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Court Sacks ADC National Chairman
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court yesterday removed the Chief Ralph Nwosu-led executives of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Specifically, Justice Nyako barred ADC and Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu from extending his tenure of office after it had expired going to the extant provisions of the ADC Constitution. The court also nullified all actions taken by executives from August 21,...
President Buhari Launches Project Monitoring App, EYEMARK
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, launched the National Monitoring and Evaluation platform, EYEMARK. Buhari launched the project monitoring website (www.eyemark.ng) with its accompanying mobile app shortly before the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the council chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President noted that the federal government could no longer depend on its handful of Monitoring and Evaluation teams...
2023: Bola Tinubu Will Not Islamize Nigeria, Says Gov Masari
Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, says the notion that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will Islamise Nigeria if elected president in 2023 is spurious and nonsensical. Masari spoke on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with a group of Northern Christians Political Forum when they received Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, in Kaduna. Masari opined...
What Happened To Okupe Was Political Ambush – Kenneth Okonkwo
The Spokesperson for the Labour Party presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has described the two years jail term by a Federal High Court in Abuja, to Doyin Okupe, the embattled Director General of the campaign of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as a political ambush. Okonkwo stated this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Wednesday. Recall...
FG Prohibits Polytechnics, Monotechnic Others From Awarding Degrees
The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnic and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked TEB/PRO/E/12/Vol.11/132 dated December 1, 2022. A copy of the document signed by the board’s Director, Polytechnic Programmes Department, Ogoh Ngbede, was obtained by PUNCH on Tuesday. Ngbede, in...
Yuletide: Zamfara NSCDC Deploys Over 600 Operatives
The Zamfara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned miscreants and criminals to keep away from the State during the yuletide. The State Commandant, Mr. Bello Mohammed Mua’zu stated this while addressing newsmen in the command’s headquarters in Gusau, the State capital, shortly after the deployment of the operation order for the yuletide season. The...
We Need 100,000 Vehicles, 4,200 Boats To Distribute Electoral Materials — INEC
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission will need 100,000 vehicles and 4,200 boats to distribute election materials across the 176,846 polling units for the 2023 general election. The chairman said the boats would be accompanied by Navy gunboats to ensure safety of the materials and its personnel. Yakubu spoke at the signing...
Buhari’s Giant Achievements Can’t Be Downplayed, Lai Mohammed Slams Opposition
Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, lashed out at the opposition in the country, claiming that they were trying to downplay the monumental strides recorded by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Mohammed, who spoke at the presentation of the achievements recorded in the youth and sports sector of the economy since the administration came to power in 2015, described...
Abia Government Activates “No Work, No Pay” Policy On Workers
Rattled over high spate of strike action by the state’s workforce, Abia State government has said it has activated the "No Work, No Pay" policy on the workers, saying their penchant for embarking on strike is counterproductive. In a statement on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem, Abia State government particularly pointed out the ABSUTH...
Malami Dies In Cairo After Brief Illness
Alhaji Shehu Malami, former Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa and a famous businessman who is the Yarima of Sokoto is dead. This online news understands that Malami, aged 85 died on Monday in Cairo, Egypt, where he lived. He was briefly ill A statement by the Sokoto State government late on Monday night confirmed the former Nigerian High Commissioner of...
