As intrigues within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approach a climax, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) passed a vote of confidence on the acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Ilya Damagum, on Wednesday, April 17.Several intra-party camps have been holding secret meetings ahead of various critical meetings of the PDP’s
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Kano State High Court has granted an exparte order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, from parading himself as a member of the party.Subsequently, the court ordered that, henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee
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Some operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have besieged the residence of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja.The EFCC operatives reportedly blocked the roads leading in and out of Benghazi Street in the Wuse Zone 4 area, where Bello
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of N10 million to Nigerian businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, a.k.a Cubana Chief Priest, charged with alleged Naira abuseThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the defendant on a three-count charge of allegedly spraying and tampering with the
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On Thursday April 11, 2024, Nigeria lost one of its finest, a statesman, first class brain, technocrat par excellence and a man of impeccable character, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the first civilian governor of Old Abia State and a presidential material if Nigeria is a country that believes in capacity, fairness,
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Kaduna State House of Assembly yesterday set up a 13-man ad-hoc committee to investigate financial transactions, loans, grants and projects execution of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai administration.The House unanimously agreed to set up the committee for the investigation of the former governor Nasir El-Rufai's administration.The member representing Kaura constituency, Hon Yusuf
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has closed its defence in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the election victory of Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State.INEC’s counsel, Uchenna Njoku, made this known to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting
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Sharia Court judges in Kano and the Hisbah Board, otherwise called the Shari'a Police, are being trained by UNICEF, with support from the European Union, on the proper implementation of the new Kano State Child Protection Law.The three-day workshop, beginning on Tuesday, is organised to increase the knowledge of the
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The Benue State government has disclosed that plans are under way to commence the production of hybrid solar panels and lithium batteries using silicon and lithium mineral resources that are already available in the state.The special adviser to the governor on international investments, Alex Addingi, who disclosed this to journalists
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A professor of chemical engineering at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State, Elizabeth Odetoye, has produced biodiesel through the exploration of chicken egg's shell derived through heterogeneous catalyst.Odetoye said that the feat complements the efforts of the university of Ilorin, towards developing homegrown technology that would enhance the
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