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President Muhammadu Buhari said he has taken due notice of judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, restoring Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari said he...

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi said he has never violated any law in relation to his alleged detention by the UK Immigration Service. The Labour Party presidential candidate stated this in a statement vis his verified Twitter handle. Obi’s comment comes following his reported...

Director of Financial Services at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Yakubu Gontor, has been honoured the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for his exemplary professional conduct. NYCN is the umbrella body of youths across the 19 northern states including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja (FCT) with one of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime on Tuesday in Abuja rolled out a five-year strategic plan to foster effective internal security. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, who unveiled the document, said it resulted from a retreat involving the ministry and services under it in 2021. Aregbesola said the plan would...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation’s telecoms regulator, will be leading other stakeholders as eBusiness Life Communication Limited hosts young girls in the 2023 edition of the International Girls in ICT Day campaign. According to the organizers, the event, which will hold in Lagos on May 11, 2023, is part...

The Federal Government is set to pay state governments the backlog of stamp duties being owed them. Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State stated this in a letter made available to the Ogun State House of Assembly. Abiodun was seeking the lawmakers’ approval for and payment of the consultancy fee,...

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Lagos on Tuesday voided the Lagos State government’s appointment of a caretaker committee for managing parks and garages. Justice Maureen Esowe ordered the reinstatement of the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State. The...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered the withdrawal of the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde, with immediate effect. He replaced him with the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa, who is to immediately proceed to...

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State. Fintiri had locked horns with the only woman-governorship candidate in the 2023 Guber polls, Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Ahmed, popularly called Binani. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered the APC candidate’s counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on the issue...