Four presidential candidates on Tuesday approached the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja with separate petitions, seeking the nullification of the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The petitioners, seeking nullification of Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect as Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party; Peter Obi of Labour Party; Solomon Okangbuan of Action Alliance and Allied People’s Movement’s Chichi Ojei. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party came second with 6,984,520 votes; while Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes. The petition by Obi and LP, marked CA/PEPC/03/2023, had INEC,…
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Date: 2023-Mar-21 🎯TOPIC: HEARING FROM GOD 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/raQ-dgudaOQ ✝️TEXT: Deuteronomy 2: 1-26(NKJV) 2:1. “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days. 2:2. “And the LORD spoke to me, saying: 2:3. ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward. 2:4. ‘And command the people, saying, “You [are about to] pass through the territory of your brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that it had resumed the 2023 Direct Entry registration nationwide. The Registrar of JAMB, pProfessor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, said that the DE registration would come to a close on April 28, 2023. While lamenting the high level of forgery of A Level certificates used for the registration, Oloyede said the board had introduced new guidelines to check such acts. He said, “You will recall that the board commenced the 2023 Direct Entry registration on Monday, 20th February, 2023, but had…
The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. coresspondent gathered that until Doofan’s death, she was suffering from hyperthyroidism, a medical condition associated with overactivity of the thyroid gland, resulting in a rapid heartbeat and an increased rate of metabolism. Our correspondent learnt that Doofan, a 100-level student of Banking and Finance at UNIPORT, was studying in…
Serie A leaders Napoli thrashed Torino 4-0 away with a double from Victor Osimhen and goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Tanguy Ndombele on Sunday to move closer to the title. The Naples side have a 21-point lead over second-placed Inter Milan, who host Juventus later on Sunday. Luciano Spalletti’s Napoli team took the lead after nine minutes when Piotr Zielinski’s corner found Oshimen in the centre of the box and he headed into the bottom left corner. Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead in the 35th minute with a penalty after being fouled by Karol Linetty. Oshimen scored his second and reached…
The federal government, through the Nigerian Export-Import Bank has begun decongesting of the nation’s few freight corridors and port gateways that are currently under severe pressure with the unveiling of Navigational Charts of the lower River Niger. The aim is to ensure navigational safety of the lower river Niger channel to boost both hinterland and coastal trade. Minister of finance, budget and national planning Zainab Ahmed said the opening up of the inland waterways will no doubt significantly complement and help to decongest other freight corridors and port gateways that are currently under severe pressure. “This will enable Nigeria to…
The nation’s poultry industry is now worth N3trillion even as it has been able to contribute to the local domestication of investments in the country. Poultry farmers under the auspices of the Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PAN) said this in a statement issued in Abuja, noting that, the sector ought to be given proper recognition by the government at all levels for its contribution to job creation. The national president, PAN, Sunday Onallo-Akpa, said the poultry industry has been a major employer of labour and a great source of financial empowerment and livelihood for many families, especially, women and…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said a total of 488.94 million litres of petrol was distributed to 63 depots across the country in one week spanning March 11 to 17, 2023, to stabilise supply. This marked an increase of 44.2 per cent in the volume distributed compared to a total of 339 million litres of petrol distributed the previous week between February 25 and March 3. This is as many independent petroleum marketers continue to sell petrol close to N300 per litre in Lagos, outskirts of Abuja and other parts of the country despite the NNPCL’s agreement to…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has explained the delay in Nigeria’s unemployment data for two years. According to the NBS’s Twitter handle on Friday, since 2021, it has been collaborating with World Bank Nigeria, the International Labour Abuja and other stakeholders to enhance the methodology and implementation of the Nigeria labour force survey, which generates the unemployment report. “This became necessary in order to devise a more sustainable method of conducting the survey, that accommodates the unique characteristics of the Nigerian Labour Market. Considerable progress has been made, and ongoing efforts are underway,” it tweeted. It said they have…
CWAY Group, said it is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to clean and drinkable water in the country as part of its commitment to promote and accelerate clean water in the country. The press reports that the World Water Day is set aside by the United Nations to celebrate and raises awareness of billions of people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. However, speaking against the backdrop of celebrating the World Water Day (WWD), the senior director, External Affairs, CWAY Nigeria Drinking Water Science & Technology Co.…