Month: May 2023

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News

SUPREME COURT TO DELIVER JUDGMENT ON OSUN STATE GOVERNORSHIP TODAY.

The Supreme Court will today deliver its judgment on an appeal seeking to sack Governor of Osun State Ademola Adeleke from office. A five-man panel of Justices of the apex court adjourned to resolve the legal dispute surrounding the governorship election that was held in the state on July 16, 2022. It would be recalled that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Tertse Kume which sat […]

todayMay 9, 2023 25

News

AISHA BUHARI LEADS AFRICAN FIRST LADIES PEACE MISSION.

The First Lady of Nigeria Aisha Buhari yesterday presided over the 10th General Assembly of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission at the State House in Abuja dedicated to peace, security, and mitigation of violent conflicts. In attendance at the gathering was the wife of the President-elect, Remi Tinubu; wives of Presidents and governors from other African countries as well as members of the diplomatic Corps. The wife of President […]

todayMay 9, 2023 106

News

SERAP SUES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO RECOVER DOUBLE PAY FROM EX-GOVERNORS.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has filed a contempt suit against the Federal Government for failing to recover over 40 billion Naira double pay and life pensions from former governors who are serving as lawmakers and ministers. SERAP in a statement yesterday by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, recalled how Justice Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court, Lagos ordered the Federal Government in November 2019 to recover life […]

todayMay 8, 2023 45

National

PRESIDENT BUHARI TO INAUGURATE NEW DANGOTE REFINERY IN LAGOS.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22, 2023, inaugurate the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery expected to bring solutions to Nigeria’s perennial refining issues. The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications Bashir Ahmad who disclosed this in a tweet on his handle said efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the […]

todayMay 8, 2023 39

News

SENATE APPROVES RESTRUCTURING OF 22.7 TRILLION NAIRA LOAN REQUEST.

The 9th Assembly yesterday approved the restructuring of the controversial 22.719 trillion naira ways and means advances, supposedly to ensure that the government does not shut down. The Senate gave the approval during the plenary session after considering a report from its ad hoc committee, which noted that the federal government repeatedly borrowed from the central bank of Nigeria in the process exceeding the five percent threshold of the previous […]

todayMay 4, 2023 43

News

GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE PLACES FIVE MILLION NAIRA BOUNTY ON DONS UDEH’S KILLERS.

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has announced a cash reward of 5 million Naira for any person or group that provides information to the Nigeria Police that would lead to the arrest of those involved in the murder of the former State Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party PDP and Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in the 2023 general election, Dons Udeh. Ugwuanyi, who […]

todayMay 4, 2023 47

National

350 NIGERIANS FLEEING SUDAN ARRIVE IN ABUJA.

The Air Peace flight carrying over 270 Nigerian students from the Aswan Airport in Egypt landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while the NAF C-130H jet conveying about 80 persons touched down moments later. After over a week of assurances by the Federal Government, the Nigerian evacuees were finally airlifted home, escaping the deadly conflict in Sudan which started on the 15th of April and has led to […]

todayMay 4, 2023 26

Education

Jamb Releases Results Of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME which was conducted between Tuesday, April 25 and Monday, May 1. The spokesperson for the examination body Fabian Benjamin yesterday in a statement said a total of 1,595,779 candidates registered to sit in 708 Computer Based Test CBT centers in 105 towns but the results excluded candidates who were rescheduled to […]

todayMay 3, 2023 49

Economy

Sudan: FG Says Nigerian Evacuees Are Prepared To Leave Egypt

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM says the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt has successfully moved evacuees from the Sudanese side to the Egyptian side of the Arqeel Border following the ongoing conflict in Sudan. The commission yesterday evening stated further that the students were being prepared for their departure to Abuja through the Aswan Airport in Egypt and it was reported that as of 10:15 pm, Airpeace and the Nigerian […]

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