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• G-5, Fayose, Mimiko, others shun reception for governors-elect• Damagum: Action of judiciary will determine stability of democracy• Hearing in Atiku’s petition holds May 18 as CNPP backs broadcast of proceedings• LP worse than APC, PDP, says ex-Lagos chairman Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has charged the party …

The leadership of the Labour Party has distanced its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from allegation that he called for the postponement of May 29 inauguration ceremony for the swearing-in of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The rebuttal was issued in Abuja on Thursday by the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh. Recall that the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of LP …

• Micro-zoning to individuals wrong, undemocratic –Kalu • Lawmakers’ll disobey party on day of voting if… Yari warns As controversy intensifies over the micro-zoning of principal offices of the National Assembly, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted error in the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC). He made the confession a day after …

….as plaintiffs apply for restraining order against CJN With barely 17 days to the scheduled swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, …

Despite the achievement of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in reviving rail transport in parts of the country, the huge cost of the projects amid safety threats have continued to dot the tracks, and worsened Nigeria’s already huge debt burden. Stakeholders bemoan the flawed funding mechanism that also foreclosed the role of the private sector, and outright reform of the Nigerian …

No fewer than 2,167 repentant insurgents have graduated from the Operation Safe Corridor’s (OPSC) Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme, organised by the Federal Government, an official has said. Mr Audu Ayuba, the Assistant Director of Planning, Research and Strategy, National Orientation Agency (NOA), disclosed this on Friday at a capacity-building workshop for staff members of the agency. The workshop …

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has again asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The President-General of Ohanaeze, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this on Thursday in Oguta Local Government Area, Imo State, during the flag-off ceremony of Oguta/Orashi Rivers dredging project which was broadcast live on Channels TV, a Lagos …

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rted), for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973, which he said has truly achieved the goal of national integration, by providing opportunities for cross cultural interactions, and establishing a bridge for improved understanding. According Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi …

The electoral umpire appealed to Nigerians to scrutinise the list, particularly, any aspirant who participated in his/her party’s primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by the candidate is false can challenge the nomination at the Federal High Court. It also revealed that while 18 political parties have nominated candidates for Kogi governorship, 17 parties nominated for …

New York (AP) — The Republicans in the audience laughed when former President Donald Trump mocked a woman who accused him of rape. They cheered when he defended his role during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And they applauded again after he said he was “honored” to “terminate Roe v. Wade.” Trump’s defiant performance at the …