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Asks FG to refund candidates’ campaign expensesA professor of Technology Management at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Francis Ogbimi, yesterday, advocated stoppage of the 2023 general elections.He said that no nation had developed through politics. The don suggested that all Nigerians should be mobilised for knowledge and industrialisation from now till May, next year, adding that the nation will …

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said the commission has appealed  the contempt of court rulings against him by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. “Well, we have appealed against it, so we allow the natural course of law to take its effect,” he told journalists on the sidelines of budget defence at the House of …

A security guard, identified simply as Rotimi, alongside worshippers of the Celestial Church of Christ, Sharon Parish, have brutalized a PUNCH man, Deji Lambo, on the church premises on Mobolaji Benson Street, Lowa, Igbooluwo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. According to the Punch, Deji had visited the church to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the death of an electrician, …

The Nigerian Medical Association has called for psychiatric evaluation of governorship and presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 elections. The professional body also said medical tests of the candidates would provide a comprehensive view of the state of the body system of those aspiring to hold political offices in the country. There had been calls for medical screening of candidates …

Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been sentenced to Kuje Prison over contempt of court. In a ruling delivered by Justice Chizoba Oji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on October 28, and sighted by newsmen on Tuesday, the EFCC boss was convicted of contempt of court in relation to the failure …

…Vows to arrest, prosecute fleeing land-grabbers Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, met with community members and other stakeholders over the 1229 hectares of land repossessed from land grabbers for the state’s new town development project, reassuring that the government will compensate persons with authentic claims to landed properties in the repossessed area. Obaseki met with Ogheghe, Obayantor …

By Okhide Em’ya David Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC), says it will conduct accurate, credible 2023 National population and housing census that is verifiable and generally acceptable by Nigerians and the international communities. The Federal Commissioner of the Commission representing Edo State Dr. Tony Aiyejina, said to achieve this noble aim it has introduced an online e-recruitment Porter which will …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inspected ongoing road projects, including Textile Mill Road, Technical College Road and 19 Street along Adolor College Road, in Benin metropolis, reassuring his administration’s commitment to developing road infrastructure in the state. Governor Obaseki was accompanied on the inspection tour by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha; Special Adviser, Strategy, Policy, Projects …

Ahead of next week’s Nigerian Economic Summit, an annual event where the public and private sector stakeholders deliberate on developmental issues, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says, focusing on few pressing national issues should be the objective of the meeting this year. “Sometimes we talk about a lot of important things, but there are pressing, immediate things with significance for …

Abuja, Nigeria – Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the half-salary payment to its members by the federal government following the suspension of its eight months old strike as an aberration. It regretted that after it suspended the strike, the response of government towards ASUU’s demonstration of trust was the so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment for eighteen days as the …