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Senator Ademola Adeleke has been granted a bail of two million naira by the Abuja High Court today following his arrest and detention yesterday by the Police after he honoured an invitation and was subsequently arraigned before Mpape Magistrate Court, Abuja. According to Nathaniel Oke (SAN), one of Adeleke’s lawyer, he was arraigned on five count charges relating […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the assistance of the UN and the international community will be invaluable in reversing the devastation visited on Nigeria by the Boko Haram insurgency. A statement by Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, said Buhari stated this when he received the visiting President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General […]
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal is set to issue the notice for the pre-hearing session on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal will, during the pre-hearing session which the Electoral Act provides must be completed within 14 days, fix “clear dates” for the hearing […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has given reasons why the nation experienced blackout last weekend. It said the blackout was caused by emergency maintenance at the National Gas Company’s pipeline supplying gas to Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo and Paras power stations. In the statement issued on Sunday, TCN said a leakage was noticed on the […]
NaijaNewsPortal: Kano State Government led by Governor Ganduje, has concluded arrangements for a multi-billion Naira Bus Rapid Transport program (BRT), in Kano metropolis, in furtherance of efforts to ensure urban regeneration and sustainable transportation. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Kano, Ameen K. Yasar, […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that he was misquoted, following the public outcry that greeted his statement that mass departure of medical doctors out of the country was nothing to worry about since Nigeria has more doctors and could afford to export some. Ngige made this known in a […]
A statement by Mrs Ojonugwa Haruna, the COREN Head of Public Relations, said Rabiu was elected at an Extra Ordinary Council Meeting of COREN. She said Rabiu took over from Mr Kashim Ali who had served two terms as President of the council between 2013 and 2019. Haruna said Rabiu, who was born on April […]
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She disclosed this on Saturday during a townhal meeting in Yola organized by her in collaboration with concern indigenes of Adamawa. Aisha, who did not however reveal when or where the university would be sited, explained that the university would be established in collaboration with partners from Sudan and Qatar. Aisha who lamented the challenges […]
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Justice Walter Onnoghen has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that found him guilty of assets declaration offences and sacked him as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen faced six charges of non-declaration and fraudulent declaration of assets relating to his failure to declare a series of […]
The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Maikanti Baru gave the assurance on Thursday in Enugu at the ongoing 30th Enugu International Trade Fair. Baru said that the NNPC would provide petroleum products to all parts of the country. He said that no fewer than 55 depots across the country were fully stocked with […]