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A Federal High Court Abuja yesterday sacked representative of Delta North Senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi as senator-elect, saying available evidence from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries showed that Ned Nwoko won. The court, therefore, ruled that Nwoko was the authentic ...
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AfDB report names Africa best growing continent in 2018
Latest report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for 2018, the African Economic Outlook 2019, has revealed that Africa recorded the second highest growth rate globally after East Asia. Launched in Abuja yesterday, the report stated that the continent recorded ...
Read More »‘Documents for NAMA’s N5.8b laundered funds missing in bank’
Third witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kayode Olanrewaju, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that duty receipts of an alleged N5.8 billion fraud were missing in the bank. The money laundering case involves a ...
Read More »C’River communities petition state govt over lingering crisis with Ebonyi neighbours
The Erei communities in Biase Local Council of Cross River State have petitioned the state government raising fears of possible annihilation from their Ebonyi State neighbours. For months, the people of Urugbam Erei in Biase Local Council had been in ...
Read More »Cleric urges Sanwo-Olu to be passionate leader, remember less privileged
Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye, has advised Lagos State governor-elect, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, to be a passionate leader and remember the downtrodden in society. He said the incoming governor should, as a matter of ...
Read More »Uzodinma takes Ihedioha, PDP, INEC to Imo election tribunal
VON DG seeks support for Lawan, Gbajabiamila in N’Assembly leadership Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Hope Uzodinma, has petitioned the Election Tribunal, sitting in Owerri, over the outcome of the March 9 governorship poll in the state. ...
Read More »I won’t victimise those who worked against my re-election, says Ganduje
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has promised not to victimise anyone in the public or private sector, who might have worked against his re-election. Ostensibly referring to members of his cabinet, party and some civil servants who allegedly tried to ...
Read More »Oguntuase faults Appeal Court’s interpretation of public officer
A public affairs commentator, Ben Oguntuase, has faulted Court of Appeal’s decision, which questioned validity of electoral guidelines of All Progressives Congress (APC), in the matter between former Ekiti State governor Segun Oni and incumbent governor Kayode Fayemi. He said ...
Read More »Ahmed denies influencing recruitment of new VC for Kwara varsity
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has said the Kwara State University (KWASU)’s Governing Council reserves the right to recruit a new Vice Chancellor (VC) as the incumbent’s tenure expires. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media ...
Read More »NCC explains rigorous SIM card processes, Airtel asks subscribers to update their KYC details
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again explained why it reviewed and made the process of replacing lost, stolen or damaged Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards more rigorous for telecommunications consumers. It said with rise in cybercrime activities and hackers ...
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