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The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has transferred all the election petition cases pending before the court in the 36 states of the federation to the Abuja and Lagos divisions of the court. With the Dongban-Mensem’s order, all appeal cases arising from the judgment of the various election petition tribunals inContinue reading "Nigerian Appeal Court President Transfers All Election Petitions To Abuja, Lagos Over Governors’ Alleged Interference"

The House of Representatives through its Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs. Hon. Akin Rotimi has confirmed the distribution of Toyota Prado SUVs worth N130 million to each lawmaker. He said the vehicles are utility operational 2023 model Prado SUVs and are tied to their oversight functions and to be usedContinue reading "We’re Committed To Reducing Governance Cost; Our N130M Toyota Prado Are Work Tools To Reach Constituencies, No Matter How Remote, Says Nigerian Federal Lawmaker"

President Bola Tinubu will today (Monday) swear in three additional ministers into his 48-person cabinet, The PUNCH has learned. A senior official in the Presidency, who did not want his name mentioned because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, confirmed to our correspondent that the three new ministers will be sworn into office atContinue reading "Tinubu swears in new ministers as FEC meets today"

As part of measures to tackle climate change, the Adamawa State Government has introduced a cash incentive for planting and nurturing trees in the state. This comes as desert encroachment and its consequential climate crisis threaten the environment and life generally in the Northeastern Nigerian state. The government announced the incentive in Yola, the stateContinue reading "Adamawa Government To Recompense Tree Planters With N50,000 For 100 Trees A Year"

A faulty power line of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. (JED) electrocuted eight persons at Kabong community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau on Saturday, killing six of them. The faulty line emitted sparks and electrocuted the victims in the various homes at about 3 a.m., just as it razed houses and shopsContinue reading "6 DIE AFTER HIGH TENSION CABLES ELECTROCUTE 8 PERSONS IN JOS"

The Nigerian police have said that the father of an 11-year-old boy buried alive by his stepbrother in Apamsede, Kogi, is on the run. This was revealed to journalists by the Kogi Command spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya.  According to SP Williams, the police are looking for the father of the young boy, identified as OshodiContinue reading "Family Of Nigerian Boy Buried Alive ‘To Be Banished From Kogi Community After Sacrifices To Cleanse Land’"

The Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has promised to pay N-Power beneficiaries their withheld eight-month allowances. The N-Power National Programme Manager, Akindele Egbuwalo, confirmed this, adding that the affected persons are beneficiaries of the Batch C programme who had been owed for eight months. The Federal Government had suspended the N-Power programme last week, stating thatContinue reading "Nigerian Government Set To Pay N-Power Beneficiaries’ Eight-Month Outstanding Allowances"