The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division on Monday reserved judgment in a case filed by Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Sen. Ike Ekweremadu. Ibekaku-Nwagwu is challenging the declaration of Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Feb. 23 Senatorial election for Enugu West. The National […]
An ambitious housing scheme has been launched by the Nigeria Police Force to ameliorate the housing challenges facing its rank and file across the country. The police, presently lack descent accommodation for its officers and men, as is visibly evident in the condition of most Police barracks.The more worrisome is that most policemen in Nigeria […]
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Rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has implored the Federal Government to fund Legal Aid Council in Nigeria so that justice can be extended to ordinary people.He also urged religious leaders and all Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government in ridding the nation of corruption. Besides, Falana advocated total and equal justice for […]
Former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has said that stable power supply will remain elusive until the Federal Government starts encouraging embedded generation and distribution of power in the country. Nebo stated that massive power plants would not provide solution to the power challenge, based on the level of funding required for setting up […]
The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide, a youth organisation in the South-West yesterday passed a vote of confidence in Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his call on the need for self-regulation in the use of the social media, describing the move as crucial in promoting mutual peace and dousing tension in the country. The group […]
To fix the infrastructural needs at airports nationwide will require over N1.5 trillion or $5 billion, according to a survey. The estimate was in line with the Federal Government’s aviation development roadmap to transform 24 airports to world standard through the public and private sector investment model. The African Development Bank (AfDB), following the survey […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, for details of the failed $460 million closed-circuit television (CCTV) contract and other Chinese loans. In the request dated October 25, 2019 and signed by the deputy director, Kolawole […]
The United States Consulate-General, Lagos, has announced a partnership with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) for the training of entrepreneurs from southern Nigeria under the 2019 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). The consulate is backing the programme with a public diplomacy grant of $105,000 announced during a press conference addressed by the Consul-General, Claire Pierangelo, […]
The judiciary has resolved to keep a lid on the members of the Supreme Court panel who will hear the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The appeal is […]