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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended resident electoral commissioner in Adamawa state. The charges were filed at the high court in Yola, the state capital. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had arrested Yunusa-Ari over his conduct during the governorship election...

By Mathew Dadiya President Bola Tinubu, Thursday suspended the suspends the Finance Act 2023 introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari towards the end of his administration, deferring the date of its commencement from 28th May, 2023 to 1st of September, 2023. The President also signed four Executive Orders (EOs) into...

PRESIDENT-GENERAL of the Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Wednesday, appealed to the Federal Government to have Mazi Nnamdi Kanu released, saying his continuous detention is a deliberate attempt by some elements to destroy the economy of the South-East. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke in Lagos during the first...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a fresh two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government over the implementation of a 200% increment in the salary structure of its members, amongst other demands. The resident doctors reached the resolution on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting...

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has said that a forensic analysis carried out has confirmed that the 2017 viral video that captured a former Governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes from a contractor and stuffing the money inside his...

A former Zamfara Governor, Sani Yerima, has asked President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with bandits, just as the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua dialogued with Niger Delta militants. Yerima stated this while speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday. He said, “I’m advising the government to, first...

The House of Representatives has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to stay any punitive actions against Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme over the alleged falsification of her JAMB score. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Bayelsa) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Ejikeme claimed...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has listed 14 states and 31 communities that may witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding from July 4 – 8. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office. Farinloye urged relevant stakeholders within...

By Ibe Pascal, Owerri The Imo government on Wednesday dismissed the report of an attack by unknown gunmen at the Imo State secretariat located along Owerri- Port Harcourt road in the state. The government said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri, by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press...

Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of forging her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, has admitted she scored 249. Mmesoma spoke in an interview on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. She said the only SMS she sent...