Speakership of HoR: Plateau elders maintain Plateau aspirants  deserve slot

….Faults NWC for jettisoning equity, fairness Following the zoning and endorsement of some candidates for the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Plateau Elders Forum has insisted that the House of Representatives should be led by an indigene of the state. Rising from a meeting in the house of the chairman of the Forum, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, in Jos,  the executive council members of...

Federal High Court Restrain NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on broadcast stations. Also, the court set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on each of the 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. The court also made an order of perpetual injunction restraining the commission from further imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho while delivering the judgment described NBC’s act...

NAFDAC Sanction More Than 35 Companies In Kano

No fewer than 35 companies in Kano state have been sanctioned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in the first quarter of 2023. Kasim Idrisa Ibrahim, NAFDAC State Coordinator who made this known on Wednesday, explained that the agency had carried out 280 regulatory activities, within the period. “The affected businesses were sanctioned for various Offences, ranging from non-compliance with NAFDAC guidelines in production to poor storage practices, production of...

Court adjourns hearing of Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu, INEC to May 17

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, adjourned the petition challenging the election of Bola Tinubu by Peter Obi and the Labour Party to Wednesday, May 17. The Tribunal commenced sitting on Monday, May 8 to hear the petitions by five aggrieved political parties and their candidates challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The parties are the Action Peoples Party, APP; Action Alliance, AA; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Labour Party, LP and...

President Muhammadu Buhari, President-elect, Bola Tinubu out of the country

President Muhammadu Buhari who has been out of the country since May 3 will spend an extra week in London, Femi Adesina has said. The West African Pilot News reports that President Buhari departed for London on Wednesday, May 3 to join other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles lll on May 6, 2023. In a statement on Tuesday, Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, explained that...

INEC fails to upload complete results on IReV 53 days after the 2023 general election

Exactly 54 days after the 2023 general election, the complete results of the presidential polls are yet to be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing, IReV, portal. The general election was held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, for presidential and National Assembly elections and elections for 28 of the 36 governorships and State Houses of Assembly followed on Saturday, March 18. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, introduced a technology, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System,...

S’Court verdict: Buhari solicits support for Governor Adeleke

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the people of Osun State to give Governor Ademola Adeleke all the support he needs to ensure good governance in the state. The President’s admonition was in reaction to the affirmation of Adeleke’s victory during the July 16, 2023, gubernatorial polls by the Supreme Court yesterday. “With the final decision by the Supreme Court on the July 16, 2022, governorship election in Osun State, all hands should be on deck...

Jonathan commiserates with Ken Nnamani over wife’s death

Ex-President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani over the demise of his wife, Mrs Jane Nnamani, on Monday in Enugu State. According to a condolence message to Nnamani, Jonathan expressed his sadness over the news of the passing of the spouse of the former Senate President, describing it as sudden and distressing. The former President further noted that late Mrs. Nnamani made valuable contributions to the growth of the...

Nigeria’s Legislature Impasse: how Our Politics Kills the Legislature

” …limitations of Nigerian voters is the third critical obstruction to a robust legislature in Nigeria. ” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The legislature as an arm of the government, is a critical democratic institution which as a result, has unlimited tenure of office for members. For the executive arm, there is a stipulated tenure of office; maximum of two terms of eight years. But for the legislature, from the State House of Assembly to the National Assembly,...

Asake beats Kizz Daniel, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr to win ‘Best African Artiste’ at Ghana Music awards

Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known by his stage name Asake, won the ‘Best African Artiste of the Year’ award at the 24th edition of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, VGMA. The award ceremony considered the biggest night for Ghana music was held on May 7, 2023, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Center, AICC with electrifying performances by some of Ghana’s most sought-after artistes such as Sarkodie, King Promise, Gyakie,...

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