A High Court in Benue State has granted an interim order stopping Iyorchia Ayu, from acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).W.I Kpochi, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday while ruling on a motion ex parte marked MHC/633/2023 and filed by Conrad Terhide Utaan.“An
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 15 for the conduct of outstanding governorship, national and state assembly supplementary elections.This is contained in a statement on Monday by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC chairman.“Arising from its meeting held today (Monday), INEC has decided that all
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The Institute for Economics and Peace has openly admitted its error in profiling the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) as the 10th deadliest terror group in the world in its Global Terrorism Index.The GTI report published on March 15, ranked IPOB among the top 10 deadliest terror groups in the
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Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist, has been remanded in prison on the order of a Federal High Court, in Abuja.The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command charged Jalingo before the court for allegedly defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, a sibling to Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.Jalingo
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The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has called on the Kaduna State government and other donor agencies to increase their support in the elimination of malaria in the state.The state chairman of ACOMIN, Diji Obadiah Haruna, made the call at a one-day meeting on “Dissemination of
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A total of 2,200 civil servants in Yobe State have participated in a series of promotion examinations to move up to the next level and enhance productivity.The head of service (HoS), Alhaji Garba Bilal, made this known when he monitored the conduct of the 2023 civil service promotion examinations in
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Bauchi State Project Management Unit (SPMU) of the Agro-climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid (ACReSAL), a World Bank-support project has sensitised members of both steering and technical committees to enable them contribute towards its efficient and effective implementation. In a key note address at the commencement of the sensitisation in Kano, the Bauchi
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Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has raised the alarm over possible thermal discomfort, which would cause hotter weather conditions in states like Zamfara and Sokoto among others.In a statement by NiMet spokesperson, Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, the agency stated that observations from the source region indicate that temperature is expected to rise
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThis is the second time Gombe state will clinch the first position among the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in Ease of Doing Business, having emerged the overall best last year when PEBEC released the 2022 Ease of Doing Business report.The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)
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Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested one Adekola Adeshina, a 48-year-old male, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl (name withheld).FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said police operatives attached to the Apo Divisional Police headquarters at about 10:15am on February 22, 2023, received a complaint from one Rose Solomon of
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