Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said the ongoing efforts of the ninth Assembly to amend the Electoral Act 2010 were prompted by the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) He said the observations by the apex ...
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Court sets aside Oshiomhole’s suspension as embattled chair meets President Buhari
Justice Lewis Allagoa of Federal High Court, Kano has set aside the ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Besides, the judge restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission ...
Read More »Nigeria would have been poorer without Igbo, says Gowon as Mailafia alleges maltreatment of ethnic group
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.) has stated that Nigeria would not be complete without Ndigbo, adding that the absence of Igbo’s intelligentsia and hard work would have made the nation poorer. Addressing a debate on “National Unity: ...
Read More »Amnesty programme raises the alarm on fraudsters in contract verification exercise
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has raised the alarm over the activities of fraudulent individuals and syndicates soliciting financial rewards for a recently advertised contract verification exercise scheduled for between March 9, 2020 and April 10, 2020. This followed reports ...
Read More »There’s no case of coronavirus in Plateau, people quarantined for fear
Plateau State Government has reassured the people that there is no case of coronavirus was recorded in the state following a thorough investigation of a recent incident in Wase Council Area. This was the fulcrum of the state executive meeting ...
Read More »ASUU laments frequent abduction of lecturers, students in Edo
University of Benin (UNIBEN) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday decried the incessant abduction of lecturers and students of the institution by herdsmen. ASUU Chairman of the university, Professor Monday Omoregie and Secretary, Dr. Fabian Amaechina, ...
Read More »Delta orders contractors to speed up work on Ogidigen road project, pledges continued partnership with federal education agencies
The Delta State Government has urged contractors handling the Obitobon-Elolo-Ajaokurogbo-Orubu road in Ogidighen Phase One, Warri South-West Council Area of Delta State, to speed up the pace of work on the project. Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, gave the ...
Read More »Governor Ayade appeals to FG for incentives, intervention in Cross River
The Cross River State government has canvassed special incentives and intervention from the Federal Government following its scarce resources, loss of Bakassi Peninsula and removal from 13 per cent derivation, among others. A statement from the state government disclosed that ...
Read More »ACF postpones 20th anniversary over fear of coronavirus, appeals to invited guests
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has postponed its 20th-anniversary celebration slated for next week, following the recent Kaduna killings and the spreading Corona-Virus as reasons for shifting the event. Earlier scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 12, 2020, in ...
Read More »FG set to reintegrate 606 rehabilitated Boko Haram fighters
Ex-insurgents not absorbed into military, army insists The Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to reunite another batch of 606 former Boko Haram fighters with their families after undergoing rehabilitation under Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor. Coordinator of the programme, Major General ...
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