In a recent ruling, a Federal High Court has denied invalidating the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, who ran under the banner of the Labour Party (LP).The court, however, stated that it nullified the election of the Kano LP candidates who competed in the 2023 general election.This
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him, Daily Trust reported.He made the allegation amid the growing rift between the governor and the anti-graft agency.In a statement on Wednesday, Matawalle called
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President Muhammadu has approved the appointment of Dr (Mrs) Sakirat Oluwatoyin Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation following the successful conduct of the selection process to fill the existing vacancy.The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, said in a statement Friday that Madein’s
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The Federal Government has appointed Oba of Benin, Ewuare II as the chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, two years after the institution has been without a Chancellor.The university is the largest in Nigeria with over 120,000 students, cutting across the various learning centres nationwide.The Vice Chancellor of
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Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT High Court on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, the chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and others.Others are the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials,The
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The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will return to the country from Paris, France on Sunday, May 21, 2023.According to a reliable source close to Tinubu, the President-elect will conclude his nine-day visit to Europe, during which he sought investors and meticulously finalized plans for his upcoming inauguration, away from unnecessary
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the
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The crisis rocking the Labour Party, LP, took another dramatic twist on Friday as former Deputy Chairman of the party, Mr. Callistus Uju Okafor, approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to declare him as the authentic Chairman of the party.Addressing journalists in Abuja on the development of the Labour Party
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About 65 world leaders, including Heads of State, have been invited to grace the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who will be sworn in as the 16th President of Nigeria on May 29.-, according to a Newspaper report.Also expected at the nation’s seventh transition ceremony are past presidents, diplomats,
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Representative of District 139 in the Texas House of Representatives, Jarvis Johnson, has, in a letter, appealed to US Members of Congress to urgently intervene and urge the Nigeria government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.Johnson said Kanu had, on May 12,
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