Pan Yoruba Socio-political Organisation, (Afenifere) has urged the President elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to live up to his words of building a brighter and more productive society as contained in his acceptance speech. The group made the call in a congratulatory message signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr...
Seven state governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn the suit they filled against the federal government over the conduct and subsequent collation and announcement of the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Notice of Discontinuance signed by their lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome SAN...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court, which invalidated the deadline for the currency policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), extending it to Dec.31 , 2023. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr...