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President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and  Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), had a meeting in France.

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Folarin Balogun has declared that he will be playing for the US men’s national team after switching from England. The on loan striker to Reims has completed his switch and will be eligible to represent USA in the 2026 World Cup.
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The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command has asked the court for a remand order to detain Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 21 days after it earlier secretly arraigned him at the Yaba Magistrate Court without notifying his lawyers.

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Former Arsenal Player Paul Merson believes the current goal-scoring form of Taiwo Awoniyi has what it takes to help Nottingham Forest avoid relegation he further states that
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja swore in six new permanent secretaries, before presiding over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Council Chamber of State House.

The President administered the oaths of office to Mahmud Kambari, Nko Esuabana, Adamu Lamuwa, Yakubu Kofarmata, Olufemi Oloruntola and Richard Pheelangwah as permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Since the inception of the administration on May 29, 2015, President Buhari has sworn-in 92 Federal permanent secretaries...

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The Federal Government, petroleum marketers, and other stakeholders are scrambling to create a smooth transition that won’t jeopardize the welfare of the populace as a result of the anticipated withdrawal of fuel subsidies.

Given the socioeconomic effects on businesses and Nigerians, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has already advised the Federal Government against considering eliminating the gasoline subsidy without local capacity for refining. However, the Federal Government claimed that it is now considering the best way to remove subsidies without interfering with Nigerians’ ability to support themselves....

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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has ratified the suspension of its Chairman, Pastor Philip Aivoji and his deputy, Mr Tai Benedict, pending the outcome of the instituted court cases.
Aivoji and Benedict were suspended respectively by their ward executives on April 14, over an alleged gross violation of the party’s Constitution.
Speaking on the development, the party’s Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, disclosed that the State Working Committee reached the resolution after appraising the outcome of the 2023 general elections.
Amode further added that the committee consequently confirmed Lagos PDP Vice-Chairman (West Senatorial District), Chief Sunday Olaifa, as acting chairman, pending the outcome of pending court cases...

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Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has banned students of the institution from driving or bringing cars to the campus.

According to a memo issued by the school registrar Dr. K.A. Ogunleye and sighted by the News Chronicle, the university reached the decision to address traffic accidents within the Campus. Other measures taken by the university authority include the banning of vehicles with no registration number on campus and roadside parking.

“Vehicles owned by students are hereby banned from entering the university campus. Vehicles with no registration numbers are no longer allowed into the campus....

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Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, felicitated with the State Deputy Governor, Deacon (Barrister) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro on birthday anniversary.

He noted that the Deputy Governor who is a devote Christian, epitomises humility and loyalty. In a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr.Dennis Otu, the Governor-Elect, who is also the National Deputy Chairman of Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, joined family, friends and political associates in celebrating the Deputy Governor on his birthday.

The statement said “On behalf of my family, I rejoice with you as you add another glorious year to your age today. I am so glad to know that you made service to God and humanity as an article of faith in your life journey....

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President Muhammadu Buhari will today, depart the nation for Saudi Arabia on an official visit.

This development was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to Garba, the visit will be Buhari’s last trip to the kingdom as President.

“President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Saudi Arabia on official visit from Tuesday, April 11th to 19th on his last trip to the Kingdom as President, during which he will perform Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage.

“He will be accompanied by his aides.”

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As a Legal Practitioner, I have done a number of divorce cases, and it is not true that the Court always award custody to the father.

It is not true. Child custody disputes is very sensitive and emotionally charged, and especially based on the fact that the outcome can have a significant impact on the lives of both the parents and the child.

Firstly, it is important to understand that in Nigeria, custody disputes are determined based on what is in the best interests of the child. The court will consider factors such as the child’s age, gender, health, and educational needs, as well as the ability of each parent to provide for the child’s physical, emotional, and psychological needs.

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Popular Table Shaker, Reno Omokri has posited that a man who spends money on his wife is not doing her any favour.

In a post on Facebook, the former presidential aide argued that men should pay their “house wife” a monthly salary. More so, Omokri revealed how much a man should pay his house wife monthly.

He wrote:

A man who spends his money on his wife is not doing her any favours. He is doing her his duty. A housewife is not a jobless person. Being a stay at home wife is itself a job. She looks after you. And the kids. And the house. As a result, she can’t earn as much she potentially can. Husband, better pay her well! And if you don’t know how much to pay her, try this exercise.

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With the horrendous performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the just concluded presidential polls which performance has left Nigerians bitter that their choice was violated, the battle royale is poised to move to the courts whose independence and impartiality Nigerians have become increasingly skeptical of.

However, from all indications, while the teams of lawyers fine-tune their strategies for the legal fireworks, Atiku Abubakar, the vanquished candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would most likely retreat to his palatial Dubai villa to lick his wounds. Other PDP big wigs and even scallywags may yet join him in the enforced retreat...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the 2023 presidential election held on Saturday, 25th February, 2023. Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated the President Elect and wished him two successful terms.

MURIC’s congratulatory message was contained in a press statement signed by the Executive Director of the Islamic human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday, 1st March, 2023...

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In keeping with its dedication to digital change and support for black-founded firms, Google has accepted applications for the third cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Startups in Africa and Europe. Google has pledged $4 million this year to promote qualifying firms with black founders.

Companies with their corporate headquarters or a physical presence in Africa are eligible to apply for the Black Founders Fund. The startup must also benefit the black community in order to be eligible, and it must have black founders or a diverse founding team if it is in its early stages...

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused the Speaker and the other defendants of misappropriating funds budgeted for a seminar billed to hold in Lagos.

Meanwhile, at the hearing, the defendants argued that the EFCC has no jurisdiction over offences affecting the finances and assets of the Ondo State government on the premise that there is a subsisting law enacted by the Assembly to tackle corruption allegations in the state....

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With the exception of those on essential services such as INEC Officials, Electoral Observers, Ambulances responding to medical emergencies, firefighters, among others, nobody else is allowed to move about on the election day.

A statement on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, gave the order ahead of the first part of the 2023 General Elections – the Presidential and National Assembly Elections – scheduled to hold on Saturday 25th February 2023 across all States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...

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IF YOU call Muhammadu Buhari incompetent, it is only a crazy man who would stand up to make a case to the contrary. Buhari is as incompetent as the day is long. His tragic lack of ability has completely ruined Nigeria.

The dreadful thing about some of the harms he has caused is that they might prove ineradicable. One need hardly say that the economy is mortally wounded. The naira, terminally sick before he arrived, is now dead and resting with its ancestors. Bandits run a thriving parallel state, where they supervise world’s most brazen-faced and profitable ransom-farming. For the first time in the country’s history, a coterie of criminals appointed an educated spokesperson and occasionally speak to the press, pretty much like the white-collared guys in Wall Street. Since press lying got Buhari into Aso Rock, it doesn’t rain for Nigeria, it pours. Buhari is calamitous incompetence personified....

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Many organizations from the commercial sector have endorsed Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party’s presidential nomination. According to the alliance, which is comprised of the South-East/South-South Professionals, United Nigeria Group, and Square Peg Group, only Obi is interested in putting private sector investment at the forefront of the country’s productivity drive.

At yesterday’s Labour Party Agenda for the Private Sector Town Mall meeting in Lagos, the coalition stated its viewpoint....

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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of preparing the ground for anarchy in the country through their utterances over the naira redesign.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications Mr. Phrank Shaibu, the PDP candidate, sympathised with Nigerians over the hardship they were facing over the naira scarcity, which was having unintended consequences...

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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has halted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC from going ahead in engagement of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo to distribute election materials and personnel in Lagos state on election days pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

Justice Aneke made the order, while granting an an exparte application brought by Labour Party and five others...

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I cannot think of any other election that Nigerians looked forward to, after the still-born 1993 election midwived by Ibrahim Babangida, like this coming election on Saturday, February 25. In many ways, the 1993 election shares several similarities with the election of Saturday.

Like the 1993 which came after a long time of military rule, this election is coming at a time when Nigerians have become weary as a result of the very poor sequence or streak of misgovernance and retrogression....

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A political pressure group in Delta State, Team Shedrack Agediga has vowed to support and vote for all candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Burutu Local Government areas of Delta State.

The group while hosting the wife of the PDP Senatorial Candidate Mrs Michael Diden Ejele noted that PDP candidates are well qualified and will bring good representations to the people when elected.

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I have deliberately crafted the topic of this piece to link the status of the Nigerian state as a republic to the aspirational desire, embodied within the forthcoming election, of transforming the fortune of the country through a decidedly ideological willpower that aligns the future to a vision of Nigeria. When the electorates go to the poll in all democratic context, that act is symbolic of a desire and yearning to keep drawing the state closer to an ideal. And that is done either through the removal of a leadership that seemed to have fractured that vision or through the election of another who the electorate believed could facilitate the transformation that takes the state closer to an idea of utopia. Abraham Lincoln had something fundamental in mind when he insisted that “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” And I think William Shakespeare fathomed what that meant when he made Cassius to utter, in Julius Caesar, that “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars/But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Cassius juxtapose fate and human character and will power to make whatever one wills to happen....

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…. Insists that Rivers Governor Must Match Word with Action, Appear at the APC Presidential Campaign Ground to Affirm his Support

…Says Using Rivers Money to Secretly Secure Political Space within the APC is inconsequential, deceitful and Unacceptable

Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chkwuemeka Eze has described as improbable, claims by Gov. Nyesom Wike that his support in the February 25 Presidential election is for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a statement made available to media houses in Port Harcourt, the party Chief said the statement though unfathomable, is a patently ridiculous and vengeful display of treachery against the People’s Democratic Party for frustrating his selfish and inordinate presidential aspiration. This perfidy is egregiously targeted at balking the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar....

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Reports reaching us says that the Supreme Court has adjourned hearing in a suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

A Seven-Man Panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Inyang Okoro, shortly after hearing started adjourned the case till February 22, 2023...

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The Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed those who are behind naira and fuel scarcity. The speaker attributed the scarcity to the activities of saboteurs.

Speaking in Lagos State during the launch of an initiative called Gbaja Ride, Femi Gbajabiamila noted that the lingering scarcity of naira notes and the fuel crisis were carefully contrived by some elements to destroy the successes of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

He added that the House of Representatives was working hard to rescue Nigerians from the present hardships.

Gbajabiamila said, “As your representative and Speaker, I have a good understanding of the current hardships and discomfort being faced by many Nigerians, without exception to my constituents.

“The lower legislative chamber under my leadership has been on the side of the people, working tirelessly to rescue them from these difficulties”.

Gbajabiamila alleged that some elements had created a crisis around the policy of the naira redesign just to stop Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, from winning this year’s presidential election.

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry created different platforms to enhance communication with citizens as well as to feel their pulse on the policies and programmes of the Buhari Administration.

The Minister stated this while presenting the achievements of his ministry at the final session of the #PMBScorecard Series (2015-2023) in Abuja on Tuesday...

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the ministry has achieved its objective of launching the PMB Administration Scorecards Series (2015-2023), which is to massively showcase the achievements of the Buhari Administration.

In his remarks in Abuja on Tuesday at the final session of the series, which was launched on Oct. 18th 2022, the Minister said: ”On the opening day of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series, I said ‘you will hear from Ministers and other top government officials about the strides in their various ministries and sectors, including transportation, social investment programme, economy, communications and digital economy, power, petroleum industry, defence, health, agriculture, youth and sports, trade and investment, fight against corruption, water resources, aviation and justice, just to mention a few’....

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Against the judgment of the Supreme Court, the Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a statement noting that old naira notes of N200, N500, and N1000 have ceased to be legal tender.

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Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya of the Ikeja High Court has sentenced a school teacher, Chukwu Ndubuisi, to life imprisonment.

The teacher was sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old girl at Mind Builders School in Lagos.

Ndubuisi was an art teacher of the school as of June 2016 when the offence was committed.

He was initially arraigned at the Ogudu Magistrate Court on a charge of forceful penetration.

The court also held that Ndubuisi had unlimited access to the minor and defiled her several times.

The court said that the first time the survivor told her mother of her experience was the day when she was discussing the case of a seven-year-old girl that was defiled and killed that went viral on social media.

The survivor later confided in her mother what she experienced and her mum urged her not to tell anyone.

However, the mother informed the father, which led to visitation to the school but the art teacher could not be found.

The court noted parents of the victim notified the Omole Police Station and the matter was investigated.

Following a test conducted on the survivor at the Ikosi Health Centre, it was revealed the survivor had been defiled.

The court said the survivor had notified the court that sometimes Ndubuisi requested her to remove her uniform and put his “bumbum” into her “bumbum”.

The court upheld that there was evidence of forceful penetration, following the result of the test carried out at the Mirabel Centre...

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As reported cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence soars, the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) and Women Aid Collective (WACOL), are set to strengthen their partnership using inclusive demographic variables to access opportunities for indigent and vulnerable women in budgetary allocations of Lagos State.

Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hon Cecilia Bolaji Dada disclosed this in her address to participants at the training programme organised for stakeholders at the Residency Hotel, Ajao Estate with the theme: “Capacity Strengthening Workshop for Government MDA on Project Design, Budget Implementation and Monitoring ElimiVAWG/SGBV/H and Promote Women and Girls’ SRHR”....

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