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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Arthur Esene and Anselm Ojezua,  to disqualify the party’s candidate for the upcoming September 21 governorship election. Asue Ighodalo in the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024, Esene and Ojezua had urged the Court of Appeal to overturn the April …

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games by breaking the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, with a lift of 147kg. Mark’s performance surpassed the previous record held by fellow Nigerian Lucy Ejike, marking an iconic achievement for Team Nigeria. With one lift remaining, Onyinyechi Mark has all but guaranteed Nigeria’s first gold medal of …

Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again Thursday to discuss safe gun storage policies. The lawmakers are still talking …

Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa has urged Federal Government and authorities of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to take urgent steps to revert to the old pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol. Hon. Ado-Doguwa’s clarion call came on the heel of public outcry against the recent upward review …

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, clarified Abuja on Friday while fielding questions from journalists at an event …

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Beijing, said he was ready to take the hard decisions to move the nation forward, adding that it is not always easy for a leader to have a national consensus on issues. The President stated that when he met with Nigerians living in the People’s Republic of China to round off his official engagements …

…Laments that “the NLC has failed woefully to protect Nigerian workers” By Williams Adesoji Abuja, Nigeria – A frontline Nigerian social critic and human rights activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has told victims of bad leadership in the country, to “blame the organized labour for the continuous brazen, wicked, reckless and inhumane policies of President Bola Tinubu.” Nowinta, Executive Director, Nigeria …

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president’s attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks, the Associated Press reports. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling — …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges, a surprise move he said was meant to spare his family another painful and embarrassing criminal trial after his gun case conviction just months ago. According to report by the Associated Press, Hunter Biden’s decision to plead guilty to misdemeanor and felony charges without …

The National Economic Council, NEC, on Wednesday gave Monday September 9 deadline to four states yet to submit report from their states on establishment of state police. The NEC also resolved to adopt the comprehensive reports from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on Monday and warned that any of the four states …