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Dec

2023

Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel And Others Get Supreme Court Job

BREAKING: Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel Gets Supreme Court Job Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge for the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 poll, is one of those that have just been recommended to the Supreme Court bench by the National Judicial Council. Tsammani presided over the five-man appeal court panel that included Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Justice Moses Ugo and Justice Abba Mohammed. The PEPT, in a unanimous decision, held that the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi,…

Dec

2023

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News Breaking: SDP’s Petition, Three Others Stolen At Gun Point At Kogi Governorship Tribunal

Crime, News Flash, Politics

BREAKING: SDP’s Petition, Three Others Stolen At Kogi Governorship Tribunal The unusual stories following the governorship election in Kogi state has followed it to the tribunal as Petitions by political parties have been stolen by gunmen. According to the Kogi State Police Command, gunmen attacked the secretary of the state governorship election Tribunal, Mr David Umar Mike on Monday in Lokoja and made away with sensitive petition documents on the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. This development was disclosed by the state police command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya in Lokoja on Wednesday., The police…

Dec

2023

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Breaking: FGN Begins Payment Of Civil Servants’ Withheld Salaries

Abuja, News Flash

BREAKING: FG Begins Payment Of Civil Servants’ Withheld Salaries Civil servants whose salaries were initially withheld by the Federal Government owing to what was described as “technical glitches” and discrepancies on the platform of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System have now started receiving credit alerts of November salaries. Several senior civil servants confirmed the development to Punch in Abuja on Wednesday. The Publication had exclusively reported that thousands of civil servants had their November 2023 salaries withheld by the government owing to irregularities on the IPPIS. As of Monday, November 4, 2023, sources within the Office of the…

Dec

2023

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Soyinka’s Sister Dies At 90, Funeral Rites Begin Thursday

News Flash, Obituary

Soyinka’s Sister Dies At 90, Funeral Rites Begin Thursday Tinuola Aina, the older sister of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, has died at the age of 90. In a statement released on Tuesday, her family announced that she died on November 7, 2023. The announcement indicated that a service of songs will kick off the funeral rites on Thursday, December 7 in Lagos. The two-day rites are set to conclude on Friday, December 8, culminating in a private interment in Lagos. She was born on April 29, 1933, and she was the first of seven children of a school teacher, Mr.…

Dec

2023

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APC Will Produce Next Anambra Governor, Ganduje Boasts

News Flash, Politics

APC’ll Produce Next Anambra Gov, Ganduje Boasts The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, expressed conviction that the Anambra chapter of the party now has all it takes to win the next governorship, state, and National Assemblies elections. Ganduje said President Bola Tinubu had approved a viable blueprint on how the ruling party could ‘liberate’ the people of the region politically. The APC chairman said these while addressing journalists after his closed-door meeting with Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, his counterpart in Nasarawa, Abdullahi Sule; Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni; Deputy Senate…

Dec

2023

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Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hour To Defend Budget

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hours To Defend Budget The Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, has ordered the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, to in 24 hours appear before the committee. The committee chairman, on Wednesday, also asked Kyari to be present in the company of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The oil agency had earlier ignored summons by the Senate to appear before its committee over probing of over N11trn expenditure on turnaround maintenance of refineries in the country between 2010…

Dec

2023

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Abductors Of IMO Catholic Priest Reduce Ransom From N50m To N10m

Crime, News Flash, Security

Abductors Of Imo Catholic Priest Reduce Ransom From N50m To N10m The gunmen who kidnapped an Imo Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Kingsley Eze, and his driver, Uchennna Newman, have demanded N10 million to release the hostages. It was gathered that the kidnappers had earlier demanded N50 million to free the priest and the driver. Fr. Eze is the parish priest of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Umuekebi, Osuowerre, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Recall that gunmen abducted the priest and his driver on Thursday night near Orieama Junction. They also shot an onlooker, who was taken to an…

Dec

2023

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Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. There was a protest at the National Assembly complex by thousands of Abuja residents and members of civil society groups, calling for the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. Adamu Kabir Matazu, speaking on behalf of the protesters and representing the Network of Civil…

Dec

2023

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Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For His Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS

Abuja, Entertainment, National Assembly, News Flash

Senate President, Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate Over N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS Earlier yesterday Wednesday 6 of Dec, 2023 a X user identified as Jackson Ude took to his social media handle page as he shared report claims that the Senate President. Senators Akpabio took a huge amount of money from the lawmakers account and was also demands from another body. Ude tweet that Senate President Godswill Akpabio has raked in almost N150million from Senators donating towards his 61st Birthday Celebration scheduled for December 9, 2023 in Akwa Ibom State. He…

Dec

2023

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House Of Reps Issue Warrant Of Arrest On CBN Governor, AGF, Others

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, News Flash

Reps issue warrant of arrest on CBN Governor, AGF, others The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has issued a warrant of the arrest on the Central Bank Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein and 17 others for refusing to appear before it to answer questions on their operations. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Fred Agbedi (PDP-Bayelsa) at the committee’s hearing on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Agbedi said that the arrest warrant had become inevitable following the attitude of the invitees. He said that the parliament worked with…