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The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU, has pleaded not guilty to the seven amended charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. NNAMDI KANU, who was re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, said he was innocent of all the allegations leveled against him. When the charges were read to him, he pleaded not guilty....

The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools, as well as technical colleges in the State, to proceed on the first term mid-term holiday for the 2021/2022 academic session from Thursday 21 to Friday 22 October, 2021. A statement signed by the Commissioner in the Ministry, Prof ABAYOMI ARIGBABU, indicated that, ‘Open Day’ for both primary and...

The Federal Government has scrapped the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board (PEFMB), and Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).The scrapping of the three agencies was announced by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, TIMIPRE SYLVA. As a result, the government announced the transition of the now-defunct DPR, P...

The Federal Government has said it will develop policies to promote effective Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management in the country.  Deputy Director, Child Development Department of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, ALI MADUGU, said this at a one-day meeting to develop Information, Education, and Communication materials on MHHM in Abuja.  According to him, the dev...

Justice INYANG EKWO of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service to immediately release the international passport of a former governor of Rivers State PETER ODILI. The judge while delivering his judgement declared the seizure by the service as illegal, unconstitutional and an infringement of his fundamental rights. He further ordered the Immigr...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed displeasure over what it describes as a slow pace in the implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement it reached with the Federal Government last year. ASUU President, Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE expressed the union’s displeasure during a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, CHRIS NGIGE, in Abuja where he also raised concern over poor funding of the e...

Governor DAPO ABIODUN has disclosed plans by his administration to facilitate the establishment of the Nigeria Air force base and a training school in the State, to complement its first Agro-Cargo Airport project. Governor DAPO ABIODUN made this known at his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he received the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral JASON GBASSA. ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed Professor CHARLES SOLUDO as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra election slated to hold on November 6, 2021. The five-man panel led by Justice MARY ODILI also affirmed VICTOR OYE as the  chairman of the party. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of upheld the judgement o...

The Senate has amended the Electoral Act to give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the sole power to determine the mode of transmission of electoral results. The senators during plenary amended the Clause 52 of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, and resolved that voting at an election and transmission of results shall be in accordance with the procedure determined by the Commission. ...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the sum of 13.3 billion naira for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative as part of efforts to boost security nationwide. President BUHARI disclosed this in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration. ...