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A legal practitioner, Chris Ekemezie, says the Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, has no reason to forge a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. The NYSC certificate which Mbah presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2023 general elections has become a subject of public discussion...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, expressed worry that states in the federation have been reduced to pathetic beggars. Akeredolu spoke at the 59th Founders’ Day Anniversary Lecture, Award, and Endowment of the Adeyemi Federal University of Education in Ondo. The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on...

The Plateau State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it has lost more than 100 herders in villages of Mangu Local Government Area of the state. Daily Trust reported how police confirmed 87 people killed in last week Tuesday attack in some villages. The National...

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday in Abuja turned down the request by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar for the live stream of proceedings of his petition against the election and declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the last presidential...

…Urges EFCC, ICPC to launch probe A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Board and current management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) due to various accusations and counter...

-says all eyes are on the court -it’s in interest of court to allow live broadcast, says Onaiyekan  By Moses Ada The Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has called on the Judicial arm of government to allow a live broadcast of the proceedings of the...

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has jetted to Lagos for the unveiling of Dangote Refinery in the state. Sule revealed this in a post on his Facebook page on Sunday. The unveiling of the refinery will be performed by the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday....

A pro-democracy and anti-sabotage organisation on the platform of The Natives, has said the Joe Ajaero-led Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) lied that it will scuttle inauguration of the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the 16th Nigerian President on May 29. A Northern group under the umbrella of Arewa Youth Assembly...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a freight agent, Nwobodo Chidiebere; a female suspect, Chioma Lucy Akuta; and the drug man behind the shipment, Charles Ezeh, with large methamphetamine drug concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom at the...

By Abdullahi Sule Ahead of the commencement of 2023 Hajj exercise, the advance team of 31 officials from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Sunday departed for Saudi Arabia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was even the the commission disclosed that the inaugural flight of...