…Says It was misled by legal secretary The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is quoted as saying that it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of its Appeal in the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgment. Reports early Saturday suggested that INEC had withdrawn its initial letter signifying withdrawal from the appeal against the judgment of the tribunal. In a letter signed by the head of the commission’s legal department in Kano, Suleiman Alkali,...

Anambra State House of Assembly during plenary on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of Hon. Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche and Mr. Izuchukwu Okafor, as Commissioners in Anambra State. Hon. Beverly, it is expected, would replace Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa resigned his position as Commissioner for Special Duties, upon his election as the APGA National Chairman, a few months ago. While Mr. Izuchukwu Okafor is expected to replace Ifeatu Onejeme, who resigned from his position as Commissioner for Finance, about...

The Senate on Wednesday at the plenary screened and confirmed three additional ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees include Jamila Bio- Ibrahim (Kwara), Balarabe Lawal (Kaduna State), and Ayodele Olawande (Ondo State). The Senate had on Aug. 7, confirmed the nomination of 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees sent by Tinubu. Lawal who replaced former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai during the screening, slumped resulting in a closed-door...

Osun State Government is set to introduce six months maternity leave for nursing mothers in the state civil service. Dr Akindele Adekunle, the Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Public Health disclosed this at a one-day symposium on celebrating enabling breastfeeding environment for working mothers in Osogbo on Tuesday. Dr Akindele said the step taken by the government was in line with the World Health Organisation, WHO, recommendations. “This is in...

The ministerial nominee from Kaduna State Abbas Balarabe Lawal on Wednesday collapsed on the floor of the Senate during screening after presenting his resume. It was gathered that the incident occurred a few minutes before 2 p.m. Lawal collapsed after introducing himself and one of the Senators from Kaduna was making his address. Immediately, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio who requested for water and sugar to be administered to the nominee, directed the shutting down...

Balarabe Abbas Lawal, one of the three latest nominees for a ministerial appointment by President Bola Tinubu, passed out during an interrogation session by Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate Wednesday afternoon. Abbas, 65, had just finished his introductory remarks and was about to take questions from the lawmakers when he suddenly fell to the floor. There was a momentary turmoil in the House as several lawmakers rushed to his aid. Amid the frantic scene,...