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UNICEF LAUDS THE GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE FOR A FRUITFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has expressed gratitude to the Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the fruitful working relationship and partnership it enjoyed with the state under his administration. Speaking when she led her team to the Government House, Enugu on a courtesy visit, the UNICEF Representative to Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, stressed that Ugwuanyi’s commitment to the set objectives of the body was impressive, adding that she was delighted at the seamless transition process in the state. Munduate […]

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES STATES TO OFFSET MINOR FINES OWED BY INMATES.

The Federal Government has said that governors can offset or grant waivers to inmates with fines of less than One million as some of them are behind bars for minor offenses that can be easily waived by the states. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this during the commissioning of a 20-bed space medical facility at Port Harcourt maximum security custodial center. The former Governor of Osun State said while the Federal Government is finding long time solutions to […]

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COURT ADJOURNS ATIKU’S PETITION CHALLENGING TINUBU’S VICTORY TO MAY 18.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has adjourned the pre-hearing session in the petition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar against the election of Bola Tinubu to May 18, 2023, and also his petition for the live coverage of proceedings. Atiku’s lead counsel Chris Uche informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be tendered during the hearing of the petition. In response, counsels […]

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS OVER 50,000 INMATES AWAITING TRIAL NATIONWIDE.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Shuaib Belgore yesterday said no fewer than 52,436 inmates of the correctional centers nationwide are awaiting trial. Belgore who disclosed this during the two-day High Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management in Abuja explained that while 23,071 are convicted persons, 3,322 are condemned inmates on death row, stressing that there has been a steady rise in the population of the custodial centers with the least 80% of the inmates awaiting trial. He […]

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LABOUR PARTY BACKS PDP OVER LIVE BROADCAST OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL.

The Labor Party and its presidential candidate Peter Obi have supported the request by the People’s Democratic Party PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Counsel to the Labor Party and its presidential candidate, Livy Uzuokwu made this known yesterday after the court adjourned pre-hearing sessions in their petition challenging the election of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Tinubu. […]

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COURT BARS NBC FROM IMPOSING FINES ON BROADCAST STATIONS.

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has given an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission NBC from imposing fines, on broadcast stations in the country and also set aside the 500,000 Naira fines imposed on each of the 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. Omotosho who described NBC’s act as being ultra vires in his ruling also held that NBC, not being a court of law, had no power to impose sanctions as […]

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EFCC ARRESTS FORMER MINISTER OF POWER FOR MULTIBILLION NAIRA FRAUD.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has arrested the former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman over alleged 22 billion Naira fraud. Mamman, who was the minister of power from 2019 to 2021, was arrested yesterday morning and detained at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja in connection to investigations into corruption in the execution of some power projects. The minister was accused of conspiring with ministry staff in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro […]

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Entertainment

DON JAZZY CELEBRATES MAVIN RECORDS AT 11.

Veteran music Producer and social media influencer Micheal Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has penned an emotional note to celebrate his 11th year of establishment of Mavin Records. Don Jazzy, on his Instagram page, recalled the lovely moments created BY MAVIN, and how it kept growing from strength to strength, breaking boundaries, and impacting positively. The proud CEO of MAVIN appreciated his fans, brand partners, and well-wishers who supported the record label with love and made it one of the […]

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Sports

TAIWO AWONIYI SCORES BRACE TO TAKE NOTTINGHAM FOREST OUT OF RELEGATION.

Super Eagle striker Taiwo Awoniyi scored twice in the first half as Nottingham Forest moved out of the relegation zone and left Southampton on the brink with a thrilling 4-3 win at the City Ground. Though Carlos Alcaraz pulled one back in the first half Morgan Gibbs-Whit looked to have ended any hope of a comeback when his penalty restored Forest’s two-goal lead. Instead, the drama continued into the second half when substitute Lyanco’s header pulled one back but with […]

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