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Court Grants 22-Year-Old Nursing Mother, Brother Bail In Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has granted bail to a 22-year-old prison inmate who delivered a baby girl in prison. The nursing mother, a PoS operator, and her younger brother, a sales boy in a bakery, both indigenes of Edem Idim Ibakesi in Ini LGA, were held in prison while awaiting trial for allegedly receiving a...
Nigeria Not In Support Of Cannabis Legalization For Non-Medical Use – NAFDAC
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Thursday said Nigeria will not support the trend of legalization of cannabis for non-medical use as the country lacks the financial capacity to fight cultivation, production, and illegal use of the substance. Meanwhile, the agency has launched the 2022 Annual Report of the International...
2023 Census: Ensure You Are Counted – Gov. Adeleke Tells Osun Residents
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has called on residents of the state to support the National Population Commission, NPC, by presenting themselves for headcount when the exercise begins. The national population and housing census is due to begin by March 29, 2023. Governor Adeleke made the call during the official inauguration of an advocacy committee set up on the...
Former Director Says Trust In INEC Dwindling
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gears up for the governorship and state house of assembly elections on March 18, a former INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, says confidence in the electoral body is at an all-time low. The conduct of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections has widely criticised as falling below the...
Popular FCT Monarch Slumps, Dies In Palace
Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead. A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the monarch’s death to our reporter on Thursday night. He said the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers, within his palace. READ ALSO: APC NWC...
APC NWC Member, FN Nwosu Reportedly Dead
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), Friday Nwosu, is being feared dead. Born 19th June 1959, Sir Nwosu hails from Mgboko Umuorio Community in Obingwa LGA of Abia State. Family and friends that confirmed his death to Daily Sun (not ABN TV), said that Nwosu, a Barrister, and current APC National Welfare Officer (NWO) died...
Ex-CJN Tanko Yet To Get Entitlements 9 Months After Leaving Office
The erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was yet to get his entitlements, nine months after retirement from service. The situation, We learnt has raised concerns as the former head of the Supreme Court who resigned on June 22, 2022, as the 16th Chief Justice of the apex court on health ground was expected to be...
BVAS: How Electoral Officials Betrayed INEC Chairman — Nwanyanwu
Presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dan Nwanyanwu, has said some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed in states betrayed the commission chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, during the 2023 presidential election. Nwanyanwu stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said, “There is nothing wrong with BVAS. It’s the way to go. But...
Afenifere Knocks INEC, Says Commission Disobeys Electoral Guidelines
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the outcome of February 25, 2023, Presidential Election, won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The group also faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission on the conduct of the election, saying the commission did not comply with electoral guidelines. This was contained in a communique issued after the general meeting...
Gov. Akeredolu Kicks As Traders, Business Owners Reject Old Naira Notes
The governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has criticised a sizable portion of the state’s traders and business owners for refusing to accept old naira notes. According to the Governor, it is flagrant disobedience of the law to reject the old 1,000, 500, and 200 naira notes. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday, Governor Akeredolu explained that rejecting the old naira...
