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Stakeholders renew calls for independence of Judiciary, financial autonomy

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

Critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s Judiciary have restated calls for independence of the Judiciary and financial autonomy, to give the sector more leverage in the discharge of its duties. This was the submission of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, while speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the...

Governor Sule calls for restraint ahead of the Appeal Court hearing

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

…Convenes expanded security meeting over herders attacks, kidnappings Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called on his supporters, as well as the people of the state, to exercise some measure of restraint ahead of the Court of Appeal hearing fixed for Wednesday. Governor Sule has filed an appeal challenging...

Time Up Julius Abure, We Demand A Labour Party That Must Stand For The Masses Of Our People.

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

The past 19 months may have been overwhelming for the Julius Abure led Labour Party. Apparently Abure, the National Working Committee NWC and the National Executive Committee NEC of the Party could not translate the monstrous support of the Nigerian People and the Obidient Movement thanks to the Peter Obi...

Youth unemployment eradication, our priority – Dangote

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

L-R : Dr. Tinuola Akinbolagbe, MD/CEO Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PSHAN); Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede (CON), Director, PSHAN; Fatima Aliko-Dangote, G.E.D Commercial Operations receiving the “Outstanding Philanthropy” award on behalf of Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote during the PSHAN Gala and Awards night in Lagos recently. Dangote Group’s Executive...

Joe Ajaero And The Case Of Tortoise And His In-Law , A Strike Too Many As APC Retains Imo

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

By Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah For the tenth time, let’s revisit the timeless parable of the Tortoise and his father-in-law, set in a kingdom ruled by a stern king. The kingdom had a strict rule: anyone caught stealing would face 12 hours tied to a tree at the market square. The Tortoise,...

‘We Work for You; You Worked Against Us’— Igala Vanguard Blasts Wada

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

The Igala cultural group has sharply criticized the former Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 Kogi State election, Engr Musa Wada, for supporting Alhaji Usman Ododo of the APC in the just-concluded election. The group described Engr Musa Wada as a serial betrayer, alleging that he betrayed his...

It’s time for governance, GPMI urges support for the 10th Senate

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

By Augustine Aminu Global Peace Movement International, UK has called on Nigerians to support the 10th Senate under the leadership of Senator Godswill Akpabio in their discharge of legislative duties. The President General of GPMI, Dr. Mike Uyi stated this in Abuja on Monday in a press release that it...

INEC disappointed Kogi voters,says Ajaka

NewsDeskNgNov 13, 2023November 13, 20230

*alleged results were written before election The Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s governorship candidate in Kogi State Muritala Ajaka has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the governorship election in the state. While the commission has concluded the election in the North-Central state with results being...

Alleged subsidy probe of Tinubu mischievous, blackmail – Gagdi

NewsDeskNgNov 12, 2023November 12, 20230

Chairman, House Committee on Navy, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, has described as mischievous and an act of blackmail of claims in some section of the media that he has called for a probe of President Bola Tinubu over subsidy removal savings. On Saturday (not this newspaper) it was alleged that Gagdi...

Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo Polls: NSCDC Commended On Peaceful Elections

NewsDeskNgNov 12, 2023November 12, 20230

A Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations Lead By UNITED FRONT FOR PEACEFUL AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS Who Monitored The Kogi, Bayelsa And Imo In His Over 10 Page Report On The Election Across The 3 States, Applauded The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) For The Peaceful Conduct Of Elections...