A Kaduna State High Court, on Friday, issued a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Dr. Muhammed Isah, for contempt. The warrant of arrest was issued by Justice Mario Mohammed after the chairman had ignored several summons by the court in a suit between Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i and Today’s publishing Company Limited, and …
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Prominent business man and astute politician, Fatai Momoh is pleading with the entire Esan people to ensure the victory of the duo of Senator Clifford Odia and Hon. Joe Edionwele in the February 16 federal elections. Speaking at a meeting in ward 03 of Esan West Local Government Area, Mr. Fatai urged Esan people to vote for all the PDP …
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The Acting Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Mr. Abubakar Gana, has urged candidates who wrote the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination to note that result checker cards would no longer be used to check results. Rather, he said, candidates are expected to purchase a token, with which they would access their results online. Gana spoke with the News Agency …
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The National Examinations Council has released the result of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. The Acting Registrar, NECO, Mr. Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to Gana, 59,963 candidates registered for the examination and were examined in about 28 subject areas. He noted that a total of 37,069 candidates …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voters cards (PVC) by three days. The collection of PVCs was scheduled to end on Friday, February 8. The agency has now extended it to Monday, February 11. The chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu, said the decision was as a result of complaints received by …
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The Supreme Court has nullified a ruling of the Court of Appeal which allowed the All Progressives Congress to field candidates in Rivers State in the general elections. In a decision on Friday, the court said the appellate court failed to invoke relevant sections of the law in voiding the decision of the Federal High Court barring the party from …
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A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday discharged and acquitted former Gov. Rasheed Ladoja of Oyo State of corruption charges. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ruling was given by Justice Mohammed Idris. Mr Ladoja faced N4.7 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Mr Ladoja became governor of Oyo State on …
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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Monguno, has assured Nigerians that the forthcoming general election would not be compromised by security agencies. Mr Moguno, a retired major general, gave the assurance at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Stakeholders’ Forum for 2019 General Election on Thursday in Abuja. He said President Muhammadu Buhari was committed to credible and peaceful …
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Ahead of next Saturday’s elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has created additional 57,023 voting points to address the large number of voters which now stands at 84 million. Information obtained by The PUNCH showed that the voting points would be carved out of the existing 119, 973 polling units nationwide. This comes barely a month after the Chairman of …
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Pupils of the 104 Federal Government Colleges may be asked to proceed on a break by Wednesday as a result of the February 16 presidential election in the country, sources at the Federal Ministry of Education have said. Our correspondent learnt that the anticipated holiday would allow pupils to stay safely at home and prevent them from becoming victims of …
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