A Federal High Court in Lokoja on Friday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice Isa Dashen, gave the order after listening to the application moved by Mr Smart Nwachimere, of West-Idahosa, SAN...
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command has handed over $578,000 seized from a male passenger to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Handing over the foreign currency to the EFCC in Lagos on Friday, the Comptroller in charge of (MMIA) Command, Effiong Harrison said...
President of the Senate, Mr Godswill Akpabio has said the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers will broker peace among the warring factions. Akpabio stated this in Calabar on Friday, when he was inducted into the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Hall of Fame as part of the institution’s...
Bishop Matthew Kukah has described the establishment of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia (FUASK), Kaduna State, as God’s instrument for driving growth and development in the state. Kukah made this assertion on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the university’s Governing Council and Principal Officers. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has imposed a new 6.00p.m to 6.00a.m curfew on Ifon and Ilobu communities in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas, respectively. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, announced the governor’s directive in a statement...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the Supreme Court judgment upholding the principle of supremacy of the political party in the management of its internal affairs. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Friday in Abuja, described the judgment as victory for democracy....
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Police Command has uncovered an illegal maternity home, allegedly involved in child trafficking, unlawful medical practice and impersonation. The command’s spokeswoman, DSP Timfon John, said in a statement in Uyo on Friday, that the illegal maternity home was uncovered in Usung Atiat,...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State has been the leading Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) performing subnational amongst the 19 northern states in the last two years, owing to Governor Uba Sani’s tax reforms. The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) which disclosed this in a statement on Friday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The newly appointed 22nd Controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Borno State, Ibrahim Bawa, has pledged closer collaboration with the Borno State Government to strengthen correctional reforms and security efforts. Bawa, who was formerly in charge of the Bauchi Custodial Centre, made...
The Supreme Court has nullified the judgments of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court, which sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A five-member panel of the apex court held that the issue of who is the National Secretary of the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has disapproved of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers. Makinde, in his biweekly newsletter, ‘The Business of Governance’, published on Thursday evening, described the president’s act as illegal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Tinubu had on Tuesday...
The Federal Government on Friday, re-arraigned Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on amended charge bordering on terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who was re-arraigned before Justice James Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to the seven counts. The re-arraignment followed...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – NNPC Retail Limited (NRL) marked another milestone with the successful hosting of She-Fix 2025, a landmark event dedicated to empowering women in automotive, technical, and energy sectors and commemorating International Women’s Day. The event, which took place recently at The Stable Center, Surulere, Lagos,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Major General Dele Arogundade, the Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Auchi, and a Chartered Emotional Intelligence Professional, delivered a compelling lecture at NIPSS Kuru Jos on Thursday. The lecture, titled “Emotional and Social Intelligence: Critical Skills for Strategic...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has called on residents of Afaka, Mando, and Kauya in Kaduna State not to panic, when its Inter Battalion Obstacles Crossing Competition for NDA cadets holds on Saturday. The Academy’s Public Relations Officer, Maj. Muhammad Maidawa stated this in...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf of Kano State has instructed all his political appointees to declare their assets. Governor Yusuf gave the directive during an Iftar (Ramadan breaking of Fast) with Heads of Government Agencies and Special Advisers at Government House, Kano. The governor said that 60 to 70...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu,on Friday, tendered an apology over his recent attacks on the Federal High Court and Justice Binta Nyako. Kanu, through his new counsel and former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN,...
The Deputy spokesman for the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese (APC-Benue) says the overall interest of the National Assembly is the restoration of tranquility and order in Rivers. Agbese said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, after the National Assembly ratified the emergency rule declared...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, has assured that the payment of the newly increased monthly allowance of N77,000 to corps members will begin in March. The Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, announced this in...