The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has sought the support of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in cleaning the nation’s voters’ register. Yakubu made the call during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with the CSOs in Abuja on Thursday. Prof. Yakubu said that during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which started […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the March 8 judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court, sacking Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his deputy, Eric Kelechi Igwe, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgement today, a three-member panel of the appellate court […]
The Federal Government has taken a bold step towards finding sustainable solutions by safeguarding and revitalising the shrinking Lake Chad Basin. The Minister of Water Resources and current Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this at the Regional Validation Workshop in Abuja on Thursday. The workshop was for the revised terms […]
President Muhammadu Buhari today returned to Abuja after attending the First World Bio Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The presidential aircraft carrying Buhari and members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 4:10 am this morning. While in Seoul, Buhari presented Nigeria’s statement at […]
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, returned to the country after spending 12 days in the United Kingdom (UK), ending speculation about his rumoured ill health. Tinubu, clad in a jacket and a cap to match, was received by hundreds of party stalwarts after his plane landed at the […]
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike immediately. The court, however, granted the application on the condition that the union obeys the lower court’s ruling and calls off the strike immediately, pending the determination of the substantive suit. The court gave ASUU seven days […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a “more sustainable model of funding tertiary education” and maintained that government alone cannot do it. He said this today at the National Assembly while presenting a record N20.51 trillion 2023 budget proposal, pinning his argument on the fact that the cost of tertiary education is “jointly shared” in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari today presented a draft budget estimate of N20.5 trillion for the 2023 fiscal year to a Joint Session of the National Assembly. Presenting the budget breakdown today to Lawmakers at the National Assembly in Abuja, President Buhari said N5.35 trillion will be spent on Capital Projects while Recurrent Expenditure will gulp N8.27 […]
Famous music duo, P-Square, comprising twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, have notified the public that they would decide on their retirement. Reacting to the trending videos of their impressive performance from their concert in London as part of their 100 cities world tour, which commenced in September, Peter said Psquare would decide their retirement […]
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to enforce the zoning and rotatory policy in the 2023 presidential election. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro today, the court struck out the suit on the ground of lack of jurisdiction to entertain it. A […]
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