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…..fixes June 13 for hearing The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation, to within seven days, enter their defence to the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs. The order followed an application that FG, through the Attorney General of the Federation and …

…orders Amaewhule, 24 other to stop parading as speaker, lawmakers A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant pending the determination of a suit before it. The court, however, ordered the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to …

The structure collapsed on Thursday following a fire in parts of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island. Scores of residents are currently trapped after a two-storey building collapsed in the Isale Eko area of Lagos State.   The structure collapsed on Thursday following a fire in parts of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island. Multiple pictures of the scene obtained by SaharaReporters showed …

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said over 60,000 students have successfully registered for the loan scheme. Out of this number, 30,000 applicants have successfully applied for the facility. NELFUND also announced that the portal would be opened for students of state-owned universities from June 25th, 2024. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, stated this on …

By Eben Enasco Following the massive flood that damaged a section of its Edo State headquarters in Benin City, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured the public of its commitment to swiftly replace the critical equipment destroyed. This assurance was given by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during an assessment tour of the flood-ravaged office on Thursday. The …

After several confusing statements and signals, President Bola Tinubu briefly addressed the joint session of the National Assembly, after initially declining to do so. The president addressed the session for about seven minutes before, touching on the newly signed into law National Anthem Bill. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who had earlier announced that the president would not brief the lawmakers, appealed to …

Reacting to the development, Ezekwesili, who criticized the reintroduction of the national anthem, described it as absolutely ridiculous. She noted that it is within her constitutional rights to choose not to abide by any law that she deems repulsive. She added that she will continue to sing the discarded anthem “Arise, O Compatriots” whenever the need arises to sing the …

The Senate passed the bill on Tuesday while the House of Representatives passed it on Thursday last week. President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the bill to revert to the old national anthem. President Tinubu approved the bill on Wednesday morning as part of the constitutional provisions to make it a law. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has scored President Bola Tinubu low, saying the president’s one year in office was a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies. Atiku stated this in a statement released by his media office on Tuesday. President Tinubu assumed office on 29 May 2023. He had won the 25 February presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives …

He stated that within the first year of the present administration, the financial processes of the country have improved significantly with an increase in government revenues substantially and sustainably. The Minister, who rolled out the state of the economy for the year in review said that expenditure processes have been tightened through automation. “From economic revitalization to social development, from …