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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to reshuffle the federal cabinet any time from now, following the Senate’s screening and confirmation, on Wednesday, of the seven ministerial nominees whose names he sent last week for confirmation as Ministers-designate. The confirmed Ministers-designate will have to be assigned portfolios and it is not …

By Joan Nwagwu Abuja, June 28, 2022 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have pledged to support campaign to ensure that the Labour Party candidate, Mr. Peter Obi emerges winner in the 2023 presidential election. The leadership of the NLC and TUC made …

By Angela Atabo Abuja, June 28,2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created 14 additional Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to address upsurge in registrants’ turnout. INEC said this in a statement by the FCT INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr. Yahaya Bello …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 28, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a fresh bail application filed by Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, said the application for bail was an abuse of court process. The judge …

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Tuesday, June 28, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart will be conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated with ‘Great Collar of …

By Olaide Ayinde Bauchi, June 27, 2022 The Bauchi State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly plucking out a teenager’s eyeballs. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s Spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakili, and made available to newsmen in Bauchi. The News …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, June 27, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing of Ariwoola, the next most senior in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court, as the …

By Ebe Agozie Abuja, June 27, 2022 Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is expected to be sworn-in as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) after the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad. Justice Muhammad has resigned from his position, reportedly on health grounds. The CJN’s Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Isah Ahuraka …

Supreme Court Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Already questions are being asked concerning who will succeed him as the new CJN. Information has it that arrangements are ongoing to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, as …

By Angela Atabo Abuja, June 26,2022 Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) on Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the issue of alleged corruption uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) regarding billions of naira and other items found. Mr. Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive …

Tuckahoe, New York, United States of America (USA) Police have said that a village resident who had gone missing was found dead Thursday afternoon. Ejeviome Eloho Otobo, 70, a Diplomat of long standing, educated at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, was last seen on June 15 near Dante Avenue in …

Britain’s Prince Charles addresses the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana. Kigali, June 24, 2022 Britain’s Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda on Friday and …

President Muhammadu Buhari in a meeting with Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, at CHOGM 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. By Ijeoma Okigbo Kigali, June 24, 2022 Mrs. Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has promised to hand over “a stronger, more effective, more powerful’’ Commonwealth to an African. The office …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 24, 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is one of the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox. It says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally. “In Nigeria, the proportion of …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has responded to a recent remark by President Muhammadu Buhari urging Nigeria’s “international allies to take additional steps to proscribe the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) – as a terrorist organization.” President Buhari, who made the statement during his interview with a foreign media organisation, Bloomberg, also “pleaded with Nigeria’s international partners, especially …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described as “from the pit of hell” a remark that it has dumped Peter Obi and declared support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for the presidency of Nigeria in 2023. The apex socio-cultural body of Ndigbo worldwide, said that the comment was credited to an ex-President of …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, June 21, 2022 Hundreds of youths in Enugu on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over inadequate Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) machines in the Enugu metropolis. The youths lamented that only one registration machine was attending to over 1,500 intending registrants at the popular Okpara Square in …

The Senate has received the names of seven Ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confirmation request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor at the start of plenary on …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on 30 June 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project …

The Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding expansion of its voter registration and validation infrastructure to serve the teeming numbers of Nigerians willing to register. The Group, which is funded by independent professionals and intellectuals, in a letter dated June 16, which …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to “gather information about reports of vote-buying, undue influence, intimidation, ballot box snatching, and other electoral offences by the three leading political parties in the just concluded Ekiti State …

Dallas, Texas, United States of America (USA) saw the sea of lights of the Light Up Crusades of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Friday night. The occasion was the grand finale of the Workers and Ministers Conference of the RCCG The Americas. The Conference, with the theme While …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has been described as “a candidate of and for all Nigerians, no matter their tribe or persuasions.” A statement by the Peter Obi Support Network (POSN), signed by Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, said that Mr. Peter Obi …

By Alex Enebeli Enugu, June 18, 2022 The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has banned Catholics including the clergy from attending Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry over his recent utterances in the ministry. This is contained in a letter personally signed by the Bishop of Enugu …