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Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has asked an Ondo State High Court to stop the state House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment proceedings against him.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ondo-dep-gov-aiyedatiwa-asks-court-to-stop-assembly-on-impeachment/

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal, will Monday, deliver Judgment on the petitions by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/election-tribunal-sanwo-olu-jandor-know-fate-monday/

Four tons of illicit and controlled drugs, including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol have been intercepted by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/abuja-bound-laughing-gas-consignments-seized-on-highway/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Bola Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over $15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021, as documented by the  Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/probe-15bn-n200bn-missing-oil-revenues-serap-tells-tinubu/

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced partnership with the Rivers State Government to revamp the government’s Information Communication and Technology, ICT, Centre for the training of youths under the Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engagement, HOPE, project.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nddc-partners-rivers-to-revamp-ict-centre-for-project-hope/

Government offices in Edo State are not personalised and are often subject to change as is expedient for smooth administration of the state, a source close to Edo State Government House, has said.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/government-offices-in-edo-state-not-personal/

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has said that it was a shame that despite Nigeria having four refineries controlled by Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, none of them was producing fuel either for internal consumption or export.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/its-a-shame-our-refineries-are-not-producing-fuel-onuesoke/

Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, poll and his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have filed a total of 86 grounds of appeal at Supreme Court.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-atiku-file-86-grounds-of-appeal-at-supreme-court/

A socio-political group in Edo State, Edo Renewed Hope Agenda, has condemned what it described as the disgraceful conduct of Governor Godwin Obaseki, in his “continued and series of humiliation meted to his deputy, Philip Shaibu.”

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/focus-on-leadership-not-war-with-your-deputy-edo-group-tells-obaseki/

Labour Party, LP, on Tuesday, condemned the killing of eight security operatives by gunmen in an attack in Imo State, describing it as reprehensible.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/lp-condemns-killing-of-8-security-operatives-in-imo-state/

The letter relocating Edo State deputy governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu out of Government House, reached him Monday afternoon, shortly before official closing hours, sources hinted.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-deputy-governor-shaibu-relocated-out-of-govt-house/

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has invited the Department of State Services, DSS, to join the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of afrobeat star, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (aka MohBad).


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/sanwo-olu-invites-dss-to-join-probe-into-mohbads-death/

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the February 25, poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has warned the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, that arresting or silencing members of the opposition based on contrived charges was an affront to democracy.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/arresting-opposition-members-on-contrived-charges-affront-to-democracy-atiku/

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, denied a purported apology tendered by his wife, Taiwo, who he called an impostor, following his order to some Obas to stand up and sit down during a road commissioning by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Friday.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ojb-denies-apology-tender-by-wife-taiwo-calls-her-imposter/

There are conflicting accounts of what transpired over the alleged lock out of Edo State Deputy, Mr. Philip Shaibu, at Government House, Monday.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/conflicting-reports-trail-shaibu-lockout-at-edo-government-house/

The Labour Party, LP, chairmanship candidate for Oredo LGA in September 2, local government election in Edo State, Daniel Ero, has again petitioned the Chief Judge of the state, asking him to comply with provisions of Edo Electoral Law in setting up a Local Government Election Tribunal.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/again-oredo-lp-chairmanship-candidate-petitions-edo-cj/

Wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Taiwo Obasanjo, has apologised to Yoruba leaders and pleaded for forgiveness of her husband, over what played out at the road commissioning by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Friday.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/taiwo-obasanjo-apologises-for-husbands-stand-up-order-to-obas/

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drug consignments concealed in different items at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja and courier companies in Lagos.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-seizes-illicit-drug-consignment-at-lagos-airport/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over his failure to stop the former governors, who are now serving as ministers in his administration from collecting life pensions and other ‘retirement benefits’ from their states while they serve as ministers.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/serap-sues-tinubu-for-failing-to-stop-wike-oyetola-others-retirement-benefits/

The Edo State Chief Judge is yet to set up the local government election tribunal in line with section 78 of the Edo State Local Government Election Law, 2012, 11 days after the polls.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/11-days-after-edo-chief-judge-yet-to-empanel-lg-petitions-tribunal/

A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced of one Bukar Muhammad over N44million fraud.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-2-for-n44m-fraud-in-maiduguri/

United Bank for Africa, UBA, Plc, has delivered an outstanding performance for the half year ended June 30, 2023, as announced in its audited financial report.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/uba-records-profit-before-tax-of-n404-billion/

Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, for the November 11, poll, has mocked the ongoing employment process initiated by Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, few days to the poll.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/balaysa-lp-gov-candidate-eradiri-mocks-diri-jobs-close-to-poll/

Delta State government has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government was ignoring federal roads in South South in attempt to make the government and the governors of the region unpopular.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/fg-ignored-ssouth-federal-roads-to-make-regions-govts-unpopular/

Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has described as a hoax, purported arrest of 80 IPOB, Eastern Security Network, ESN, by Nigerian military.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/purported-arrest-of-80-ipob-esn-by-nigeria-military-a-hoax-ipob/

A House of Representatives, Mr. Francis Waive, member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South, and Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State, has said that the grounds for the nullification of his election by the election tribunal were not known to Nigeria law.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-tribunal-apc-reps-waive-heads-to-acourt-rejects-judgment/

The foremost indigenous accounting icon Pa Akintola Williams is dead.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/doyen-of-accounting-pa-akintola-williams-dies-aged-104/

Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has mourned the passing of Mariam Abubakar, former state Commissioner for Budget.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/shaibu-mourns-mariam-abubakar-former-budget-commissioner/

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, operatives, have intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tins of tomato paste and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes, meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/meth-skunk-consignments-hidden-in-tomato-pastes-seized-at-airport-ndlea/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the 36 state governors in the country to disclose details on spending of the N2 billion palliative recently disbursed to each state by the Federal Government.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/disclose-in-7-days-details-n2bn-palliative-spending-serap-tells-36-govs/