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Candidates in the Anambra governorship election has signed a peace accord in Awka, the state captial. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU, was present at the ceremony, which was facilitated by the National Peace Committee. The election which is slated for Saturday has seen Anambra, as in much of the South-East, witness several...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has pledged that Nigeria will cut its emissions to net zero by the year 2060. The President made this known in a speech delivered at the United Nations COP26 Leaders’ Summit held in Glasgow, Scotland. According to a statement signed by his spokesman GARBA SHEHU, President BUHARI noted that attaining national and global climate change goals will req...

Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has directed the indefinite suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, GBOLAHAN OKI. His suspension comes about 24 hours after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by Commissioner for Information, GBENGA OMOTOSO, described the suspension as a &...

The Senate Committee on Health has refused to consider the 2022 budget proposal of the Ministry of Health, citing inconsistencies in its 2021 budget performance. During the budget defense session of the Ministry, committee members observed anomalies in the documents presented by the Minister of Health, Dr OSAGIE EHANIRE as regards capital releases and information on the implementation of the basic healthcare provision fund....

Lagos state Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has ordered a probe of the collapsed building which happened in the Ikoyi Area of the state. According to a statement signed by the state commissioner of Information, GBENGA OMOTOSO, the Lagos state governor has ordered an investigation, while calling for calm on the part of residents. GBENGA OMOTOSO, added that the state Deputy Governor O...

Three candidates in the Anambra governorship election have called for dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra. The three candidates, Senator ANDY UBA of the All Progressives Congress, Professor CHARLES SOLUDO of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, and VALENTINE OZIGBO of the People’s Democratic Party, said this during an election debate organized by the Enough is Enough group. ...

The Senate has said it would debate the invasion of the residence of the Supreme Court Justice, MARY ODILI, next week. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator OPEYEMI BAMIDELE, said this during a visit to the Chief Justice of Nigeria in his office in Abuja. Senator BAMIDELE noted that the red chamber cannot pretend not to be aware...

In Ondo State, the Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), BENJAMIN AYO-OMOTADE has said inter-tribal marriages among the corps members have continued to foster national unity. BENJAMIN AYO-OMOTADE made this known while addressing the 2021 Batch ‘C’ (Stream 1) members deployed to Ondo State, at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ikare-Akoko. ...

The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the right to hold its national convention scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2021. Delivering the ruling on behalf of two other justices, Justice GABRIEL KOLAWOLE held that the attempt by the applicant, UCHE SECONDUS, to suspend the planned convention is an act of “self-induced urgency” to disrupt an ongoing lawful process of the...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned members of the public against falling victim of various Ponzi schemes being hawked around by fraudsters masquerading as investors. CBN Director, Corporate Communications, OSITA NWANUSOBI, said this during a CBN sensitization programme on eNaira. The CBN spokesperson also urged members of the public to reject any appeal to invest in a...