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NILDS Launches Radio Station To Correct Negative Perception About Legislature
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies has launched a radio station to correct public misconceptions about the legislative arm of government. Addressing newsmen in Abuja Tuesday ahead of the commissioning billed for today, NILDS Director-General, Abubakar Sulaiman, said the Democracy Radio was set up to educate Nigerians on legislative procedures and practices both at state and federal levels. “Democracy...
Gov AbdulRazaq Emerges New Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum
Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state has emerged as the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum. This is contained in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye Wednesday morning to journalists in Ilorin. According to the statement,the exalted office was bestowed on him by his colleagues. The governor among others pledged to uphold the ideals and vision of the NGF as...
Niger Republic Will Protect Me If Anyone Moves Against Me, I’ve Good Relationship With Them — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday the people of Niger Republic would defend him if anyone moved against him after leaving office. He also said he deliberately shut the nation’s land borders to force Nigerians to patronise goods made in the country. The President’s declaration, however, drew the ire of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and Middle Belt Forum, MBF, which described...
Tony Blair In Meeting With Tinubu
Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair on Tuesday paid a visit to the President-elect of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The meeting between the two leaders was made known in a short statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Tunde Rahman on Tuesday. Rahman, who shared photos of the meeting on Twitter, wrote, “President-elect Bola Tinubu and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair after a...
Niger Republic, Others Will Defend Me If Nigeria Disturbs Me — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said he has a safe haven in Niger Republic, Chad and other neighboring nations and would run there for refuge if disturbed by Nigeria after handover on May 29. Buhari noted that the first things he did on the assumption of office as Nigeria’s President was to visit Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon to cement...
Tinubu’s Legal Team Bars Media Interviews On Petitions Against Presidential Election
The legal team of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, has placed a ban on media interviews throughout the defense of their client in the three petitions against him. The legal team ordered that any lawyer that flouts the ban, no matter his rank or how highly placed, would be kicked out of...
May 29 Inauguration: Niger Govt Unveils 5-Day Programme
The Niger State Government has officially released a 5-day programme of events for the inauguration of the Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago, and his Deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba. In a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the 5-day events will hold from May 24th to May 29th, 2023 with...
Tribunal Orders Obi, LP To Present Petition Against Tinubu’s Election In 3 Weeks
The Presidential Election Case Court (PEPC) has urged the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, and his party to file a case challenging the February 25 presidential election within three weeks. The Court also ordered President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to defend their election victories within five days. Obi had demanded seven weeks...
Man Lands In Prison Over Attempted Murder In Ebonyi
One Chigozie Nwachukwu has been remanded at a correctional centre in Ebonyi state over attempted murder and belonging to a cult group. An Abakaliki Chief Magistrates Court ordered the remand of the suspect on Monday. Nwachukwu, 27, a suspected member of Barger Confraternity, is facing a three-count charge which bordered on conspiracy, cultism, and attempted murder. READ ALSO: JAMB Gives Deadline For...
Court Adjourns Seun Kuti’s Trial
Justice Adeola Olatubosun of the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, has reportedly adjourned the trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The trial, which was slated for today, May 23, 2023, was said to have been adjourned as a result of the judge’s absence from the court, a source who pleaded anonymity told ABN...
