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The Independent National Electoral Commission has cleared the air on the alleged manual transmissions of election results. Clearing the air on an interview with The PUNCH concerning the collation of results, the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, noted that the electronic transmission of results remained the same. This was contained in a …

* No hiding place for oil thieves, Tompolo promises, says FG knows culprits  *House Minority Caucus seeks probe of $40m daily loss The Presidency has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of high-profile individuals behind crude oil theft in the country.This is coming as the ex-Niger Delta warlord and Commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of …

Hearing in a suit seeking disqualification of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,  Bola Tinubu, from the 2023 election on alleged certificate forgery has been shifted to October 12. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court fixed the date, yesterday, to allow parties in the suit complete filing of their processes and exchange same as required by …

To further boost staff morale and clear backlog, not less than 3, 853 officers and men of the Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCoS), have been promoted to various ranks in one of the large-scale promotions exercises in the Service. Controller General of the service, Haliru Nababa, made this known, Saturday, in Abuja. He said the promotion which takes effect, on January …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and redeployment of nine permanent secretaries. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan issued a circular on the appointments. According to a statement by the Deputy Director, Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mohammed Ahmed, the fresh appointees deployed are Udo Okokon …

The Nigerian Army has approved the disengagement of a Warrant Officer and 242 others in various formations across the country. The soldiers are expected to proceed on terminal leave With effect from  January 15, 2023. They are expected to be finally disengaged from the service from February 15, 2023. Our correspondent gathered most of the soldiers resigned based on health …

“We frown at the position of government on the subject matter as posited by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Project that even LGA workers are not owed any salaries.” The statement said, “we acknowledge the fact that Local Governments are responsible for the payment of workers under them. “But it is a fact that the funds/account from …

…says action ill-timed, uncalled for …urges NBC, media houses to dialogue The Civil Society for Legislative Advocacy CenterCenter, CISLAC, Saturday, berated the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, over revocation of licenses of 52 media houses. This was stated by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani while expressing displeasure over NBC’s action this critical times Nigerians need reliable information ahead of …

The Federal Government has renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract to a former militant leader and Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo. It was gathered that the government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited signed the deal with Tompolo to end illegal bunkering, illegal refining and other forms of …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo shared one of the jokes he made with the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, when he visited him in his Abeokuta residence on Wednesday It would be recalled that Tinubu, on Wednesday visited the ex-president at his Penthouse, located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, One …