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The senate and house of representatives will hold a joint sitting on Wednesday to mark 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in the country.   Joint sessions of the senate and house of representatives are uncommon, with the exception of the president’s budget presentation. President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the national …

Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) in Oyo state has announced a three-day mourning period in response to the passing of one of its students. A 200-level Mechanical Engineering student named Akpo Alex was killed by beating last weekend by some of his peers for allegedly stealing a phone. The expulsion of …

Kogi held its off-cycle election on November 11, 2023, amid allegations of rigging and vote-buying. Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the Kogi State, has lost at the state Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal last week fixed May 27 …

The Deputy Governor of Kano, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo   Kano Government has said the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the ongoing tussle over the throne of the Emir would save the state from descending into chaos. Kano State Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo said this at a press conference …

  A Lagos-based businessman, Johnbosco Odoh, has shared the story of his difficulty in having a child after years of marriage following a strange gift of N2,000 and a charm in an envelope he and his wife received at their wedding. A visibly excited Odoh who hails from Ikem Nkwo …

Ibrahim Lamorde, the third Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is dead. Lamorde, a police officer who served as EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015 died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment, PREMIUM TIMES reported early Sunday morning quoting an unnamed source. However, …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, May 23, 2024, following an …

The bank accounts and assets linked to Capital Trust Investments & Asset Management Limited and its founder, Seyi Oke, have been frozen by a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged N6.2bn debt. The court, also restrained the banks from dealing with the defendants, their agents, privies, subsidiaries, sister companies or the …

Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka, the National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), has called for protection of witnesses and judges who play pivotal roles in investigation, prosecution and adjudication of terrorism related cases. Laka made the call at a Two-Day Workshop and Plenary of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) …

Pic 12. The Abuja Metro Rail Station   The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a new date for the inauguration of commercial operations of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit system. The President will now set off the commercial operations of the rail service on …