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2 years ago902 min

Over 40 worshipers were reportedly abducted by some bandits on Sunday while attending church at Bege Baptist Church, Madala on Buruku Baringi Road in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident was confirmed to news reporters in Kaduna on Monday by Rev. John Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Kaduna State chapter. According to Hayab, the incident took place around 9:30 am, during the worshippers’ time in the service....

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Politics

Delta’s incoming governor promises to stop kidnapping and other vices.

2 years ago682 min

Prince Julius Obelikpeyah, a PDP leader in Delta State’s Warri South Local Government Area, has promised that the state’s incoming governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, will end kidnapping and other forms of insecurity. While expressing his joy over the release of kidnapped human rights lawyer Dr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje from his captors, Obelikpeyah, a Warri-based industrialist, told reporters that his conviction in that regard comes from the fact that “the Governor-elect is a dogged fighter who fought...

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Alleged N6.9bn fraud: Obanikoro’s absence delays Fayose’s trial

2 years ago767 min

The trial of the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, before a Federal High Court in Lagos came to a standstill on Monday because Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, the 12th prosecution witness, was not present. Former Minister of State for Defense Obanikoro is still being questioned by the defense after starting his testimony on January 31. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is pursuing charges against Fayose for alleged money laundering and fraud. The former...

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News Politics

Osun gov poll: Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on Tuesday

2 years ago1484 min

ABUJA–Tuesday has been set aside by the Supreme Court for the Supreme Court to rule on an appeal to remove Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke from office. To resolve the legal dispute surrounding the governorship election that took place in the state on July 16, 2022, a five-judge panel of the supreme court adjourned. The declaration of Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the gubernatorial election was thrown out by...

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News Politics

Tinubu: Court sets Wednesday as new date for hearing on Peter Obi’s petition

2 years ago773 min

The petition that the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to overturn Tinubu’s election victory has been postponed until Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court, which is based in Abuja. The court postponed the case of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, until Tuesday while setting the same date for another petition by the Action Peoples Party, APP. The court ordered the cases to be put on...

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National mortgage policy will address housing shortage – El-Rufai

2 years ago1546 min

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, claims that Nigeria needs a supportive mortgage policy to address its housing shortage. El-Rufai revealed this information on Saturday, shortly after launching the Gombe Geographic Information Systems Service Center and breaking ground for 550 Shongo Homes and Gardens in Gombe State as part of the Family Homes Fund. The governor of Kaduna State asserted that selling homes for between N10 million and N50 million was unsustainable and that...

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Sylva, Bayelsa APC’s party leader, sole financier

2 years ago1696 min

Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate and recently-retired minister of state for petroleum resources, has been the only contributor to the state chapter of the APC, according to the party’s leadership in Bayelsa State. After a solidarity walk that culminated in a grand reception for Sylva by supporters at the party’s secretariat in Yenagoa, the state APC chairman, Dennis Otiotio, revealed this to journalists in a press conference. This came right after he announced...

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Lead Stories

Peter Obi arrives at Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja [PHOTOS]

2 years ago561 min

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate for president in the election on February 25, has just arrived at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. On Monday, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal started the pre-hearing phase of all the petitions that various opposition parties had submitted to it in an effort to have Bola Tinubu’s election overturned. Obi, who finished third in the presidential race, had asked the court to throw out the election on...

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Business & Economy News

Dangote Sugar Refinery Begins Year With Strong performance

2 years ago8110 min

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc began its fiscal year 2023 with a strong performance in the first quarter (Q1), demonstrating improvement and maintaining its industry leadership position. The company’s unaudited financials for the first quarter of 2023, released on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, revealed a 44.3 percent year-on-year increase in profit after tax, with earnings per share of N1.05 compared to N0.73 in the first quarter of 2022, thanks to a 458 basis point increase in...

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News Politics

Onanuga: God chose Tinubu for Nigeria, LP, PDP blackmailing judiciary

2 years ago835 min

Bayo Onanuga, the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of blackmailing the judiciary over President-elect Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued Monday morning, Onanuga stated that God has plans for Nigeria and has “chosen a man who has the best leadership pedigree and espouses the best vision” to lead the country beginning on May 29. According to the former Media Director of...

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