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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday dismissed the transitional proposal for the Republic of Niger currently in circulation as fake. In a communiqué sent by the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, it condemned the reports in media agencies across the world as fake news. The West African bloc was however silent on the content of the …

Justice D.M. Igyuse of the Benue State High Court, Gboko, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to reinstate former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman. The judge delivered the ruling in a suit filed by one Nongo Ordue on behalf of 17 members of the PDP executive committee in Igyorov Council Ward, Gboko local …

  All plans are on deck by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola to rehabilitate and modernise the ports across the country. He made this known on Wednesday shortly after concluding his interaction with the various heads of agencies and departments under his ministry. The minister, who was inaugurated last Monday, began receiving briefings from the heads …

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials to all the eight local government areas in Bayelsa ahead of this weekend’s governorship election in the state. The INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah, confirmed the development to journalists in Yenagoa. He said that the items kept in the Central Bank …

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has debunked media reports that he has thrown his weight behind the People’s Democratic Party (PDP’s)  candidate in the November 11 Imo governorship election.  In a statement made available to Blueprint in Abuja, Thursday, signed by his Senior Special Assistant, Legal and Public Affairs, Barrister Uche Anyanwu, Araraume …

Veteran Nollywood actor, Patrick Doyle, has stated that the famous Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has not individually accomplished anything outstanding in the music industry. This is coming a week after Burna Boy in a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe said that afrobeat is “literally nothing and has no lyrical substance.” The actor in a Facebook post on Wednesday, …

Nikola Jokic scored 35 points as the Denver Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors 108-105 in a tight contest. The Warriors edged in front in the third quarter after trailing for most of the game by outscoring Denver 31-23. But the reigning NBA champions recovered from the five-point deficit to snatch victory and stay top of the Western Conference.“We don’t …

Police operatives in Bauchi on Tuesday killed five suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents of Jama’are local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Awwal Musa Muhammad, who confirmed the news to journalists at media briefing at the command headquarters in Bauchi on Thursday. He said: “A combined team of operatives in conjunction with a quasi-security outfit encountered suspected …

The Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Saturday upheld Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election having polled 276,298 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger, Ladi Adebutu, who …

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, on Thursday presented the 2024 budget proposal of N273.9 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. In his address during the presentation of the proposal titled: “Budget of Reconstruction and Recovery,” the governor said the N165, 654,976,700.00 was earmarked as recurrent expenditure and N108, 254,020,710.00 as capital spending in the …