The Rivers State High Court has invalidated the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The ruling was delivered in a suit numbered PHC/1320/CS/2024, which challenged the extension of tenure for LG chairmen for six months after the expiration of their term. Justice D.G. Kio, […]
Sunday Okobi There is an unfolding drama in the Edo State Labour Party (LP) as Alhaji Lamidi Basiru Apapa-led faction has announced Dr. Hilton Idahosa, as its candidate for the Edo State governorship election scheduled to hold on September 21, 2024. The LP led by Julius Abure had on February 23, declared Olumide Apata as it governorship candidate […]
Pope Francis has expressed concern over the frequent abductions in Nigeria, describing them as “concerning”. He said this in a post via X (Twitter) on Sunday, Feb. 25, noting that he was praying and hoping that efforts would be made to contain these incidents. He wrote: “The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are extremely concerning. “I express […]
A Facebook page named Career 9ja, on the 17th October, 2023, claimed that the 2023 N-POWER Programme was ongoing. It has the link, register.the nation.co.za. The page has images showing the registration of N-POWER Programme 2023, but once you click on the link dropped on the page, it brings out Admission in Alberta in Canada […]
According to the collation officer, a total of 482,990 voters were accredited out of the 2,112,793 registered voters in the state. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won Enugu State in the presidential election which took place on Saturday. According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission collation […]
Gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday destroyed the country home of the Imo State commissioner for Youths and Sports, Hon. Emeka Okoronkwo. Burnt also is the country home of the former Dean of Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Owerri, Prof. Nnamdi Obiaraeri, who served at different times as Commissioner for Information, Youths and […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the removal of Naja’atu Muhammad as the North-West coordinator of the Commission for election duty in the February 25 and March 11 general polls. PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Monday, said the commission is committed to free and fair elections and will contribute its quota […]
US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard said the official salary of the ex-governor during his tenure as a public servant from 1999 to his impeachment in 2005 did not match the said amount. The United States Government has returned $954,000 stolen by the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the state government […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release old N200 notes into circulation to co-exist with new N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes for 60 days. He, however, said old N500 and N1,000 banknotes are no longer legal tender in Nigeria. The President, who made this known in a nationwide broadcast […]
