archiveSeptember 7, 2023

  Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said poverty eradication will reduce Nigeria’s insecurity level by 50 per cent. She disclosed this in Abuja during a courtesy visit to Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar, soliciting the support of the Nigerian Air Force in delivering...

The nation’s electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved an upward increase in the cost of acquiring prepaid electric meter in the country. A single-phase prepaid meter will now cost N81,975.16, up from the previous N58,661.69, while the cost of a three-phase prepaid meter has been raised...

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has scolded petitions challenging President Bola Tinubu’s win in the 2023 election, saying they failed to provide evidence to prove their case. While the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) took Tinubu to court seeking the nullification of his victory, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has called for the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stressing that INEC must be urgently unbundled to deliver credible elections. He made the remark in reaction to the tribunal judgment that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory. The Presidential Election...

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has commended the Swedish Government and Ericsson for their commitment and consistency in a strategic partnership with the Commission on capacity building which has strengthened the its regulatory activities. Speaking at...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation, following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. President Tinubu welcomed the judgment of the Tribunal with “an intense sense of...

Nollywood actor cum Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has faulted the final verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), saying it is inherently contradictory and illogical. The PEPT on Wednesday affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu and dismissed the petitions of LP presidential candidate in the 2023...

  Vice President Kashim Shettima has said The Nigerian judiciary has shown itself to be the guardians of justice and fairness. Shettima said this while speaking to journalists, after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPC), on Wednesday night, validated his position as Vice President and that of President Bola Ahmed...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on workers to returned to work on Thursday,  as the two-day warning strike  called by the Congress has ended. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said on Wednesday in Abuja  titled:“The two-day Nationwide Warning Strike:...

Dele Momodu, the Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, on Wednesday night, said the judges of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) turned the constitution upside down to uphold the election of President Bola Tinubu. Momodu was reacting to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal verdict that...