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N29BN Ground Rent Debt: Asokoro, Maitama Property Owners, Highest Debtors

Property owners in the affluent Asokoro, Industrial Area II, and Maitama Districts are the highest debtors, owing 10.67, 9.43, and 9.29 per cent of the total amount owed, respectively, as the Coordinating Committee on the Recovery of Outstanding Ground Rents of N29,506,643,943.98…

14/07/2022

Soldiers Destroy 109 Illegal Refining Sites; Recover N2.7 Billion In Stolen Crude Says DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said soldiers on anti-bunkering operations in the Niger Delta, have destroyed 109, illegal refining sites and arrested 24, oil thieves in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, who made this known,…

14/07/2022

I’m Angry Over Kemi Badenoch’s Comment On Nigerian Politicians — Abike Dabiri

The Chairman, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has berated Nigerian-British Member of Parliament (MP), Kemi Badenoch, over her comments on Nigerian politicians. During an event to mark the commencement of her campaign for the office of the UK prime minister on…

14/07/2022

ECOWAS Court Declares Twitter Ban Unlawful, Orders Buhari Govt Not To Repeat It

Following a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the ECOWAS Court has “declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration never to repeat it again.” This development…

14/07/2022

ECNBA Picks Persons To Test Run Balloting System Today

Election Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), has released information on mock testing in preparation for the forth coming election. The Committee scheduled 16th July for the General election which will include the election of members of the Governing Council of…

14/07/2022

Defection To APC: Appeal Court Dismisses Case To Remove Matawalle

THE Appeal Court in Sokoto division has dismissed the case brought before it by a former deputy governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, demanding the removal of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, as the governor of the state. The Appeal Court presided…

14/07/2022

Court Dismisses Oyo Deputy Governor’s Suit Challenging Impeachment Process

Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court has dismissed a case filed by Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan over procedure to remove him from office by Oyo Assembly. The court held that the lawmakers and all the defendants have not erred on the…

14/07/2022

Court Refuses To Sack Oyetola As Osun APC’s Candidate

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Moshood Adeoti, seeking to void the nomination of Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday’s governorship…

14/07/2022

Kwankwaso Picks Lagos Pastor, Bishop Idahosa, As Running Mate

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has chosen Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 general elections. The party made the announcement on the official Twitter page on Thursday. “Our VP Pastor Bishop Isaac…

14/07/2022

Court Orders Substituted Service Of Suit Seeking To Bar Tinubu From Presidential Race

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered substituted service of a suit seeking to bar the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from the 2023 presidential election over allegations bordering on forgery. The…

14/07/2022

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