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The Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential candidate has sought an order of the PEPC to interrogate INEC experts on the information and communication technology ICT) used for the conduct of the election. The petitioner’s who filed two separate motions that were argued by their counsel,  sought to know from the interrogatories, the quality of […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has accused corps-producing institutions in Nigeria and outside the country of manipulating data to allow part-time graduates enroll for service. The organisation restated its determination to prevent unqualified graduates from being enlisted for national service. NYSC Director General, Brig.-Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, stated this at a meeting of the corps […]

Five days to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu’s meetings with lawmakers-elect failed to resolve the crisis over the All Progressives Congress zoning arrangement. The APC National Working Committee had micro-zoned the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President seats to Senator Godswill Akpabio from South-South and Senator Jibrin Barau from […]

A former Minister of Aviation, Isa Yuguda, has shed light on the events that led to the early demise of Virgin Nigeria. Founded in 2004 as a replacement for the then-defunct Nigeria Airways, Virgin Nigeria operated as a joint venture between Nigerian investors and British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. However, a feud with the […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III on Friday has told President Bola Tinubu that given the number of challenges in the country at this time, royal fathers do not envy him as a leader. He made the statement when the President met with royal fathers from the six geo-political zones under the […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process of working on interventions to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on the Nigerians. Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, stated this after leading some major oil marketers on a courtesy […]

The National Assembly has passed a bill to make comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in tertiary institutions. The Senate passed this bill in 2020 while the House of Representatives passed theirs but with different provisions. The Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele on Wednesday said the […]

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Professor Emmanuel Osodeke says the country’s apex academic body does not believe there is fuel subsidy in the country. President Bola Tinubu had at his inauguration announced that “subsidy is gone,” sparking a hike in price and shortage of the product across the country. While […]

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, says he has met with the factional speakers of the state’s assembly in a bid to resolve the leadership crisis rocking among the lawmakers. There was drama at the assembly complex on Tuesday with the emergence of two members – Ibrahim Balarabe and Daniel Ogazi – both from the western […]

The Federal Government has declared Monday June 12, a public holiday. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday, from the office of the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior. According to the release by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, the holiday is in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Dr Akinlade while making […]