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Former Vice Chairman, South South, of All ProgressivesCongress (APC), Prince Hilliard Eta, has berated formerMinister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his claim thatthe President-elect, Bola Tinubu, influenced the appointmentof the National Chairman of the Independent NationalElectoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu.Eta, in a chat with newsmen in Abuja, said there was no iotaof truth in the claim by Amaechi, who s...

As Muslims prepare for Ramadan, the Sultan of Sokoto andPresident of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs,Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar The Third, has directed Muslim faithfulto look out for the new moon on March 22, 2023, whichsignals the beginning of Ramadan.Abubakar announced this in a statement by the Director ofAdministration of the Council, Zubairu Usman-Ugwu.The Sultan said one of the special activities du...

The National Population Commission (NPC) says that it willdeploy 17,000 personnel for the conduct of the 2023 censusin Osun State.It also said it has started meeting with communities, whereborder issues are on-going, to ensure a crisis-free exercise.Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Federal Commissionerrepresenting Osun, Senator Mudashiru Hussain, said thecommission decided to deploy adequate numbers ofpersonnel...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over thedemise of the Secretary and Director of the Civil Defence,Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board of the Ministry ofInterior, Hajiya A’isha Rufa’i.The President expressed sadness over the director’s death ina statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, in Abuja.The late A’isha Rufa’i had received the commendation ofInterior Minister Rauf Are...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi hasformally submitted a petition challenging the process leadingto the outcome of the Presidential Election held on February28, 2023.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hadannounced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election afterwhich it declared him President-Elect.Chief Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign ofthe Labour Party, Dr...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hasdeclared the State House of Assembly election in Egor LocalGovernment Area of Edo State inconclusive.The Commission said a new date for election in the affectedareas will be announced in due course.A fresh poll is expected to take place in about four areas ofthe local council....

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project(SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President MuhammaduBuhari, and the National Broadcasting Commission forallegedly threatening to revoke the license of broadcaststations in the country.Joined in the suit as a defendant, is the Minister of Informationand Culture, Lai Mohammed.No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit....

The Kano State Government has imposed dawn-to-duskcurfew with a view to avoid a breakdown of law and order.This follows tensions generated from the collation of results ofthe governorship and state Assembly elections.The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs,Muhammad Garba, made the announcement in a statement.He said the decision was to prevent hoodlums from to causingchaos in the already made...

The Police in Kogi State have rescued 96 staff members ofthe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) inLokoja, the state capital.The victims, comprising INEC officials, ad hoc Staff and busdrivers, were attacked by gunmen at Obajana while on theirway from Kupa North and South wards to the ConstituencyCollation Centre in Lokoja.The Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, confirmedthis in a statement, s...

Former Vice President of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company,Jean-Marc Cordier, has joined the services of the NigerianNational Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, as Head of itsoil trading arm, NNPC Trading Limited.A statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officerof NNPC Limited, Garba Muhammad, said Cordier’sappointment is in furtherance of the ongoing repositioningdrive in the company towards improved growth, betterpe...