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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 …

Perturbed by the spate of conflicting orders trailing the ongoing tussle over the stool of the Emir of Kano, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court, Justice Dije Aboki, for an emergency meeting. The CJN …

LAGOS—Fear and anxiety have gripped officers and men of the Nigeria police force resident in police barracks in Lagos State, following directives by police authorities for work to immediately commence in the rehabilitation of barracks located in different parts of the state. The Vanguard reports that following this development, there are fears that no fewer than a million officers and …

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced Palestinians — according to witnesses, emergency workers and hospital officials. …

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the panel for an across-the-board acquittal. The lawyers’ dueling accounts, wildly divergent in …

Edo State Government has debunked what it described as the fake news making the rounds on social media alleging that the State Executive Council (EXCO) and appointees have been dissolved. In a press statement released today, the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq, said the rumour is the handiwork of mischief makers and fifth columnists “who are out …

The Senate has pardoned and recalled Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi after  77 days of suspension. Recall that Senator Ningi was suspended on March 12, 2024. The recall process was initiated on Tuesday after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended senator.  Moro pledged to assume full responsibility for Ningi’s …