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•Insists her critics deflecting focus on pertinent issues, deploying ethnicity •Says she respects Soyinka, but disagrees with him on 2023 polls Award winning writer and renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, yesterday ramped up her criticism of the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, maintaining that President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, blew …

•Summon AGF, Finance Minister, others •As Gbajabiamila decries spate of corruption in Nigeria The House of Representatives alleged yesterday said that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was in receipt of funds accrued from the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil in a China deal without remitting same to the federation …

• UK counterparts begin strike over pay• NARD wants payment of reviewed 2023 medical residency training fund• Admonishes Reps on obnoxious bill sponsored by Johnson• To summon NEC meeting in two weeks on next line of action As doctors working in England’s public health service, yesterday, began what has been described as the most disruptive strike in UK’s history over …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential  election. INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission declared that the presidential candidate of the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 elections said Nigeria has become a laughing stock, with the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.  Director, Planning and Strategy of the Atiku campaign, Dr Don Pedro Obaseki, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Obaseki, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conduct has …

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has opposed the compulsory five-year service licensing of doctors proposed by the House of Representatives. The group made its stand known in a communique it issued at the end of its emergency extended National Officers’ Committee (NOC) meeting, jointly signed by its President, Dr Innocent Orji, Secretary-General, Dr Kelechi Chikezie and the Publicity and …

United States of America has condemned what it called the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unjust detention and sentencing of human rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi.  On April 10, PRC courts sentenced Xu Zhiyong to 14 years and Ding Jiaxi to 12 years in prison for supporting the exercise of internationally recognized fundamental freedoms, such as the freedoms …

…Says Edo working with NDLEA to raid hard drug spots Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has decried the rising incidents of homicide in the state, noting that the government, in partnership with security agencies, has set up a committee to check the problem in Edo. Obaseki said this while briefing journalists after the monthly Security Council meeting held at …

The  All Progressives Congress has opposed northern senators vying for the senate presidency. It insisted that any northerner angling for the leadership of the senate had no respect for the party’s constitution. The National Vice Chairman of the APC (North-West), Malam Salihu Lukman, on Monday, said for fairness, northern senators contesting the post should step down. Party chieftains in the South-South and …

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to President Muhammdu Buhari, has said Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah is “too partisan,” saying his opinions on national issues are coloured by politics.  Adesina stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.  He added that the cleric should heed the call to abandon the …