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According to him, the court might drag Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s case on for a long time, “but she should still file the action nonetheless for posterity’s sake.” Human rights lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, has advised Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to file a fresh court case against the Nigerian Senate over its refusal to allow her to resume her constitutional duties after the …

The National Assembly (NASS) has informed suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, that she cannot resume her legislative duties yet after serving her six-month suspension. According to the National Assembly bureaucracy, Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension remains in effect as the case is still before the Court of Appeal. It was earlier reported that after the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled …

“I want to assure Nigerians that we are not happy with the difficulty they are passing through in getting this driver’s licence.” The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, recently spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on the corps’ challenges with providing driving licences to Nigerians in the last year and the plan to commence a contactless …

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, will return to the National Assembly later this month after completing her six-month suspension, her lawyer has confirmed. Speaking with The PUNCH in Abuja, her counsel, Victor Giwa, disclosed that the senator was on vacation in London but had already made plans to resume plenary alongside her colleagues when the Senate reconvenes on September 23. …

President Donald Trump is vowing to wield apocalyptic power inside the United States, even as the adverse impact of some of his key policies is becoming clear. His weekend share of a social media meme in which he threatened to wage war on Chicago, the next Democratic city up in his crime and immigration crackdown, was a classic Trumpian tactic. It depicted …

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced a seven-day warning strike, citing systemic failures in the FCT health sector. The action was announced on Monday in a communiqué signed by the association’s President, George Ebong, and other executive members. The doctors described the territory’s health system as one crippled by long-standing structural deficiencies, stressing …

The Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association (DTCDA) has called on the federal government to take necessary measures to prevent coercive recruitment by any organisation, citing the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of association. This appeal comes after the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) threatened industrial action over Dangote Refinery’s alleged anti-union practices. NUPENG accused Aliko Dangote …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Ossiomo Power, a leading indigenous electricity company, has reaffirmed its exclusive ownership of the gas and power infrastructure situated in Ologbo, Edo State of Nigeria. The Deputy General Manager of Ossiomo Power, Engr. Francis Ekwe, stated this in Benin, emphasizing that the company holds valid statutory rights to generate and transmit electricity within Edo State. According to …

US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze. Trump told reporters after the assault he was “not happy with the whole situation” and said …

US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze. Trump told reporters after the assault he was “not happy with the whole situation” and said …