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The World Bank on Tuesday announced the approval of six development projects valued at about $2.1885 billion for execution in Nigeria in 2020. The World Bank said on Wednesday the approved projects are to support Nigeria’s development priorities focused on improving immunisation, providing an enabling business environment for the private sector, expanding the digital economy to promote job creation, and …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Emeka Ihedioha’s application seeking the review of the January 14, 2020 judgement which sacked him as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma as his replacement. The seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, adjourned the hearing after Ihedioha’s lawyer, Chief Kanu …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, is presiding over a seven-man panel to hear the appeal of the former Imo State Governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, seeking a review of the apex court verdict that removed him from office on January 14. Other justices sitting in the panel include: Justices Sylvester Ngwuta, Kayode Ariwoola, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Amina Augie, …

Babachir Lawal is a former Secretary to the Goverment of the Federation. He was appointed in August 2015 and sacked in October 2017 over allegations of contract fraud. He hit public limelight recently when he was alleged to have called the Yorubas, ‘troublemakers’. In this interview with select journalists in Abuja, he addresses certain allegations against him. He also spoke on the …

The House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions, will ensure the Correctional Act 2019, is implemented, meet the objectives of the Federal government. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Anayo Edwin, in a press statement Tuesday, expressed his Committees worries over the plight of inmates in Nigerian Prisons. “The committee is concerned about the deplorable state of the various correctional centres …

…Says You can’t be happy with millions of Northern children out of school …You can’t be happy with nine states in the North contributing almost 50 per cent of the entire malnutrition burden in the country Known for speaking truth to power, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, today, delivered another dose of reality checks to the Nigerian authorities, saying …

Trouble in Nigeria’s seat of power has filtered out as the Nation’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, of “unwarranted meddlesomeness” on matters of national security. In a memo to all service chiefs, Monguno urged them to desist from taking further directives from Mr. Kyari, accusing the Chief of Staff …

By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan Nigeria without election will be less acrimonious, non-combative and, indeed, it may soon become the most peaceful place in the entire world. A rabbit that escaped from Asaba has not crossed the River Niger. It is still in Delta State. That’s the chess game to which we have sentenced ourselves; and the Supreme Court is still …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to develop new regulatory strategies, especially in the area of SIM card registration, that will enhance effective regulation of the telecoms industry. Pantami gave the charge recently, during the swearing-in ceremony of the Chairman of NCC Board of Commissioners, Prof. Adeolu Akande,  who is representing …

Consequently, she voided and set aside the declaration of Mr lhedioha as the winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-East state. The court ordered that the certificate of return issued to Mr lhedioha be immediately withdrawn by INEC and a fresh one issued to Mr Uzodinma as the elected governor of the state. Uzodinma’s request But, in a …