The Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted a total of 337 exhibits tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the emergence of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. At the resumed hearing in the matter, the PDP and Atiku, through their legal team, led by Chief Chris Uche (SAN), informed the court that the documents in evidence were in respect of 33 states of the federation, with the exclusion of Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Lagos states. Among other documents that Atiku tendered before the court…
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Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State said his administration is committed to providing logistics support to security agencies in the fight against banditry, terrorism and other related crimes in the state A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Shehu, has said. The governor was quoted to have expressed concern over the insecurity in the state while reiterating that safety and security remained a major plank of his administration’s 7-Point Agenda. He charged heads of security agencies in the state to facilitate and or organize an all-inclusive security summit with a view to promoting community engagement and creation of…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba, has promoted a total of 31,465 policemen comprising 24,991 officers from the tanks of Sergeants to Inspectors, 194 from Corporals to Sergeants, and 6,280 from Constables to Corporals. The Force Headquarters said this was part of the IG’s manpower development policy targeted at promoting deserving police officers on the basis of competence, qualification, and length of service Alkali-Baba also commended two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police on the conferment of national honours on them. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made the development known on Thursday in a statement obtained by our correspondent. Adéjọbí…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked the claim that it has devalued the naira. A statement signed by Acting Director Corporate Communications, Isah AbdulMumin, said the dollar traded at N465/$1 contrary to reports. The statement partly reads, “We wish to state categorically that this news report, which in the imagination of the newspaper is exclusive, is replete with outright falsehood and destabilising innuendos, reflecting potentially wilful ignorance of the said medium as to the working of the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. “For the avoidance of doubt, the exchange rate at the Investors’& Exporters’(I&E) window, which traded this morning (June…
Talks between the Federal Government and organised labour over the removal of fuel subsidy ended in a deadlock on Wednesday as they failed to reach a consensus following the hike in petrol pump prices to over N700 from N195 per litre by oil marketers. The hours-long meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa was to, among other things, prevent a labour crisis following the recent increase in the petrol pump price occasioned by the discontinuance of petroleum subsidy. Earlier on Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited said it had adjusted the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit to…
The Group Chief Executive Officer, of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Thursday, allayed the fear of Nigerians on the rising prices of Premium Motor Spirit, known better as petrol across the country. The NNPC boss said competition among major players in the oil sector would force down the price of petrol as against the upward trends that have caused panic in the country. News correspondent reports that queues returned to fuel stations across the country following the recent increase in the petrol pump price occasioned by the discontinuance of petroleum subsidy. Earlier on Wednesday, the NNPC said…
The President, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu who arrived at the Villa at 10:53 am on Thursday went straight into a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. Thursday’s meeting is the President’s first official engagement with the security helmsmen since assuming office on Monday. Although the meeting’s agenda is not yet…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has jerked up pump prices of petrol, also known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N195 per litre to 537 per litre. According to a new price template disclosed by NNPLC Lagos State has the least price of N488 per litre, while Maiduguri and Damaturu have the highest pump prices of N577 per litre. It was gathered that most filling stations in the nation’s capital, Abuja, had adjusted to the new pump price. Similarly, pump prices had been adjusted across States. For instance, in Benue State, the fuel price had been adjusted to…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has dismissed five personnel, including a Deputy Director, for various offences. The offences range from corruption; demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and relatives; leaking confidential information to suspects that endangered the lives of colleagues; violation of oath of secrecy; stealing and alteration of official records, and absence without official leave. According to a press statement signed by the agency’s press officer, Vincent Adekoye, the offences are all contrary to provisions of the Public Service Rules and other extant laws and regulations. He disclosed that two other officers were…