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85 Abuja residents reject AEPB mobile court

2 years ago4923 min

About 90 Federal Capital City (FCC) residents who did not pay for cleaning and environmental services provided by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) have avoided the mobile court sitting. Yesterday, the AEPB held a mass trial for waste management fee/dustbin provision defaulters at both commercial and residential properties. Only nine of the 94 people summoned for the trial obeyed the court’s order and appeared. However, after the trial, Arome Terkula, a prosecutor with the...

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Enugu turns over diagnostics centre to NSIA

2 years ago1173 min

The Enugu State government formally turned over the State Diagnostic Centre to the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, which manages the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on Tuesday. During the launch of two of NSIA’s flagship companies, NSIA Advanced Medical Service Ltd and Equilease Systems Limited, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi handed over the centre to NSIA. “The physical and mental well-being of the workforce in any state is a function of the quality of healthcare services available,” Ugwuanyi...

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Zenith Bank delights shareholders by paying milestone dividend of N100.47bn

2 years ago907 min

Zenith Bank Plc shareholders unanimously approved the proposed final dividend payment of NGN2.90 per share. The total dividend for the fiscal year 2022 is NGN3.20 per share, with a total value of NGN100.47 billion. The dividend payment was approved at the Bank’s 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held virtually in Lagos yesterday. Jim Ovia, the bank’s founder and chairman, expressed his gratitude to the shareholders in his opening statement at the AGM for...

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Senate looks into delay in issuing international passport

2 years ago934 min

The Senate Committee on Interior will conduct an urgent investigation into the Nigeria Immigration Service’s (NIS) delays in issuing and renewing international passports. The committee will submit its report in two weeks. The resolution of the upper legislative Chamber followed a motion sponsored by Senator Lilian Ekwunife of the Anambra Central Senatorial District at a plenary on Tuesday. In her motion titled “Delay on issuance and renewal of Nigeria International Passport” by the Nigerian Immigration...

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Tinubu’s victory: The tribunal begins hearing petitions on Monday

2 years ago8412 min

The Presidential Election Petitions Court has scheduled a hearing on Monday to hear petitions contesting the declaration of All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu as the president-elect. With this development, the anticipated legal battle between contenders contesting the conclusion of the 2023 presidential election will begin on May 8. On Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress’s National Legal Adviser, Ahmad El-Marzuq, confirmed the date. He stated that the APC legal staff had been briefed and...

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Metro News

N30bn lawsuit: Court grants ARCON permission to serve summons on Facebook owners

2 years ago852 min

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) leave to serve a writ of summons on Meta Platform, the social media giant and Facebook’s owners. The decision was made in response to an application by ARCON in a pending N30 billion suit against the social media giant for violating Nigeria’s advertising laws. The writ will be served at Meta’s corporate headquarters in the United States, which also owns...

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Metro News Politics

Abia Assembly suspends Deputy Speaker, eight other people

2 years ago6242 min

Chief Ifeanyi Uchendu, Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, and eight other members have been suspended. Members were suspended during Tuesday’s plenary, which was presided over by the embattled Speaker, Chinedum Orji. It was previously reported that Orji was impeached by 18 of the House’s 24 members on Tuesday. The police took over the Assembly premises prior to the reported impeachment of Orji. It was soon announced that the Speaker had been...

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Metro News Politics

Police Detain Adamawa REC, Say ‘Other Fingered Officials Are Under Interrogation’

2 years ago1135 min

Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, mni, the controversial Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, confirmed his arrest in a statement issued Tuesday. CSP Adejobi stated that Yunusa-Ari is being questioned about his actions during the Adamawa State supplementary elections. It was recalled that the REC declared Aisha Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner...

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Wike declares public holiday in honour of Tinubu’s visit

2 years ago834 min

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared Wednesday, May 3, a public holiday. The holiday is to allow people in the state to welcome President-elect Bola Tinubu, who will be in the state for two days to commission projects. Tinubu is scheduled to visit the state on Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4. When Tinubu campaigned for votes in the state before the last election, the governor promised to invite him to commission...

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Entertainment News Nigeria

Fans choose Davido over Wizkid, Burna Boy as Nigerian musician who will do best concert ever

2 years ago942 min

Nigerian musician Davido’s return to the scene with his Timeless concert in the country has enthralled music fans. The musician was named the Nigerian singer with the best concert ever in the country after a fantastic performance at his homecoming event in Lagos. On social media, a vote was established for its readers to choose between Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido as the musician who held the best concert in the country. Davido, the 30...

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