Peter Obi is laying landmines for my administration – Soludo

Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi of laying landmines for him following his call for people of the state to vote massively for his party’s House of Assembly candidates. Obi who met with National and state Assembly candidates of Labour Party in Anambra, urged the assembly candidates to work with Soludo after the election, adding that Soludo remained his brother, and that he should...

Properties Destroyed as Kano Records Another Fire outbreak

Another fire outbreak has gutted Singer market, Fagge Local government area of  Kano State destroying properties worth millions, at some makeshift shops and the upper building of old Savannah Bank. Singer is the largest foodstuff market in Kano state. Recall that on March 1, 2023, a fire destroyed about 80 shops and properties worth millions of naira at the popular Market Kurmi in Kano. Also, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, about 19 shops were burnt including...

Election: NASS postpones resumption to March 21

The National Assembly, on Monday, postponed the plenary till Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The clerk of the Senate, Chinedu Francis Akubueze, relayed the information in a statement. The upper and lower chambers had earlier adjourned plenary till Tuesday, March 14, 2023, (today) to enable lawmakers to partake in the governorship and states’ House of Assembly elections earlier fixed for Saturday, March 11, 2023, which was later shifted to March 18, 2023. Akubueze’s statement read, “This...

Presidential poll: “I’m challenging the process, outcome”, says Obi

Peter Obi has said that he is challenging the electoral process that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections as well as the declaration of the election results. Obi ran for the presidency in the recently concluded election under the umbrella of the Labour Party (LP). He made this known on his social media pages on Monday, a few hours after...

INEC boss meets LP’s legal team, promises speedy release of electoral materials for inspection

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured the Labour Party’s (LP) legal team of the commission’s readiness to provide all documents the party has requested to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential polls. Yakubu gave the assurance on Monday during a meeting with the legal team of the LP at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The 60-man legal team, led by Dr Livy Uzoukwu, was at...

Naira scarcity: Buhari rebuts claims of alliance with CBN governor, AGF to defy S’Court’s order

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally broken his silence over the Supreme Court’s order that extended the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes till December 31, 2023. His reaction came against the backdrop of speculations that he directed the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to disregard the court order. Describing such attacks on the President as “unfair and unjust”, the senior special assistant to the...

50th Anniversary: FG salutes NYSC, inaugurates anniversary committee

The Federal Government has saluted the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the roles it has played since it was established about 50 years ago, in the areas of socio-economic and political development of the country. According to the government, the Scheme which was established on the 22nd of May, 1973, is the leading light of youth organisations in Africa. Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, made the remark on Monday,...

2023: We will provide better welfare for Lagos civil servants – Jandor

Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, has promised civil servants in Lagos State Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of better welfare condition if elected the state governor in the forthcoming governorship election. The governorship candidate assured that no government worker would be victimised and the existing agencies of the government would be retained and strengthened to deliver on the people-focused policies of his government. Jandor debunked...

Cash Crunch: FG says CBN has no excuse not to obey Supreme Court

The Federal Government has spoken on the cash crunch issues, pointing out that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has no excuse not to obey the Supreme Court judgment, allowing the N500 and N1000 old notes to circulate side by side with the new notes till December 31st. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President broke the silence on behalf of his principal, on Monday, when he said the CBN...

NCC approves harmonised short codes, sets May 17 for mobile networks migration

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to commence implementation of approved harmonised short codes (HSC) for providing certain services to telecom consumers in Nigeria in line with its consumer-centric approach to telecoms regulation, The Commission has set a deadline of May 17, 2023, for all mobile networks to fully migrate from hitherto diverse short codes to the harmonised codes. The use of harmonised short codes is aimed at achieving uniformity...

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