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Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, and Kunle Adegoke, the counsels to Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti, said the embattled singer will be released today (Tuesday). Kuti’s lawyers made the remark in a statement they jointly signed and released to the media the release of Mr Kuti on bail, as ordered by the Magistrate, is only …

Countering violent extremist organizations, using best practices in Nigeria and West Africa, includes military leaders’ collaboration. At the recently concluded Africa Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2023, Christopher Musa, a major general and Infantry Corps commander, Nigerian Armed Forces, summarized the significance of why it is important for Nigeria and African military leaders to come together and conference. “The whole domain approach, …

Police investigators said they had done their jobs, covering all the necessary grounds against Mr Adebutu. The Nigeria Police Force has submitted a report to the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), indicting a top politician, Ladi Adebutu, for money laundering and vote-buying, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Adebutu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples …

The Presidential Election Petition Court has consolidated all the petitions filed by the three petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), and their presidential candidates. The court fixed May 30 for the commencement of trial in the three petitions during which the petitioners will be expected to call their first sets of …

No unlicensed petroleum product dealer would be allowed to load products from June 1, 2023, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced on Monday, vowing to shut down such businesses beginning from that day. It warned that from June 1, 2023, anyone who wants to deal on petroleum products must obtain a licence, stressing that “no licence, no loading of any …

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday refused a request for a live broadcast of its proceedings, stating that the application lacked merit. The five-member panel of the court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, held that Nigeria’s judicial policies and legislative framework had no place for live telecast of court sessions. The PUNCH reports that the rejection of the applications …

…More cases to be reviewed by Special Intervention Team Thirteen members of staff of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in Edo State of Nigeria have been dismissed for various cases of misconduct by the University Staff Disciplinary Committee (USDC). The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyi disclosed this today while presenting the Committee’s Report to the Chairman, …

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said the Dangote Oil Refinery is expected to generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity and over 135,000 permanent jobs. Emefiele said this on Monday at the official launching of the Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Then, we insisted that under the leadership of President Muhammadu …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that the federal government has plans to launch a home delivery service for passports. Aregbesola made the announcement at the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State. The minister noted that the launch of the passport office is the sixth of its kind in 2023 …

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said Monday that the first refined petroleum products from the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery would hit the market before the end of July. Mr Dangote disclosed this while delivering his speech during the official commissioning of the refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the refinery amid high expectations that it will impact …