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Apex Court Validation Of 15 Gov’ship Election Vindicates INEC – Group The Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) has said that the validation of all the 15 Governorship Elections disputes that were pending before the Supreme Court is a vindication of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s( INEC) commitment to the conduct of credible elections. The group in a statement signed by its …

• Ondo Assembly to screen Adelami for deputy governor today• Aiyedatiwa appoints new SSG, CoP• Ondo judicial workers boo sacked Commissioner• Yoruba Progressives Forum urges Southern governors to immortalise Akeredolu Barely a month after the death of former Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa yesterday took full charge of the power levers when he dissolved, with immediate effect, the cabinet and all …

A five-member panel of Justices on the court held in the case of Rivers state that, the appeal by Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was unmeritorious. In the lead judgment, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa held that Cole and the APC failed to prove their case with sufficient evidence. Justice Saulawa resolved all the four issues identified for determination …

…facilities employed quacks, sold expired medicines, others, says Health Commissioner Edo State Government has stepped up regulation of the State’s health sector, sealing off over 108 unregistered health facilities for various unsafe medical practices and failing several quality assurance checks, thereby endangering the lives of millions of Edo people. The Edo State Health Commissioner, Dr. Samuel Alli, who disclosed this …

Former  Anambra Governor Willie Obiano has been granted bail after he was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a nine-count charge in which he was accused of laundering about N4billion. Obiano pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him by an official of the court. After the taking of the defendant’s plea, the prosecuting lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir …

A United Nations special report on the persistent insecurity situation in parts of Katsina State has unveiled 24 terrorists’ cells spread across about 30 forests in this North-West area of Nigeria. The report tagged, “Mapping the potentials of Transitional Justice in Katsina State,” also identified each terrorist leader by name as well as the numerical strength of each of the …

Barely a month after being sworn in as the governor of Ondo state, Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa, on Wednesday, dissolved the State Executive Council. The sack of the state Executive Council was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Ebenezer Adeniyan, who said the sack of the members takes immediate effect. The governor appreciated all …

Fruit sellers, carpenters, photographers, block makers, pepper sellers, pool agents, hairdressers and others in the informal sector in Oyo State are to pay between N500 and N50,000 yearly as presumptive tax. Under the Oyo State presumptive tax system, those regarded as low-income earners are categorised along the lines of minimum, medium and maximum. The tax payable for barbers range from …

The Nigerian Army says it will conduct the screening and verification of children of deceased personnel for the award of scholarships. According to a statement by the Department of Army Administration on Wednesday in Abuja, the screening will be held at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1 at Asokoro in Abuja. The scholarship is one of the welfare schemes …

All those on board a Russian military plane that crashed on Wednesday are dead, Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a Telegram post.  “A transport airplane crashed in the Korochansky district. It went down in a field near a settlement. All those on board died,” Gladkov said.  “Now the crash site is cordoned off. All operational services are on site, investigative measures are being …