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The leadership of the Labour Party, LP has appealed to Nigerians that the party will published an updated version of its Presidential Campaign Council list. The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, who made this known on Thursday, admitted that Labour Party goofed in the composition of the campaign team. He said, “Our attention has been drawn to some …

The group wants the AIT founder, Raymond Dokpesi, appointed as head of the PDP presidential campaign council. A political support group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “Elders Forum for Atiku 2023’’, has advised the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to revisit the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).The group stated that this became necessary to avoid the mistake made in …

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced in a press conference in Abuja that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya, after being intercepted in the East African country on Sunday, June 26, 2021, by Interpol. He said …

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced in a press conference in Abuja that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya, after being intercepted in the East African country on Sunday, June 26, 2021, by Interpol. He said …

“It is not fair on the countries, we should interrogate, let’s start questioning these data from international organisations,” an official said. Some government officials have questioned the latest global data on out-of-school children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Officials of the federal and Lagos education ministries expressed the doubt at an event on Wednesday. UNESCO …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday called off its eight-month-old strike. However, the union in a press statement made available to The PUNCH noted that the issues in its disputes with the Federal Government were not well addressed. The press release, which was signed by the National President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, however, hailed the intervention of the …

Nigeria is one of the 143 countries that voted in favour of a resolution condemning Russia’s annexation of about 15 per cent of Ukraine’s territory Nigeria has joined the majority of the countries of the world to condemn the Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories. In a vote at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Nigeria joined 142 other countries including …

• Court says IPOB leader’s abduction unlawful, slams executive for recklessness There was wild jubilation in the South-East on Thursday following the Court of Appeal judgment which quashed the terrorism charges preferred against the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Across parts of the South-East states, people celebrated openly on hearing the reports that the court …

The APC NWC, PCC, party’s governors held a crucial meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, reviewed and approved the draft manifesto of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo, disclosed this to journalists after a meeting of the council, the Progressive Governors’ Forum and the National Working Committee …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight-month strike, The PUNCH can authoritatively confirm. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly informed source …