Election Court To Hear Obi’s Petition On Wednesday

The petitions filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, before the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja challenging the victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu at the February 25, 2023, presidential election has slated 10th  May 2023 for the continuation of the pre-hearing session. Five political parties including Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Party (APP), Labour Party (LP), Allied People’s Movement (APM), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed petitions...

Jigawa State Government Receives 107 Students from Sudan

One hundred and seventy (107) Jigawa State indigenes studying medicine in Sudan have returned to the state following their evacuation from that country by the Federal Government. Dr. Abubakar Sani Birnin Kudu, the Executive Secretary, of Jigawa Islamic Education Bureau who received the returnees on behalf of the State Commissioner for Education, expressed thanks to Allah for saving their lives. Also, Alhaji Abdullahi Yunusa, the Director General of the State Education Monitoring Bureau, advised the...

After Months Of Suspension, Adamawa State Government Lifts Ban On NGOs

For almost two months after suspending activities of NGOs in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria devastated by insurgency, the Adamawa State government has finally lifted the ban. Recall that shortly after February 25, 2023 presidential election, Governor Fintiri in a state broadcast, said the decision to suspend activities of NGOs was based on intelligence information that many NGOs were dabbling into politics hiding under the guise of providing humanitarian assistance to citizens. In a statement on...

First Female Judge In Adamawa Took Oath Of Office

Adamawa State Governor, Ahamdu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman as the first female substantive Chief Judge of the State who has been in an acting capacity since 2022. Also sworn in are Khadi Ibrahim Sudi and Audu Balami as State Grand Khadi Sharia Court of Appeal and President Customary Court of Appeal respectively. Their swearing-in followed a recommendation by the National Judicial Council and confirmation by the Adamawa State House of Assembly....

Max Air Crash Land At Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, 144 Passengers Are Safe

Max Air with 144 passengers on board had crashed landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday after it experienced a tyre burst. According to some passengers on board the aircraft who took off from Yola said the plane lost one of the tyres after take off while the second tyre burst into flames after landing in Abuja. The management of Max Air in a statement said the aircraft experienced two tyre bursts...

The second Batch Of 130 Returnees From Sudan Arrives in Nigeria

Each Received N100,000 From ADF The second batch of Nigerian evacuees numbering 130 were airlifted from the Port Sudan border by Tarmac Airline and arrived in the country from Sudan. Recall that on Wednesday the first batch of 376 evacuees had arrived in Abuja onboard Air Force and Air Peace planes. Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Humanitarians Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development who received them at the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi...

COVID-19 Is No Longer Global Public Health Emergency-WHO

The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization has said COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency. The global health body, about six weeks before describing it as a pandemic, had declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020. During that time, there were more than 10,000 cases of the virus, most of them in China. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General at...

Police Grants Bail To Adamawa REC Hudu Yunusa-Ari

The suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Barr Yunusa Hudu Ari who was in Police custody for three days has been granted bail. He was arrested after declaring Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa midway into the collation of results. But, in a swift reaction, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had overruled and...

Suspected Ritualist Confessed Of Buying Human Legs At N20, 000

On Wednesday, a 35-year-old suspected ritualist, Ifasoji Ayangbesan who offered one million naira (N1m) bribe to evade arrest in Ogun state, confessed that he bought two human legs of a victim, Oyindamola Adeyemi they killed and dismembered at the cost of N20, 000. The suspect who was paraded alongside other 12 suspects at the state Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, however, denied partaking in killing the victim who was reportedly murdered on January 28, 2023. Ayangbesan,...

OAGF launches Forensic Audit In The IPPIS

A forensic audit has been launched into reports of alleged salary padding in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll and Information System (IPPIS). Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) in a statement that the Office had received inquiries on IPPIS involving some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies over alleged “salary padding”. The statement says the office is aware of a reported breach of the IPPIS...

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