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LP Crisis: Gov. Otti Hands Over Supreme Court Ruling To INEC
Alex Otti, the governor of Abia State, has formally turned in Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Labour Party's (LP) leadership to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The 48-page judgement had removed Julius Abure as the national chairman of LP. However, Abure, the embattled party leader, maintained that the judgement did not dissolve the...
Wike-Fubara Peace Talks May Hit Rock-bottom
The women who walked-out of the Sole Administrator's wife may have worsened the political feud between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike This came amid ongoing reconciliation efforts initiated by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Segun Osoba, to restore peace between the two former political...
World Bank Plan To Approve Nigeria’s Fresh $1bn Loan Request
The World Bank has fixed December 16 as a tentative approval date for a fresh $1bn Development Policy Financing loan to the country under a new initiative tagged “Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration (P512892).” According to a project document published by the bank on October 27, the new facility comprises a $500m International Development Association credit and a $500m...
I Admire Your Working Relationship, Sultan Tells Fayemi, Tambuwal
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday hailed the harmonious working relationship between the Ekiti State Governor/Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and Sokoto State Governor/Vice Chairman of t...
Felix Olunkwa Emerges NIPR Chairman Abia State
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Abia state chapter has held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) with Deacon Felix Olunkwa elected as the new state Chairman of the institute. Deacon Olunkwa who garnered 32 votes, defeated the embattled ex-MOUAU Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs. Onyinye Ralph-Nwachukwu who scored 26 votes. Speaking during the event at Bishop Anthony Nwedo Pastoral Centre...
Security Operatives Enforce Lockdown In Uromi Amid Killings
In Uromi, the headquarters of the Esan North East Local Government Area in Edo State, police, military personnel, and plainclothes security agents have taken control of key junctions following the mob killing of 16 northern travelers last Thursday. The security agents were said to have been deployed to stave off reprisals as residents of the area are now worry over...
Buhari opens 2019 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference
PHOTO NEWS ABUJA - President Buhari declares Open the 2019 All Nigeria Judges' Conference at National Judicial Institute Abuja on 25th Nov 2019. President Buhari with Chief Justice of Nigeria Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad and Fmr. President National Industrial Court of Nigeria Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo Rtd.
Popular Televangelist Pat Robertson Dead
A prominent televangelist who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson, is reportedly dead. Robertson who died at age 93 made the Christian right a powerful political force and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, died on Thursday, CNN reported. According to a release by the network, “Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator, humanitarian, and one-time presidential candidate died...
Tinubu, NASS Criticised Over 2024 Budget Extension
The Senate and the House of Representatives have, for the second time, extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2024 budget to December 31, 2025, sparking renewed criticism against President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly. Economists, financial experts, and the Organised Private Sector have described the repeated extensions as evidence of poor execution capacity by Ministries, Departments,...
Marketers Plan Petrol Import To Bridge Shortfall
Oil marketers have said that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is currently producing insufficient amounts of PMS (petrol) to meet domestic demand. Based on this, dealers are to import the commodity to augment the supply from the $20bn Lekki-based plant, the marketers stated on Tuesday. They aligned with the Trade Union Congress to demand that the refinery ramp up production, as some...
