Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some leaders and members of the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau and other States in the North Central zone of the country have condemned the statement which was two days ago credited to the National Leader of the party and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, that […]
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday extended the detention of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by 14 days. The court granted permission to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to hold the embattled Kyari for the period to enable the agency to complete its investigation into the hard drug trafficking allegations […]
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A Federal High Court in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment. The court also sentenced a former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Raymond Dabo, and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three months imprisonment. The judgment […]
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Ahead of the 2023 elections, erstwhile President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the older generation to step down for the younger ones. According to Obasanjo the older generation should support the younger generation with the needed knowledge and experience to transform Nigeria. The former President spoke yesterday at the 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala Muhammed […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has shown support for the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje stated that the entire North was behind Tinubu’s 2023 presidential ambition. He said the time was ripe for the North to pay back Tinubu for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. The […]
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A former Chairman of the Port Harcourt unit of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN Emmanuel Inimgba, has urged residents of Rivers State to avoid panic buying, assuring that the state would soon be flooded with petrol in the coming days. Inimgba, who is the Chief of Staff to the National President of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has urged nations, institutions, private and public bodies, to return Nigeria’s artifacts in their possession. The President had made the call on Monday in reaction to Britain’s handover of Okukur and the Head of Oba of Benin bronzes, to the monarch, HRH Oba Ewuare II. The artifacts were taken away […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a one-week ultimatun to the Federal Government to address the issues which the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) raised leading to a one month warning strike. According to the students body, the Federal government has one week to resolve the crisis or students would embark […]
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The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has reversed its earlier decision and is sst to hold zonal congresses of the party on March 25. The Mai Buni-led convention planning committee, had Monday afternoon, written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announcing that the party would not […]
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The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari has demanded N500 million in damages from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. Kyari, in an originating motion on notice, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, also wants for an order […]
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