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The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has directed magistrates in the state to resume the granting of remand orders to the police to take suspects to the correctional centres in the state. The Chief Judge had in October directed magistrates to stop granting remand orders to the police, citing the complaint by the Nigeria Correctional Service that …

The Evangelical Church Winning All has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make all the Federal Government tertiary institutions tuition-free to mitigate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal in the country. The ECWA President, Rev. Stephen Panya, made the appeal on Thursday at a news conference to announce the church concert and convention in Lagos. While commending Tinubu for …

Power outage beyond us, says EEDCBiafra Provisional Government has condemned the blackout in Imo State resulting from the clash between the organized labour and operatives of state police command. The total blackout was imposed on the state capital and beyond by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) following an attack on NLC President, Joe Ajaero, by some …

Candidates jostling to occupy the three governorship slots in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi in Saturday November 11 2023 election, on Thursday, rounded off their campaigns expressing hope that they would emerge victorious. While the 18 registered political parties fielded candidates in Imo and Kogi only 16 are contesting in Kogi. In Bayelsa, Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, …

Justice Inyang Ekwo rejected an ex-parte motion that was brought against the candidacy of Achonu by the LamidiApapa-led faction of the party. Barely 48 hours to the governorship election in Imo State, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, thwarted legal moves to stop the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Senator Athan Achonu, from participating in the …

…Salutes Edo women for role in realization of MEGA Agenda Betsy Obaseki, the wife of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has challenged the continued marginalization of women in politics in Nigeria, particularly at the local government level, urging for more strengthened legislation to encourage women’s participation in politics at all levels. The state first Lady made the call at …

President Bola Tinubu recently stopped the implementation of a hike in electricity tariff and insisted that subsidy be paid on power consumed nationwide, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed on Wednesday. Adelabu also stated that the Federal Government would investigate the legality of the five-year licence extension given to privatised power distribution and generation companies, stressing that the operating …

• Observers accuse N’Assembly of abandoning critical oversight• Say action displays insensitivity to plight of Nigerians Some Nigerians, yesterday, faulted signing of the N2.176 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu, describing it as ill-timed, even as they knocked the National Assembly for failing to scrutinise demands by the executive arm of government.Deputy President of Trade Union Congress …

Not less than 18 candidates cleared by INEC will contest the governorship election in Kogi, 17 in Imo and 16 in Bayelsa. Since the return of democracy in 1999, several elections have been conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), though not without reservations, hues and cries by political actors, analysts and watchers. Of utmost concern to many Nigerians …

WASHINGTON — As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party’s latest debate. Trump, the overwhelming front-runner in the race, skipped the event, as he has the first two, citing his polling advantage. There was no shortage of noteworthy confrontations on stage, as the …