President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to intimidate judges sitting on the petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.In a statement by Presidential Spokesman Dele Alake, Tinubu
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Two children, Gbolahan and Olayinka Atolagbe, died on Saturday after a fence partially collapsed on their building following the heavy downpour in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.The children, a male and a female, who were siblings, were aged seven and nine.They were trapped underneath the crumbled walls at 11.30 am
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has sought the input of collation and returning officers in its determination to review the recruitment, training and posting of such officers in subsequent elections.The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, also said the result management system would be reviewed, following some Nigerians’ complaints about the
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Judge David Tomlinson has ordered the confiscation of 101.5 million pounds ($130 million) from former Delta state governor James Ibori.Tomlinson, in London on Friday when delivering his order at Southwark Crown Court, said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence.Ibori served half of a 13-year
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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), has engaged the services of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), to defend it in a suit filed by the former governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, seeking to stop the agency’s investigation into his alleged dollar bribery videos.Counsel to the Commission, Usman
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There are indications that the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos, may have increased tuition fees for undergraduate students from N19,000 to N190,250.Although this information has not been confirmed independently, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, UNILAG branch, which disclosed this development in a statement dated
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