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The opposition parties have been urged by the Nigerian Youth Network for Good Governance and Sustainable Democracy to stop criticizing Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, in the media. After INEC declared Bola Tinubu the winner of the 2023 presidential election, the candidates for that office from the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, filed a petition with the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.     In...

Obaseki Expresses Concern Over $500m  Annual Nigerian Dairy Import Spending

According to the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Nigeria spends around N500 million a year on the importation of dairy products; as a result, there is a need to emphasize on agriculture and production to spur economic growth and development. In Benin City, Edo State, the governor made this statement as he welcomed a delegation from Heifer International to the government residence. He said that in order to strengthen the economy of the...

Breaking: Terrorist attacks prompt 24-hour LG curfew by Plateau government

A 24-hour curfew was imposed in the council area of the Mangu Local Government Area of the Plateau on Sunday night. In a statement released on Sunday night, Markus Artu, the LGA’s interim management committee chairman, said: “A 24-hour curfew has been declared in the Mangu Local Government Area. As a result, there won’t be any kind of vehicle movement. “In addition, all motorcycle movement has been prohibited indefinitely. Only security personnel and employees performing...

Ideal legislature of a developing country, By Tonnie Iredia

A typical Nigerian legislator would take advantage of any occasion, whether public or private, to demand recognition and respect from the community. The claim made by the lawmaker is based on the justification that, among all the branches of government, the legislature is the best representation of democracy because it frequently suffers the least damage when autocrats violently seize power. Therefore, the argument goes, lawmakers are the only true representatives of the people. But if...

Tinubu commends Anaba, says Editors’ Guild election outstanding

On Saturday, President Bola Tinubu congratulated Eze Anaba, who had just been elected President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, calling the electoral process “exemplary” for Nigerian politics.Dele Alake, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, issued a statement on Saturday evening reading, “By its peaceful and rancour-free conduct of elections to elect its new officers, the NGE has sent a resounding message to the larger Nigerian polity that elections for desired offices...

Anaba, Vanguard editor, elected NGE president

Eze Anaba, the editor of Vanguard Newspapers, was chosen as the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ new president on Friday for the ensuing two years. He won an election held during the biennial NGE convention in Owerri, Imo State, in 2023. Anaba received 250 votes, defeating Bolaji Adebiyi, his lone rival, who received 81 votes.   Husseina Bangshika, the Deputy President, Kabir Alabi Garba, the Vice President for the West, Gabriel Akinadewo Folajimi, the Assistant Secretary,...

Abuse of office: My words were misinterpreted – Senator Bulkachuwa defends

Zainab Bulkachuwa, the wife of senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has denied that he had any influence over her choices while she was the president of the Court of Appeal. When he admitted to using his position to secure favours for his colleagues from his wife during the 9th Senate’s final session, the senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly stirred up debate on the Senate floor.   “I look at faces in this chamber...

Osinbajo leads Commonwealth election observers to Sierra Leone

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the recently-retired vice president of Nigeria, is scheduled to lead a 12-member COG for the elections in Sierra Leone this Saturday. Osinbajo had agreed to take the helm of the Observer Group organised by the Commonwealth’s Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, to monitor the general elections in Sierra Leone. Osinbajo’s media advisor, Laolu Akande, confirmed his itinerary via his Twitter account, stating that the former Vice President will remain in Sierra Leone for the...

On Friday, Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele access to his attorneys and family. Following an oral request made by Joseph Daudu’s (SAN), counsel for the CBN governor, in a case with the filing number FCT/HC/CV/6450/23, the judge approved the order. The DSS, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), and its Director-General...

Court finds former Rep. member guilty of N212m fraud

JUSTICE Sale Former House of Representatives member Mansur Ali Mashi was found guilty by Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Kaduna. After a protracted 12-year trial that included allegations of conspiracy and obtaining by deception, the defendant was found guilty. Three bank employees, Abdulmumini Mustapha, Shehu Aliyu, and Muazu Abdu, were also found guilty in addition to Mashi. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed charges against Mashi, alleging that he obtained a...