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  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court read on Wednesday. Obi insisted that he would exhaust every legal process available to him. Speaking in ...

    The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has upheld the victory of Senator Ned Nwoko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the lawful winner of the Delta North Senatorial Election ...

  The United States of America has commenced a major military movement in Niger Republic. The Headquarters, United States Department of Defence, is now repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger. The US will also withdraw a small number of ...

  Officers of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday night, quelled a violent protest that erupted following the alleged killing of a fashion designer by an operative of the Department of State Services who shot intermittently and injured ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended its two-day warning strike, directing its members to resume work today.   The congress described the participation of its affiliate unions in the warning strike as a “show of undaunted and resilient ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the petitions of its candidate Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The tribunal had earlier today nullified the petitions ...

  Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos following an inferno with passengers and airline operators seen running out of the airport. It was gathered that at approximately 0750 hours this morning, a smoke incident ...

  Britain is set to declare the Russian mercenary Wagner Group to be a terrorist organisation, making it illegal to be a member or to support it, the government said on Wednesday. A draft order due to laid before parliament will allow ...

Traditional rulers in Bodo city, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, have scampered for safety, following the reports that their names were in a wanted list compiled by cultists terrorising the area. Bodo City has been at the mercy ...

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The five-man panel of the Tribunal was led by Justice Haruna Tsammani. This development followed petitions ...

  The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti- Uduagan as the actual winner of the February Senatorial election ...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has raised the cost of electricity meters payable through the meter assets programme, MAP. The Commission, in an order issued on Tuesday, increased the price of single phase meters by N23,313.47 or 39.74 ...

  Hours into the proceedings, many chieftains of the APC who were in the courtroom in solidarity with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, were captured on camera ”sleeping”. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ...

  Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has directed that all pregnant women registered in government hospitals and health centers across the state are to enjoy free antenatal and delivery services. Soludo gave the directivy at Nnobi General Hospital in ...

The National/ State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, of the APC, challenging the victory of Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe of NNPP for Rimin Gado/Dawakin Tofa/ Tofa/ Federal House ...

  The Federal Government on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu inherited a battered economy but changed the narrative within his 100 days in office. While describing the fuel subsidy removal as “a Sword of Damocles that hung over Nigeria for decades”, the ...

  US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters, will stay at home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where she and President Joe Biden spent ...

  The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal on Tuesday sacked the senator representing the district, Jibrin Isah, on the ground that elections were cancelled in 94 polling units. The tribunal also ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a ...

  Tinubu’s plan to get refineries working will fail – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he tried to get Nigeria’s oil refineries working but was not successful and suggests President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s plan to do the same will not work. ...

  The police in Uganda have detained a 28-year-old man as he planned to enter a church in the capital city Kampala with an explosive device to be used in an attack on Sunday. “We got information that one terrorist ...

A gender reveal party turned deadly after a small plane nosedived and killed the pilot in front of cheering guests – who were oblivious to the tragedy that unfolded above their heads. The happy couple were celebrating their pregnancy with ...

  In less than three months after her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, left power, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has amplified a video of a woman berating Nigerian hospitals and doctors for “ruining lives.” Mrs Buhari, in her Facebook story ...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has uncovered plans by some persons in parts of the country to stage violent protests. Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Monday said those ...

  The Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line System has begun its long-awaited commercial operations. The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, became the first passenger to ride on the train during its inaugural ride as operations began on Monday. ...

  Tribunal to deliver judgement on Obi, Atiku’s petitions against Tinubu on Wednesday The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023, to deliver judgment on petitions challenging the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu in ...