The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has condemned the altercation between the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Correctional Service at a Lagos High Court on Tuesday over who to take custody of the embattled ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, the President of NBA,
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Mr Ngozi Okolie , member representing Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, under Labour Party says he will appeal the tribunal judgment annulling his election.Okolie made this known while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, in a
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Traders in Enugu, the capital of Nigeria’s Enugu State, are currently protesting the sealing of their businesses by the state government.UNITY TIMES reports that the government sealed the businesses on Monday for not opening on Monday, which is a regular sit-at-home day imposed by a faction of the Indigenous People
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AC Milan will complete the transfer of Super Eagles attacker Samuel Chukwueze from Villarreal in a deal reportedly worth within the range of €28m today.Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano in the early hours of Tuesday disclosed this while providing an update on Chukwueze’s imminent move from La Liga to Serie A.“AC
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The Yobe State government has sponsored the training of 76 officers in the directorate and senior officers at the Administration Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON)…The Yobe State government has sponsored the training of 76 officers in the directorate and senior officers at the Administration Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) in
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Abia state governor, Alex Otti, has promised that some part of the state will be independently powered through the Geometric Power Limited’s power plant in a few months.Gov Otti made the disclosure on Tuesday when the chairman, Geometric Power Limited, Prof Bartholomew Nnaji, a former minister of power and his
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The State Security Service’s obnoxious tweet profiling Igbos in Nigeria has been pulled down following public outrage.The SSS penultimate Tuesday was heavily censured for using its official Twitter page to taunt Maxwell Okpara, an Igbo lawyer, for defending suspended CBN governor Godwin Emefiele, linking him to the proscribed Indigenous People
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The Speaker House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has approved the establishment of 130 Standing Committees to be announced on Thursday.The Speaker also established 24 new Standing Committees.According to Nigerian Tribune, the 24 newly created Standing Committees include Aviation Technology, Banking & Other Ancillary Institutions, Digital & Electronic Banking: basic Examination
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said that it is not ready to increase tariff due to subsidy removal, stating that such decision is left for the entire industry to determine and also takes a longer time to decide.NCC disclosed this recently when the Executive Vice- Chairman, EVC of the
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All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police to investigate allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it sponsored the foiled plot to attack the residence of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Yola.Describing it as irresponsible, it said the fresh allegation
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