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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, said that the 63rd Independence Day address by President Bola Tinubu was empty and bereft of ideas.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tinubus-independence-day-speech-exposes-his-unpreparedness-pdp/

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a drug kingpin wanted for attempts to ship illicit drug consignments to the United Kingdom.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/wanted-kingpin-arrested-over-london-bound-shipment-of-4-tons-of-drugs/

A civil society group, Security Situation Room, SSR, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Director General of State Security Service, SSS and Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stop forcing Nigerians to leave their phones at the respective gates of the organisations.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/stop-asking-nigerians-to-drop-their-phones-at-your-gates-ssr-to-police-sss-efcc/

Mr. Udengs Eradiri, Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State’s November 11, poll, has accused Governor Douye Diri of spending N3billion per kilometre on the 10.2km phase II of the Glory Drive dual carriageway.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/diri-spent-n3b-per-kilometre-on-glory-drive-dual-carriageway-eradiri/

Labour Party, LP, has backed the proposed indefinite strike by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC, to press home their demands for better working conditions, following high cost of living due to fuel subsidy removal.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/labour-party-backs-nlc-tuc-indefinte-strike/

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu has felicitated with Muslim faithful in Nigeria, particularly their counterparts in Edo State on the celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Maulud.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/shaibu-salutes-muslim-faithful-eid-el-maulud/

Directorate of State of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, has described a history book which stated that the Igbos, who invaded Ife came to capture her people as slaves, as hate speech against Igbos.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ipob-resists-history-book-with-hate-speech-against-igbo/

Lawyer and activist, Douglas Ogbankwa, Director of Strategic Communications, African Bar Association, has narrated how he was manhandled by Department of State Service, DSS, operatives at the service office in Benin City, Edo State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/how-i-was-manhandled-by-dss-lawyer-ogbankwa-narrates-ordeal/

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, stopped the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-stops-impeachment-move-on-ondo-deputy-gov-aiyedatiwa/

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his administrations commitment to the country’s fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking as part of efforts to curtail the global drug problem.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/were-committed-to-fight-against-illicit-drugs-tinubu/

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has demanded the appointment of additional Justices to achieve the full complement of 21 Justices of the Supreme Court, as prescribed by Section 230(1)(B) of the Constitution.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nba-demands-appointment-of-more-supreme-court-justices/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised the alarm over the fire incident at the Supreme Court, describing it as suspicious.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/pdp-describes-supreme-court-fire-incident-as-suspicious/

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal, on Monday, struck out the petition by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Dr. Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), seeking the nullilifcation of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu election.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tribunal-strikes-out-pdp-petition-upholds-sanwo-olus-victory/

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/