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The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk, has disclosed that the social media platform will add audio and video call features to increase the services to its users. Musk informed his followers of the impending features on Thursday through a post, stating that the audio and video calls will be possible without a phone number. The new …

The African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) and Justice Advocate Center (JAC) have commenced moves to put a stop to the $3 billion emergency loan recently secured on papers by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) from the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) to stabilise the country’s foreign exchange market. Recall that a fortnight ago, both parties in …

Former APC National Vice Chair, Salihu Lukman The immediate past national vice chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Salihu Lukman, has alleged that some party leaders who were opposed to the presidential aspiration of President Bola Tinubu are now being appointed into key positions in government. He particularly cited Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, whom he alleged …

Olaniran Lateef, a secondary school teacher, has been taken into custody on charges of raping two girls in the Ogun State capital, Abeokuta. The suspect, according to a statement released on Wednesday by Motunrayo Adeleye, the state’s commissioner for women’s affairs, is a 43-year-old maths teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School in the state’s Iberekodo region. According to Adeleye, a report …

Worried by the increasing rate of insecurity in some parts of the country, pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the federal government to consider the establishment of state police and true federalism. The group which made the call on Wednesday after a meeting held at the residence of its leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo in Ogbo Ijebu, Ogun State, said …

Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas [PHOTO CREDIT: Agbu Kefas on Facebook] The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jalingo, the state capital, has upheld the victory of Governor Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state. The three-man panel headed by Justice Ayo Sunmonu dismissed the petition filed …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the removal of its Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Imo State, Prof. Sylvia Agu. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday demanded the REC’s redeployment over alleged sympathy towards the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party expressed …

Tailors in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, on Wednesday, staged a protest against alleged extortion by Aba Power Limited (APL), a subsidiary of Geometric Power. The protesters alleged that in spite of the epileptic power supply from APL, the company was trying to run them out of business with estimated bills. A former Chairman of the Association of Tailors …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Wednesday declared that all bank notes it has issued so far remain legal tender. This is coming against reports of scarcity  of cash in some major cities despite assurances of sufficient cash stocks in all locations across the country. Clarifying this in a statement, CBN Director Corporate Communications Isa AbdulMumin said: “Our attention has again been …

The Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Jalingo on Saturday, affirmed Governor Agbu Kefas of the Peoples Democratic Party is the duly elected governor of the state. The decision was reached by thethree man panel of justices which dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) Prof. Yahaya Sani, who had challenged the …