SOKOTO State governor Ahmad Aliyu has overturned the last-minute appointments and some other major decisions taken by his predecessor, Aminu Tambuwal, before leaving office.
The governor also suspended all traditional rulers recently appointed by the immediate-past governor of the state.
Press Secretary to the new governor, Abubakar Bawa, disclosed these while...
THE Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) accepted five exhibits as evidence on the opening day of the hearing of the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to challenge the election of President Bola Tinubu.Led by Jubril Okutekpa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria...
AS President Bola Tinubu gets down to work in earnest, stakeholders are concerned about how his administration could within the next 100 days start addressing, and visibly too, the seemingly overwhelming economic challenges confronting Nigeria.Tinubu was sworn in as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday,...
THE Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reacted to the alleged blockade on the EFCC Lagos office by operatives of the security agency.Operatives of the DSS reportedly prevented staff of the Commission from gaining access to their offices on Tuesday, May...
THE National Industrial Court (NIC), on Tuesday, May 30, upheld the ‘no work, no pay’ policy implemented by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).The court took the decision in a suit filed by Federal Government against the university lecturers.The Federal Government implemented the ‘no...
THE United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has set a new four-year target for Nigeria.The target includes supporting Nigerian health care systems for children and women, promoting access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and increasing school enrolment. Addressing journalists at a two-day media dialogue held in Kano between May 29...
THE Trade Union Congress (TUC) has raised concerns over the removal of fuel subsidy by the administration of President Bola Tinubu, calling for caution in the implementation of the decision.In his inaugural speech on May 29, Tinubu declared an end to fuel subsidy, citing the country’s inability to sustain...
THE African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare his assets in accordance with Paragraph 11, Part I of the Fifth Schedule of the Nigerian Constitution.
The civil society organisation also charged Tinubu to make his declaration public as a way of...
SOME governors have warned filling stations against hoarding petrol, following queues that resurfaced across the country after President Bola Tinubu announced a decision to remove fuel subsidy.Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in a statement on Tuesday, May 30, threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy of fuel stations found...
AN Osun State High Court has sentenced the owner of Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, to death by hanging over the murder of a post-graduate student Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin is also the founder of Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife.The death sentence was passed on Adedoyin after Osun State Chief Judge Adepele...
