Again, U.S. Government warns citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAgain, U.S. Government warns citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 23, 2023

The U.S. government has once again sounded an alarm to Americans to “reconsider travel” to Nigeria due to the country’s volatile security situation. “Violent crime – such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, kidnapping, hostage taking, roadside banditry, and rape – is common throughout the country,” the U.S. Department of State stated in a travel advisory updated on September 20. The advisory includes a flat “do not travel” warning to the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe...

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Gov. Mbah Extends Hands Of Friendship To Opponents After Victory In Tribunal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Mbah Extends Hands Of Friendship To Opponents After Victory In Tribunal

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2023

Following the ruling of the Enugu State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday, the Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has called on all who contested the 2023 gubernatorial elections with him to join hands with his administration to deal with the onerous task of building the state. Dr. Mbah made this call after the rulings of the Tribunal in his favour when he addressed workers and newsmen at the Government House Enugu. “The Enugu...

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Enugu Tribunal Dismiss LP, PRP Petitions Against Governor Mbah

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Tribunal Dismiss LP, PRP Petitions Against Governor Mbah

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2023

The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed both Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, allegations against the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party. Both parties had petitioned the Tribunal alleging that Dr. Peter Mbah’s National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, certificate was forged hence his candidature should be disqualified. But the Tribunal on Thursday ruled that the allegations of the PRP governorship candidate Mr. Christopher Agu could...

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Government Imposes 24-hour curfew On Kano

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernment Imposes 24-hour curfew On Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2023

The Kano State Government on Wednesday declared a 24-hour curfew statewide. The measure is to forestall any breakdown of law and order following the nullification of election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf by the election petitions tribunal on Wednesday. The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Hussaini Gumel made the declaration in a statement he personally signed the statement on Wednesday evening, said a combined team of security operatives has been dispatched across the city...

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Health workers’ union commends Tinubu’s approval of CONHESS implementation 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsHealth workers’ union commends Tinubu’s approval of CONHESS implementation 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 21, 2023

…Ex-NLC president, says local refining of crude, solution to subsidy crisis Comrade Kabiru Minijibir, Ag National President of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the implementation of Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for health workers. Minijibir stated that the salary adjustment  takes effect from June 2023, and urged President Tinubu to also accede to other demands causing disaffection within the health sector in order to guarantee...

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Kano Guber Tribunal:  NNPP says tribunal ruling, most unfair judgment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKano Guber Tribunal:  NNPP says tribunal ruling, most unfair judgment

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 20, 2023

 …Vows to appeal judgment The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has described the Kano State gubernatorial election petition tribunal ruling as most unfair, vows to appeal judgment The party also said that the ruling is laughable, stressing that it is nothing but a pure miscarriage of justice. According to the party in a press statement on Wednesday, it received the judgment of the 3-man tribunal “with utter incredulity and disbelief.” The Acting National Chairman, Abba...

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Jandor blames Lagos Govt. over death of boy with missing intestines

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJandor blames Lagos Govt. over death of boy with missing intestines

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 20, 2023

…Demands justice for Mohbad Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, the gubernatorial candidate of Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections has berated the state government’s lackadaisical approach towards lives of the people it serves. A press statement on Wednesday signed by Gbenga Ogunleye, Head, Media and Communications of Jandor, stated that Adebola Akin-Bright, a 13-year-old boy was discovered to have some part of his small intestine missing while receiving treatment at...

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NNPP: Katsina High Court orders Kaya to stop parading as caretaker committee chairman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNNPP: Katsina High Court orders Kaya to stop parading as caretaker committee chairman

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 20, 2023

Katsina State High Court has ordered Ibrahim Musa Kaya to stop parading himself as Caretaker Committee Chairman of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) in Katsina State. Report made available to our reporter on Wednesday, indicated that Justice Kabir Shu’Aibu also granted an interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising Ibarhim Musa Kaya as Caretaker Chairman of the NNPP in Katsina State Justice Shu’Aibu made the orders based on an ex-parte motion...

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Protest rocks Nigerian universities as fee-hike wave hits hard

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsProtest rocks Nigerian universities as fee-hike wave hits hard

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2023

“There is victory for us. In the struggle for education, there is victory for us,” was the chant oozing from students of one of Nigeria’s high-profiled universities protesting a sudden hike in fees last week. The protest was one of the many that have been witnessed in many tertiary institutions in the West African country in the past week as a result of the arbitrary increase in administrative charges by school authorities. A tsunami of...

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Court grants Atiku’s request for the release of Tinubu’s academic records

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt grants Atiku’s request for the release of Tinubu’s academic records

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2023

Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert of the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois has ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release all relevant records pertaining to Nigerian president Bola Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last presidential election. The federal court in Chicago, on Tuesday, mandated CSU to provide “all relevant and non-privileged documents” to the former Vice-president in acknowledgment of Tinubu’s lawyers’ argument against breaching their...

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