The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday released the timetable for the hearing of petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and Allied Peoples Movement seeking to invalidate the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 election. The court announced that the hearing of the petitions would commence on May 30. The development followed the conclusion of the pre-hearing sessions in which the court allocated time for the litigants and also consolidated the three petitions which would be heard as one despite opposition by the All Progressives Congress and Tinubu. The Chairman of the five-man…
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The Flying Eagles will fancy their chances against Italy on Wednesday (today) in Group D of the ongoing U-20 World Cup in Argentina. Both sides battle at the Estadio Malvinas Argentina from 3pm local time (7pm Nigerian time). The Nigerians managed a 2-1 win over debutants Dominican Republic in their opening game but know that they have a mountain to climb when they battle their European foes today. The Italians were on rampage in a rapturous first half that saw Brazil eventually crumble to a 3-2 loss in Mendoza on Sunday, and since then, the name on the lips of…
Health Workers on Wednesday protested in the Federal Capital Territory with a threat to embark on an indefinite strike from midnight if the Federal Government fails to meet their demands. The workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Workers’ Union are demanding the payment of hazard allowance, an adjustment in the Consolidated Health Salary Structure as done with Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. They are also demanding an end to the discrimination in the health industry among others. Details later…
The Federal Government has agreed to stop deductions from the state governments’ accounts in order to meet the Local Government Councils London/Paris Club obligations. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this while briefing governors across the 36 states in a meeting held on Tuesday night. He said the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, has also ensured a refund of the previous deductions from the respective states’ accounts. The meeting also saw a change of the forum’s leadership with Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq emerging as the new Chairman and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, as the Vice…
There was panic in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday as about 35 pupils of Fakunle Comprehensive School, Osogbo, were hospitalized after inhaling teargas fired by some riot policemen. The pupils who became unconscious after inhaling the teargas were rushed to two different hospitals for urgent medical attention. As the news of the incident spread, parents and guardians besieged the school to ascertain the fate of their children and wards. While those whose children and wards were affected were directed to the hospitals where they were being treated, other parents quickly took away their children who were still on…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said he has forgiven the President, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). Ortom disclosed this while responding to questions on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show Ortom had criticized the presidency for blaming his administration for the killings in the state. He described the attempts by the president to blame his government for the situation as “futile attempts to twist events and history”. Correspondent reports that Buhari had apologized to aggrieved Nigerians, who were not pleased with his administration to forgive him. The governor, who backed his words with the Christian Holy Book, added…
Date: 2023-May-24 🎯TOPIC: VISION ACCOMPLISHED 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/Hn9vPbUBMlY ✝️ TEXT: 1 Kings 6: 1-18(NKJV) 6:1. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 6:2. Now the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length [was] sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.…
The 2022 Nigeria MSME report by Kippa states that majority of small businesses die within the first five years. It adds that about 80 per cent under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa fail within the first five years of their existence despite recording the highest entrepreneurship rate in the world, As an entrepreneur, you might have heard of these failure rates more than the success rates in recent times especially when venturing into markets that seem unconventional. What do you do with all these information and how should it impact your overall short and long term decisions towards…
The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday dismissed an application seeking to stop the inauguration of the Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, on May 29, 2023. The Enugu governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party, Nnamdi Omeje, and his party rejected the result of the March 18 governorship election, where the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Mba, the winner. Omeje and his party alleged that the election was characterized by intimidation, overvoting, and non-compliance to Electoral Act 2022 and INEC election guidelines. Consequently, he filed a petition against the election before the…
The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, emerged as the new Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, on Tuesday. Yahaya, who was elected governor of the state in 2019, won his re-election bid for a second term in the February 2023 general election. He will be taking over from the outgoing chairman of the forum, Simon Lalong, who is also the governor of Plateau State. Lalong was elected chairman of the forum in 2019. Punch