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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says he has lined up 50 witnesses to prove his petition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. Others sued in the case – Mr Tinubu, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) – also gave the numbers of witnesses they would call at a …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) is thinkering with an idea of consolidating all the surviving three petitions challenging the conduct and outcome of the February 25 election that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress(APC) as the president-elect. The intention was communicated to counsel to the parties on Saturday by Chairman of the five-member panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani, …

•Stay away from inauguration venue if you don’t have business there – SGF •Buhari hands over transition documents to incoming President Thursday. About 65 world leaders, including Heads of State, have been invited to grace the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who will be sworn in as the 16th President of Nigeria on May 29. Also expected at the nation’s …

In spite of ongoing litigations and protests, the inauguration of the President-elect and his deputy, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, would hold as scheduled on May 29. This was disclosed at the World Press Conference by the Chairman of the Presidential Transition Committee and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The media outing was organized to brief Nigerians …

It was James Freeman Clarke, the 19th-Century American minister, theologian and author, who once said, “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.” Mr Godwin Obaseki, from his trajectory since he assumed the high office of the Governor of Edo State in 2016, has clearly demonstrated that he belongs to the class of statesmen, with …

…says 9 others rice soon to be completed …Nigeria has no business importing rice from Thailand, others – Agric Minister President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, commissioned a large-scale integrated rice mill in Sheda, Kwali Area Council, Abuja, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to boost local consumption and export. Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the UTME along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A’level certificates. This is disclosed in a statement …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, opposed a call for the live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are jointly challenging Mr Tinubu’s victory at the poll, had called on the court …

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will be conferred with the highest national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on 25 May ahead of his 29 May inauguration. Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima will also get the Grand Commander of Order of the Niger (GCON) honour on the same day. This was contained in the schedule of activities for …

In apparent response to his earlier comment, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is probing Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, for allegedly misappropriating N70 billion funds for contracts. The governor had on Wednesday told the EFCC to extend its investigative searchlight beyond governors leaving office but to also probe officials in the presidency. The EFCC’s director …