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The three political parties; Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Action People’s Party (APP) had, in separate petitions, challenged the emergence of Mr Tinubu as president-elect. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the …

Medical bodies in the countries have said the United Kingdom government’s code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel will not stop Nigerian doctors from migrating to other countries. According to them, the UK can only define its terms as freedom of movement is a fundamental right. The Nigerian Medical Association and the Nigerian Association …

In all 36 states, less than half of the eligible population turned out to vote, and only Jigawa state had a turnout above 40 per cent. On February 25, Nigerians went to the polls to elect their preferred presidential candidates in the seventh general election since the end of military rule in 1999. Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic, …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has injured the feelings of Obedient family around the world by describing them as “fascists” in the current political struggle and “descended to the gutter of unpatriotic rebels in Nigeria.” The Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee, Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council ( LP- PCC) Edo State, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta made the remarks in Benin at …

Louisville, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing four people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank and killed the shooter in an exchange of gunfire, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated the Board of Directors for the Edo State Skills Development Agency, charging the agency to promote the sustained supply of highly skilled workforce in the state. The board chaired by Mrs. Ukinebo Dare, has other members including; Mr. Victor Ehikhamenor, Mr. Victor Asemota, Ms. Ivie Temitayo and Osarume Akenzua. Others are the …

The Nigerian Government has welcomed Google’s restriction on loan applications from accessing their users’ contacts and photographs from May 31, 2023. The government said the move showed that the tech giant was already institutionalising its consumer privacy policy. “It is a welcome development effort and is consistent with the position the FCCPC has taken and what we are enforcing,” said …

James Emejo writes that the cashless policy may have recorded some drawbacks in its implementation, but the increasing patronage of digital/electronic payment channels has created a new-found love in the country’s payment landscape and necessitated the need to boost infrastructure to further engender confidence.  No doubt, the implementation of the currency redesign and cash withdrawal policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) …

Some days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) tweaked the Health Workforce Support and Safeguard list, the United Kingdom has also revised its policy on recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red list countries, which means, “no active …

In its bid to have a balanced government that considers all geo-political zones of the country, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has earmarked the Senate President to come from the South-East region for the 10th National Assembly. This is coming as a strong indication emerged that Senator Godswill Akpabio may have dropped his ambition to run for Senate President. …