Group to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

NewsNigeriaGroup to honour Ali Nuhu, Ahmed Musa, others with the ‘Arewa Hero’s Award’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigerian actor Ali Nuhu, Super Eagles player Ahmed Musa, and the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, have been nominated for the 2023 ‘Arewa Hero’s and Philanthropic Award Of Excellence.’ The trio were among other prominent personalities to be presented with the award according to a statement by the organisers, MACA Peace Ambassador and Unity Affair Africa, on Friday. Other Nigerians that made the list are actor Rabi’u Rikadawa; the national security...

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NERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

NewsNigeriaPowerNERC hikes the prices of prepaid meters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced that a single-phase prepaid meter would now cost N81,975.16 while the price of a three-phase prepaid meter has also been increased to N143,836.10. NERC announced the new development in a memo jointly signed by its chairman, Sanusi Garba and its commissioner for legal, licensing and compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, dated September 5. Before now, a single-phase prepaid meter costs N58,661.69 and a three-phase prepaid meter costs N109,684.36. On...

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Benign Resignation: The Troubling Decision of the Nigerian Election Tribunal

Chris Chinwe UlasiColumnsFiction & PoetryBenign Resignation: The Troubling Decision of the Nigerian Election Tribunal

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2023

“The ruling is deeply troubling, and undermines the integrity of the electoral process, weakens public trust in democratic institutions, accentuates voter apathy, and threatens the progress Nigeria has made towards consolidating its democracy….” _______ Today, the first in a series of essays about the curse of Nigeria’s political class, I want to summarize the implications of the September 6, 2023, Nigerian Presidential Election Tribunal ruling by focusing on one of the worst consequences of the...

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Anambra State Government Signs MoUs With Thirteen Organizations To Boost Development

EconomyNewsNigeriaAnambra State Government Signs MoUs With Thirteen Organizations To Boost Development

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2023

Anambra State Government has signed memorandum of understanding with thirteen organisations across different economic sectors including commerce and automobile. The MOU signing ceremony was highpoint of the Anambra Investment Summit, ANINVEST 2023, held at Anambra International Convention Centre, Awka. The MoUs were signed with Universal Elysium Ltd for the development of Onitsha River Port, Birds Water Ltd and Neni Development Union for the development of Neni Water Scheme, OMAA Global Engineering and Tech for the...

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Insurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The thirteen years of insurgency in the Northeast has cost Nigeria over $100bn, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The World Agency in its latest report indicates that the long-term economic impacts of the conflicts could be seen in areas of death and injury, loss of livelihoods, displacement, and damage to infrastructure. The Boko Haram terrorists have displaced millions of people and destroyed properties valued at billions of naira in the country’s Northeastern...

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Police raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaPolice raid FUOYE, arrest ten suspects over murder of missing student, Deborah

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 20232

Police in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, have said that ten suspects are currently being interrogated over the murder of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student of government-owned tertiary institution Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE. The police raid came after the school’s registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, put out a public notice on Thursday morning stating that Deborah’s corpse had been found after the student was declared missing on September 5. According to multiple...

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I refuse to accept the tribunal’s judgement – Atiku Abubakar

NewsI refuse to accept the tribunal’s judgement – Atiku Abubakar

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that though he respects the judgment of the presidential election petition tribunal over his petition challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, he will not accept it. In a media briefing on Thursday, Abubakar said he will head to the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court’s judgement. Read the full text of his speech...

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Full text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFull text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has said he will appeal the ruling of the appellate court which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election in February at the Supreme Court. The LP candidate made his decision known at a press briefing in Onitsha, Anambra State on Thursday evening. Read the full text of his speech below. Yesterday, 6 September 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) finally delivered its long-awaited judgments on...

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Bola Tinubu v. Petitioners – How the election was lost and won

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBola Tinubu v. Petitioners – How the election was lost and won

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, on Wednesday, dismissed the petitions against President Bola Tinubu and affirmed his electoral victory. The petitions were filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM; the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and his party; and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party. Tribunal kicks out APM’s case The APM dragged Bola Tinubu and vice-president Kashim Shettima to court,...

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PDP rejects PEPT judgment, says it’s against reason, facts and evidence

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP rejects PEPT judgment, says it’s against reason, facts and evidence

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 6, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) judgment, saying it’s against reason, facts and evidence presented in the tribunal. The party said that it’ll review the judgment with its lawyers and decide on the next line of action within the ambit of the law. It’ll be recalled that PDP had after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of...

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