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The Ondo State House of Assembly has warned against violating the resolutions of President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the members of the House and other stakeholders over the lingering political crisis in the state. The House held its first plenary session on Tuesday after last Friday’s meeting with Tinubu in Abuja. At the end of Tuesday’s plenary, the Speaker of …

•Revises exchange rate to N750/$, oil benchmark now $77.96  •Okays $1bn AfDB concessionary loan • Oyedele-led tax reforms committee briefs FEC •Council approves Nigeria’s draft human rights report to the UN •Tinubu presents 2024 appropriation bill to N’Assembly tomorrow  •Abbas: We’ll give Nigerians avenue to participate in budget process The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday, rose from its weekly meeting …

Amid controversies trailing judgments of various courts handling election disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday, said that public sentiments, and emotions cannot replace the law. “The law remains the law, no matter whose interest is involved. In all we do, as interpreters of the law, we should endeavour to sever the strings of emotion from …

…as Speaker Abbas unveils plans to hold Budget Town Hall meeting President Bola Tinubu is expected to lay the N26 trillion budget estimates for 2024 fiscal year on Wednesday, November 29. In line with legislative practice, the budget estimates is to be laid before the joint session of the National Assembly. President Tinubu is expected to be accompanied by some …

TEL AVIV, Israel — A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day on Tuesday, with the militant group promising to release more civilian hostages to delay the expected resumption of the war and Israel under growing pressure to spare Palestinian civilians when the fighting resumes. The sides agreed to extend their truce through Wednesday, with another two planned exchanges of …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to order the release of its members who are detained in police cells across the country or charge them to court to know their fate. IPOB also made the same call to the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and the Chief …

A comment by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II,  that the Binis founded Lagos State, has  sparked debate on social media. During a visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, the monarch said, “It is in the history books that the Binis founded Lagos. When some people will hear it now, they will go haywire, what …

No fewer than 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the qualifying examination organised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria failed, The PUNCH has gathered. The qualifying examination was held at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital between November 22 and 23,2023. The assessment for the foreign-trained medical graduates was in a Computer Based Test format with the …

In the courtroom on Tuesday, the APC candidate requested that the court order INEC to declare him the winner of the March governorship election in Rivers. Cole’s case contesting Fubara’s election as the Governor was initially dismissed by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal  in October. However, not satisfied with the Tribunal’s judgment, the APC candidate approached the appellate …

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump threatened over the weekend to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act after failing to repeal it while in the White House, saying he is “seriously looking at alternatives” if he wins a second term. Trump’s comments drew rebuke from Democratic President Joe Biden ‘s campaign, which cast them as another “extremist” proposal from the GOP front-runner. And …