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2023 Presidency: Peter Obi Unveils Baba-Ahmed As Running Mate

LABOUR Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi has unveiled Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate. Obi announced Baba-Ahmed as his running mate at the LP national headquarters in Abuja on Friday. Obi said Baba-Ahmed was eminently qualified to bring his private sector…

08/07/2022

Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini Acquitted In FIFA Corruption Trial By Swiss Court Over £1.7m Payment

A Swiss court has cleared both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of corruption charges. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, had been accused on unlawfully arranging a payment from football’s world governing body to ex-UEFA chief Platini, 67, worth £1.73million. The two, once among…

08/07/2022

Shinzo Abe: Japan’s Former Prime Minister Dies After Being Shot

The former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died, aged 67, after being shot while making a speech in the western city of Nara. Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister until he resigned in 2020, was flown to hospital by helicopter after the…

08/07/2022

Kuje Prison Attack: Buhari Summons Security Chiefs, Presides Over Emergency Security Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the…

08/07/2022

FCT Minister: Why We’re Enforcing Policy On Parks

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has explained why his administration is enforcing the policy on parks operation in the nation’s capital. He said that his administration decided to revert to the policy in order to ensure the attainment of…

08/07/2022

NBA-SPIDEL Reschedules Postponed Annual Conference To 4th & 5th Of August In Abuja

The Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA–SPIDEL) has set up a conference planning committee to organise its rescheduled annual conference. Recall that the annual conference of the Section was previously scheduled to hold in May, 2022 but…

08/07/2022

2022 NBA-SLP Conference: Private Lawyers Can Participate In Military Court Martials — Panel

In time past, the workings and internal modalities of military court Martials in Nigeria has been veiled in ambiguity with many controversies arising from the modus operandi of these courts. In recent times, the numbers of reported trials by these Martial Courts…

08/07/2022

Why We Demolished Odumeje’s Church In Onitsha — Soludo

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has explained why the demolition of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry owned by controversial Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, a.k.a ‘Odumeje’ in the commercial city of Onitsha took place. Soludo, in a statement by his Chief Press…

08/07/2022

Kuje Jailbreak: US Issues Security Alert To Nationals

Following the attack on the Nigerian Correctional Service Medial Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja, the United States Government, has alerted its nationals in Nigeria of security concerns. The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, in a July 6, 2022 security notice on its…

08/07/2022

Alleged Unpaid Debts: Osibodu, Dantata Lose Benin, Kano, Kaduna DisCos To Fidelity Bank, Afrexim

Four electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) are to be managed by new boards following their takeover by banks and the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). They are Kano, Benin, Kaduna and Ibadan DisCos. Fidelity and AFREXIM banks, which collateralized the shares of Kano, Benin…

08/07/2022

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