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Former Governor of Kano State and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Sen. Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said that the issue of Kano emirates will definitely be revisited. Former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had split the Kano emirate into five and dethroned the then Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. Following the victory of the New Nigerian Peoples Party in last …

The school feeding initiative of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government was ab initio aimed to push back on the rather embarrassing growing proportion of out-of-school children, estimated to have reached 20 million children. But in about seven years of the initiative and over N200 billion worth of meals for schoolchildren, attendance register of pupils is far from commensurate in …

It was learnt that the bandits invaded Phase 2, Army Estate, Kurudu at about 10 pm on Thursday, January 18. According to eyewitnesses, there was an exchange of gunfire between the bandits and the estate security officials. However, the gunmen were said to have escaped with two victims. Recall that Abuja has witnessed a significant rise in the number of kidnapping incidents recently. On Wednesday, …

The Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeal was right to have “set aside the decision of the tribunal” which had earlier sacked the Nasarawa State Governor Sule and declared PDP’s Ombugadu as the winner of the poll. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. A five-member panel of the Supreme …

The Supreme Court upheld the election of Governor Abiodun of Ogun State after dismissing Mr Adebutu’s appeal. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Dapo Abiodun as governor of Ogun State. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, headed by John Okoro, held that the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, failed to prove allegations of non-compliance with …

…Charts course for cooperation in rail, ports devt, agric, security, others …Council recommits to addressing socio-economic challenges of S’South region …Fixes next meeting in March, Diri to host Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, played host to the Governors of the South-South States for the BRACED (Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta) Commission meeting. The …

I wish to categorically denounce an online news report alleging that the leader of the APC in Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has requested the Gubernatorial Screening Committee to exclude the names of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd mni) among others. The report is a product of the publication’s distorted imagination, devoid of any factual basis. The …

EFCC ammends charges against Emefiele from 20 instead of 6 The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has got permission from the High Court in Abuja to travel outside  the Federal Capital Territory Abuja but not outside the country.   Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT High Court granted this permission  upon request by Emefiele’s lawyer for …

•as INEC, APC tell court to ignore appeal against Uba’s election  The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to nullify the election of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State. A five-member panel of Justices of the apex court, led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after they …

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday in Iran against alleged militant hideouts, killing at least nine people and further raising tensions between the neighbors. Thursday’s attack followed one by Iran inside Pakistan on Tuesday. Both appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals on either side of the Iran-Pakistan border. The countries accuse each …