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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will appeal a court order to allow two Nigerians to use their Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs) to vote in the governorship and state houses of assembly elections. The two Nigerians, Kofoworola Olusegun and Wilson Allwell, filed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/180/2023, on Wednesday, February 8, challenging INEC’s position that only a permanent voter …

A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu said his doctor advised him against seeking a kidney donor from among his family members. Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice. Ekweremadu disclosed this to a court in London during a cross-examination.  Recall Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, are currently facing charges in the United Kingdom after they allegedly lured a young man …

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones that hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity. The largest such attack in three weeks also put Europe’s largest nuclear plant at risk by knocking it off the power grid for hours …

Edo State Government has dismissed rumours that the government is conducting a screening exercise for pensioners in the state. In a statement on Thursday, the Functioning Permanent Secretary/Chairman, Edo State Pension Bureau, Abbe Osaro Washington, said the news is false and should be disregarded. He said, “The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to rumours making the rounds that the government is embarking on a …

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has expressed deep sadness over the train accident which occurred in the early hours of Thursday in Lagos. The Minister has ordered an immediate and full investigation into the unfortunate incident. The accident involved a Nigerian Railway Corporation passenger train and a Lagos State Government staff bus that was conveying workers to their …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a staff of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, Mr. Mosudi Osuolale Ashim, over alleged forgery and making false statements. Mr. Ashim was arraigned before the Hon. Justice Olalekan Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court 12, Ibadan on Monday, 6th March 2023. The Commission had filed a 3-count charge alleging …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had not received the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the order of a federal high court mandating it to allow registered voters with Temporary Voter Cards, TVCs, to participate in the March 18 governorship and state assemblies elections. Also, the Commission described the order as contrary to the provisions of the Electoral …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday,  ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards in the forthcoming governorship and state houses of assembly elections which has been slated for March 18. Two aggrieved Nigerians had filed a suit seeking the use of the Temporary Voter Card in the general elections in the …

Following report of collision of a passenger train and a bus in Lagos State, the Federal Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has directed experts of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, to commence immediate investigation. While describing the accident as unfortunate, Sirika, in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation on Public Affairs, James Odaudu, …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed shock and sorrow over the early morning accident, on Thursday, involving a train and a Lagos State Government staff bus, which happened between Shogunle and Ikeja, axis of the state. According to the Vanguard, three persons reportedly died, while over 84 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident as confirmed by …