In response to the legal turmoil surrounding the Kano Emirate, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court.The summons follows the issuance of conflicting interim injunctions by the two courts, creating
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The Senate has passed the National Anthem Bill, 2024, which seeks to restore the old national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” adopted by Nigeria at independence in 1960.This is coming less than a week after the House of Representatives’ passed the same bill last Thursday.The old anthem was replaced in
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Nigerians can now verify information on WhatsApp in seconds by simply texting the Dubawa Chatbot to ask whatever questions they may have.The Chatbot, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed by Dubawa, a project of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) went live on Monday when it launched in
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President Bola Tinubu will address a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, May 29, to mark the country’s 25 years of unbroken democracy.The clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, announced this in a statement on Monday.“This is to inform Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members that as part
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The tussle for the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) took a different turn as groups clashed at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja on Monday.Trouble started when members of the Edo State Chapter of the party gathered at the party’s headquarters to demand that the National Working
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Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has affirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State.The tribunal led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed as lacking in merit, the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva.Similarly, the Kogi State Governorship
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, turned down the bail application filed by the detained President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo.The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore leader who was arrested by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) for unlawfully establishing an ethnic militia group, Kungiya Zaman
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A Kano State High Court has issued an interim injunction restraining Aminu Ado Bayero and four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the Applicants.The presiding judge, Justice Amina Aliyu gave
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As President Bola Tinubu marks his first year in office on May 29, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has charged him to make his asset declaration form available to Nigerians to demonstrate his commitment to democracy and transparency.SERAP also urged the president to encourage Vice President Kashim Shettima,
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the death of its former chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, as shocking and said the nation will surely miss him.Lamorde was the first director of operations and third substantive chairman of the EFCC between February 15, 2012, and November 9, 2015.In a statement by EFCC
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