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The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos has dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s petition seeking to nullify the victory of Senator Adebule Idiat Oluranti in the February 25 senatorial election. A three-man panel of the Tribunal in a unanimous decision upheld Dr. Oluranti’s […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says its members will embark on peaceful nationwide protests from August 9 if their demands are not met by the federal government. The association declared its intention to stage protests in a circular addressed to Olufunso Adebiyi, permanent secretary of the federal ministry of health, on Saturday. In […]
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the Upper Legislative Chamber, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly called Yayi, has lost one of his closest aides. Adeniyi Sanni, one of Yayi’s closest aides, was killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances in Lagos early Saturday morning, According […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra said it has now set aside Mondays as an “Economic empowerment day” in the entire South-East. The pro-Biafran group said the aim is to enable the people to mobilise resources and means towards reversing the sharp decline in the economic, educational, and social sectors of the region caused by the […]
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has renamed the main auditorium of Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development after Dr Maryam Abacha. Maryam is the wife of late Gen. Sani Abacha, former military Head of State. The hall, formerly known as African Peace Mission Hall, was on Saturday unveiled by the first lady and […]
Parts of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos was on Friday raided by men of Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) and the Aviation Security Crime Investigation and Intelligence. A statement signed by Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Relations The statement reads in full : “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is determined to rid the airport […]
No fewer than 15 persons including three policemen, a Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) and Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) personnel, were currently under detection at the state’s police command for allegedly being in cahoots with the touts extorting truck drivers and other motorists in the state. They were arrested by an enforcement team […]
Dr Maryam Shetty from Kano has reacted to a last-minute withdrawal of her name from the list of ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu. Even as she blamed life with its characteristic unpredictability for the action, she declared that the action was a divine will of God. Shetty made the reaction in a statement issued […]
Ahead of the presentation of judgement by the Presidential Election Tribunal in the petitions filed by opposition candidates in the February 25, 2023 election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has suffered another legal blow. A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County in the United […]
An official of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC ) Mr Fasasi Sarafa, on Friday appeared before the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta metropolis, to present the certified true copy of governor Dapo Abiodun’s WAEC certificate to the panel. The examination council was subpoenaed to tender Abiodun’s O level certificate following allegation of […]
