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Citing the frequent change of commissioners of police, the Rivers government is to launch fresh comprehensive security architecture to enhance security in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike dropped the hint while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, at ...
Read More »Presidential election tribunal subpoenas Yakubu, Zamfara REC, Atiku, PDP accuse INEC of frustrating petition
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Zamfara State to appear before it today. They are to come before the Justice ...
Read More »House of Representatives orders Obaseki to reconstitute Edo Assembly as Benin monarch takes crisis to God, ancestors
The House of Representatives yesterday gave Governor Godwin Obaseki one week to issue a fresh proclamation for the reconstitution of the Edo State House of Assembly in deference to Section 105 (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). It asked ...
Read More »Civil society organisations seek cancellation of drug laws in Nigeria
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have advocated the repeal of drug laws in Nigeria, which according to them, do not take into cognisance the health and human rights of people who use drugs. They stated this at a stakeholders’ roundtable on ...
Read More »303 Nigerians get $7.5 million worth of scholarships in U.S. universities
No fewer than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 southern states have received not less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American tertiary schools for the 2019/2020 academic session. Acting United States (U.S.) Consul General, Osman ...
Read More »Fashola pushes for public-private investment in nation’s infrastructure development
Immediate past Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has canvassed public and private participation in funding infrastructure in the country. Speaking at the launch of ‘Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking: Principles and Practice from Nigeria’, a book ...
Read More »Tribunal rejects representation, insists Ganduje’s, Yusuf’s appearance, opposition loses bid to amend witness list
The election petition tribunal in Kano State has rejected the representation of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Abba Yusuf, at the tribunal. Led by Justice Halima Mohammad, the ...
Read More »Federal Government adopts spectrum-based technology to address challenges
The use of spectrum-based technology has been adopted by the federal government to fix challenges of security and internally generated revenue (IGR). Already, government has procured five radio monitoring systems, which would be deployed to various locations. Speaking at a ...
Read More »Atiku Abubakar is a true Nigerian, witness tells tribunal
A witness in the February 23, 2019 general election, Magdiel Samaki, yesterday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that Atiku Abubakar is a true Nigerian and as such legally qualify to run for the country’s presidency. Samaki, who hails from ...
Read More »Kogi State workers issue ultimatum to councils over salaries, allowances
Local government workers in Kogi State have issued a five-day ultimatum beginning from Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19, 2019 to directors and treasurers of councils in the state to comply with their demands. They are seeking compliance with ...
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