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President Muhammadu Buhari in Doha, Qatar, has called onNigerians living in the country to support President-elect, BolaTinubu, as he takes over the reins of government on May 29.Buhari made this call while speaking at a Town Hall meetingas part of his visit to Qatar.He therefore called on them to support the incominggovernment of Bola Tinubu, so that Nigeria will continue to bethe beacon of hope and prosperity in the cont...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered theIndependent National Electoral Commission to directly andelectronically upload from the polling units to the IReV theresults of the forthcoming, governorship and state House ofAssembly elections in the State.Justice Peter Lifu made the order while delivering judgmenton a suit filed by the Labour Party and 41 othersThe party sought an order of mandamus to compel INEC too...

At least 13,917 Nigerians from across Africa and Europevoluntarily returned to the country between 2020 and 2022.This is according to data obtained from the InternationalOrganization for Immigration under its Assisted VoluntaryReturn and Reintegration programme for the years underreview.The reports captured the entire AVRR of the migrants, mostlyfleeing harsh conditions in their destination or transitcountries....

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said a total of 339 million litres of petrol was distributed to 63 depots across the country in seven days.  Data from the NNPCL and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority showed that the products were sent out between February 25 and March 3.  According to the Weekly National PMS Evacuation and Dispatch report, Lagos got the lion’s share of 1.73 billion litres.  Delta State got 610 million ...

President Muhammadu Buharihas commended his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, for asterling service to the nation, as he turns 66.In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media andPublicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said Osinbajo has served thecountry “as an academic, Attorney-General of Lagos State,and Vice President.The statement said Buhari applauded the deft way Osinbajohas combined scholarship with govern...

The Nigerian Army has arrested a group of boys inpossession of 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) InLagos State.Parading the suspects at 9 Bridgade Cantoment, thecommander, Brigade Commander, Isang Akpaumontia, saidthe arrest and recovery were made following a tip-off.Most of the recovered PVCs had the year 2022 as theregistration number, while others had years 2011, 2012 and2021 with all the owners being residents...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) haspostponed the governorship and state house of assemblyelections scheduled for Saturday, March 11.In a statement on Wednesday night, INEC NationalCommissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said theelections will hold on Saturday, March 18.Okoye said although the Presidential Election PetitionTribunal’s ruling would enable INEC to reconfigure the BVASf...

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The United Nations children’s agency has said that thenumber of pregnant women and nursing mothers sufferingfrom under nutrition has increased by 25 percent since 2020in 12 countries at the epicenter of the world food crisis,stressing the impact it is having on children’s health.The countries are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia,Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan,Chad and Yemen.T...