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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has reiterated his commitment to decentralizing power and restructuring Nigerian federalism if elected as Nigeria’s next president. Atiku in Ebonyi article reaffirms commitment to power transfer and restructuring and first appeared in The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. Source link The GuardianAn … Read more
Defense Minister Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (RTD) has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for its willingness to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in airlifting its personnel and logistics before, during and after the General 2023 elections. The Secretary of Defense presented the Commendation during the C-130 Hercules Aircraft (NAF918) Rollout Ceremony … Read more
• Another 26-year-old has been charged with stealing windows A Lagos Magistrates’ Court in Ogba has sentenced 26-year-old man Henry Chinedu to four and a half years in prison for stealing a trailerload of soft care diapers worth N13.5 million. Judge Lateef Owolabi found him guilty as charged and sentenced him. The convict was charged … Read more
Valentine Ozigbo, Peter Obi’s special adviser on technology and strategic alliances and the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial candidate, has categorically debunked the fake news that key Labor Party presidential campaign council officials met at a prime hotel in Abuja on Monday to discuss proposed moves to be discussed with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, … Read more
A federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Governor Inuwa Yahaya as an All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in the Gombe state gubernatorial election. The party, along with Mr Muhammed Barde and Mr Timothy Danlele, who filed the lawsuit, petitioned the … Read more
The Ogun state government has urged local council heads to step up efforts to improve their internally generated revenue (IGR) and not rely on federal or state governments for funding. State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftain Affairs Ganiyu Hamzat made the statement yesterday during the January 2023 Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting at … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an extension of the terms of office of Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar and John Ohireime Asein as Directors General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), respectively. Buhari also approved the appointment of Abiodun Ayodeji Aikomo as Secretary of the Administration of Criminal Justice … Read more
The Ogun government has declared Tuesday 24th January and Wednesday 25th January days off for government civil servants. This is included in a statement issued by the governor’s chief press secretary, Mr. Kunle Somorin, in Abeokuta on Sunday. Somorin said the non-working days were declared after the collection of standing voter cards was extended to … Read more
• Soludo directs the Board of Governors to fix anomaliesThe governors of the federation’s 36 states have mandated the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make changes in its naira restatement policy to accommodate peculiarities in different states. A communiqué issued yesterday following a previous governors’ meeting with central bank governor Godwin Emefiele revealed: “The … Read more
Mr. Kefas Ishaya, the catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikuly-Pari in Kauru local government in Kaduna state, who was kidnapped on Thursday evening, has been released. A statement from the Catholic Church’s Kafanchan Diocese said Ishaya, who had been abducted from the parish rectory, was released on Saturday morning. “On behalf of the Bishop … Read more
