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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ruled in favour of former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, as the authentic presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Despite winning the party’s ticket in October 2018, an FCT High Court in Maitama had declared his victory null and void […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeira (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The President announced the suspension of the CJN at a brief ceremony at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. According to the president, the suspension is […]
This followed a motion by Rep. Oluwole Oke (PDP-Osun) at the plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara in Abuja. Moving the motion, Oke, who represents Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, said the bill would strengthen )the Nigerian experience in future peacekeeping operations, define the boundaries and set out regulatory framework for the purpose. Since its independence, […]
Omolayo, gave the advice in a statement issued by Mr Matthew Ngobua, NYSCs spokesman in the state on Thursday in Yenagoa. She urged the corps members to focus on the laudable national duty, noting that their roles to nation building would never go unrewarded. Do not go and focus on money; flee from all forms […]
The FCT Chief Judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, on Thursday, said that judges in the jurisdiction are overwhelmed with pre-election matters. The CJ made this assertion in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the European Union Election Observation Mission, who visited him in his office. According to him, there are bound to be political disagreements among […]
Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili on Thursday, January 24, 2019, announced her withdrawal from the presidential race to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 16, 2019 election. In a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Obiageli Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ozioma Ubabukoh, Ezekwesili was quoted […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly after its approval by the National Council of State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, confirmed on Wednesday that the bill was transmitted to the parliament earlier in the day. Enang, however, did […]
“The Minority Leader forgot he has election; a very tough one at that. And here he is forcing his immediate elder sister on the people because of selfishness and greed. You have been in the House of Representatives for good 16 years and staging a return for the fifth time and you know people are […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had deployed 150 armed and unarmed personnel in different parts of Enugu ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally. The NSCDC Commandant in Enugu State, Mr Steve Amoga, said this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
“As you may be aware, we have never had fire simulator in Nigeria in spite of the number of firemen that we have in this country. All these years, we have been sending our firemen to Cameroon for training,” Captain Abdulsalami Mohammed, Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, said. […]