The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, consolidated the three different petitions that are seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.A five-member panel of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, in a unanimous decision, dismissed objections the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and
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The outgoing Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has announced the dissolution of his cabinet in preparation for the official handover ceremony to a new administration on 29th May.The Governor, in a statement on Monday, directed all the appointees to strictly adhere to established procedures and promptly hand over the
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By Uchechukwu OkoroaforAfter all the initial ‘gragra’ the chicken is coming home to roost. And the men are being separated from the boys in the tussle for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.Already it has become apparent that the party is supreme. Most of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
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Tonye Cole, the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 governorship candidate, on Monday night, assured his supporters that he would pursue his petition challenging the outcome of the March 18, 2023 governorship election to a logical conclusion.Cole, who stated this on his social media handles, was reacting to the
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The trial of renowned Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti, at the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, has been adjourned to Wednesday May 24.The adjournment came after Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun was absent from the court proceedings.“The court sitting has been adjourned till tomorrow; the magistrate is not around,” stated
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President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the passing of Professor Mosobalaje Oyawoye, Nigeria’s first Professor of Geology, describing him as a prolific scholar and thinker who stood for national aspiration and progress.“He was steadfastly committed to the progress of the nation,” said the President in a statement by his media aide,
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Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the sack of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness General Aliyu Iliyah Yammah, respectively.A statement signed by the commissioner for local government, Hajiya Umma K. Ahmad, stated that the two traditional rulers
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Federal government has donated relief materials to hundreds of persons displaced by the 2022 flood in some local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The succour came through the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs which flagged-off the distribution of relief materials to the beneficiaries to cushion the effects of the disaster.The
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A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has accused the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Yushau Dogara, of leading a campaign of calumny against the governor-elect of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, in the discharge certificate saga that ensued since the beginning
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The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said the Dangote Oil Refinery is expected to generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity and over 135,000 permanent jobs.Emefiele said this on Monday at the official launching of the Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari.“Then, we
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