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The trial of former member, House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has again been adjourned and for the third time consecutively as his defence team failed to open his defence in his trial for an alleged infraction in the fuel subsidy ...
Read More »Niger places total ban on street begging as group lauds Kano govt’s action against menace
The Niger State government has placed a total ban on any form of begging in the state. Commissioner of Information and Communication, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, who disclosed this to journalists in Minna, said the law was not aimed at ...
Read More »ICPC arraigns SEC ex-DG, NIMC official for alleged N4.9m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Mounir Gwarzo and a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Jamila Ahmad Muhammad before ...
Read More »Buhari appoints Mensen acting Court of Appeal president
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as acting president of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three months. A statement in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the appointment takes ...
Read More »S’Court, INEC behind Electoral Act amendment Omo-Agege insists as stakeholders urge speedy passage to check infractions
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 ...
Read More »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, ...
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