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Nigeria lost N16. 25trn to crude oil theft in 11 years – Abbas

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2023September 8, 20230

… as Reps summon NNPCL, NIMASA, NUPRC, others Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday said that the country lost about $46 billion (N16.25 trillion) to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. The Speaker who spoke while inaugurating the ad hoc committee to investigate crude...

Atiku’s aide to Shettima: Turning Borno State into hell is your only legacy

NewsDeskNgSep 7, 2023September 7, 20230

The only legacy of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is transforming Borno State from ‘the Home of Peace’ to hell fire, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has said. Shaibu said this in a statement on Thursday in reaction to Shettima’s speech at the Presidential Election...

Ben Kalu Youth Network Congratulates Tinubu Over Tribunal Judgment

NewsDeskNgSep 7, 2023September 7, 20230

The BenKalu Young Intellectual Network (BYIN) has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruling which affirmed his victory in the February 25th election. The group, which is a network of young, non-partisan intellectuals and mentees of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, said...

Engineer Sule takes palliatives to opposition stronghold, insists distribution not political

NewsDeskNgSep 7, 2023September 7, 20230

Nasarawa Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has taken the distribution of the Federal Government palliative to strongholds of the opposition in the state, insisting that the distribution is irrespective of political party affiliation. Distributing the palliative in Akwanga, headquarters of Akwanga Local Government Area, on Thursday, Engineer Sule said he distributed...

Otu Congratulates Tinubu On Court Victory, Hails Judiciary

NewsDeskNgSep 7, 2023September 7, 20230

Governor Bassey Otu has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), describing it as a triumph of the people’s will. Otu noted that the judgment by the PEPC reinforces the overwhelming mandate Nigerians gave to the President at the 2023 general elections and...

Engineer Sule congratulates Tinubu, APC, says victory at tribunal is for all Nigerians

NewsDeskNgSep 7, 2023September 7, 20230

…continues with palliative distribution in Karu, Keffi …as Governor unfolds additional measures for civil servants, pensioners Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as all Nigerians, over the judgements of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) dismissing the petition...

Transhipment: NPA takes minister on tour of Lekki Deep Sea Port

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2023September 6, 20230

Minister for Marine & Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola (Middle) Managing Director/CEO Nigerian Ports Authority Mohammed Bello Koko (2nd from left), Executive Director Lekki Deep Seaport Adesuwa Ladoja (2nd from right) and Chief Operating Officer Lekki Deep Seaport Laurence Smith during the maiden visit of the pioneer minister for...

$460,000: No Evidence of Conviction against Tinubu, PEPC Tells Obi

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2023September 6, 20230

*Holds Tinubu qualified to contest February 25 poll *no law on electronic transmission of results Justice Haruna Tsammani on Wednesday held that Mr Peter Obi and his party, the Labour Party (LP), failed to substantiate allegations of fraud and drug allegations against President Bola Tinubu. The tribunal subsequently held that...

PEPC dismisses Obi’s allegation 2023 poll rigged in favour Tinubu

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2023September 6, 20230

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the allegation by the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, that the 2023 presidential election was rigged in favour of President Bola Tinubu. The court, in its preliminary ruling that was delivered by Justice Abba Mohammed,...

Tribunal Declares Natasha Akpoti Winner Of Kogi Central Senatorial Election

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2023September 6, 20230

The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been declared winner of the Kogi East Senatorial election held on February 25, 2023. The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja issued the declaration on Wednesday. The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiakoin, in his ruling on Wednesday, said...