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Naira Redesign: Lagos Lawyer Drags CBN Governor To Court
Barrister Tope Alabi, a Lagos-based lawyer, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos State to initiate proceedings against the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele for allegedly disobeying the Supreme Court orders on its naira redesign policy. The lawyer made the application via a March 27 ex parte motion in the suit with the CBN governor...
Military Forces Neutralize 21 Bandit Kingpins In Zamfara
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have again conducted clearance operations which resulted in the killing of twenty-one dreaded bandits’ kingpins in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to a military source, the bandits’ kingpins neutralized include Yellow Mai Naira and nine members of Hamisu Black who were terrorizing innocent citizens in Mayasa, Birane, Yanbuki, Kwashabawa, and other villages...
Tinubu Risked His Life For Nigeria – Sanwo-Olu
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, has claimed that President-elect Bola Tinubu "risked his life" for Nigerian democracy. On Wednesday, he said this in a message greeting Tinubu on his 71st birthday. Gboyega Akosile, his Chief Press Secretary, signed the statement. Sanwo-Olu praised former Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as a "visionary, consistent, devoted, and enigmatic master strategist." "It is also on record...
Senate: Ortom Withdraws Case From Tribunal
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dropped his appeal challenging the outcome of the February 25 senate election in Benue North West. The PDP's Ortom lost his campaign for the Benue North West senatorial seat to the APC's Chief Titus Zam, his former Special Advisor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Issues. The governor filed a petition with the tribunal shortly after...
Tinubu Nominates Atiku, Lagos Former Commissioner Into Transition Council
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons into the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). Two slots were reserved for the president-elect in the transition council, President Muhammadu Buhari set up before the elections. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTC, Boss Mustapha, yesterday disclosed that Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu and a...
Wike Brags, Says Ayu Gone, Just Like Secondus
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has drawn comparison between the exit of Prince Uche Secondus, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Senator Iyiorcha Ayu who was replaced a few hours ago. While inaugurating the Trans-Kalabari Road at Degema Krakrama Bridge, Degema Local Government Area (LGA) on Tuesday, Wike said Ayu would never return to that office...
Simon Ekpa Declares Sit-At-Home In Lagos
Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has asked indigenes of Southeast Nigeria who are residents in Lagos to observe a sit-at-home exercise over an alleged attack on them. Ekpa rose to prominence in July 2021, after he was announced as the lead broadcaster of Radio Biafra. But shortly after...
Abia INEC Returning Officer, Prof Oti Receive Heroic Welcome In FUTO
The staff and students of the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri, on Tuesday gave Professor Nnenna Oti a hero’s welcome back to the institution. Oti, the current Vice-chancellor of FUTO, was the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Abia State governorship election. In a video circulating online and obtained by ABN TV, people were seen dancing and chanting...
Tinubu’s Victory Shows Nigerians Like Him – Sen. Orji Kalu
Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu has said Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election was an affirmation of Nigerians’ likeness. The Senator made the remark on Tuesday in a congratulatory message to the President-elect on his 71st birthday. Kalu described Tinubu as a selfless, genuine, and positive-minded statesman with a passion for the growth, progress, and development of Nigeria. READ ALSO: Nigerians...
Nigerians Have Right To Choose Their Leaders, Says Boris Johnson
Former Prime Minister of Britain, Boris Johnson, yesterday, said Nigerians should have the right to choose their leaders saying that development can only thrive in a democracy. He also charged Nigerian politicians to ensure that millions of Nigerians realize their potential, identifying education and equal rights as part of the major conditions for unleashing potentials of citizens. Johnson spoke in Lagos...
