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The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Peter Mbah as the elected governor of Enugu State in the March 18 gubernatorial election. While delivering the judgement on Friday, the five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Mohammed Garba, in a unanimous decision, held that a petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Chijioke …

Police operatives in Rivers have arrested a student of the University of Port Harcourt, Okoligwe Damian, for the alleged murder of his girlfriend. The deceased, Justina Nkang, was found dead in the suspect’s home after a four-day intensive search by friends and relatives. She was a 300-level student of Biochemistry at the university before her death. The state’s Commissioner of …

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has described the planned demolition of about “200 houses” in the Nuwalege community of Abuja to make way for the expansion of the presidential fleet as an inconsiderate project. Obi made said this in a statement via his official X handle on Friday. According Obi, he …

Nigerian champions Enyimba have been eliminated from the maiden African Football League after losing on both legs to Moroccan club, Wydad Athletic Club. Enyimba had lost 1-0 in the first leg of the tie played in Uyo before getting thrashed 3-0 in the return fixture in Casablanca on Thursday night. Ayoub El Amloud gave Wydad the lead on four minutes …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan. It would be recalled that the head of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tiani, on Saturday, said he would relinquish power within three years, warning that any intervention by foreign forces would not be “a walk in the park.” Reacting in …

A professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Andrew Asan Ate, has charged media practitioners in the country to devote more time on investigative reporting to tackle corruption and hold government accountable. He lauded journalists who put in hard work to investigate and amplify the voices of the marginalised in the society, as well as those who strive to expose corrupt …

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, invited Hadi Sirika, the immediate past Minister of Aviation, for questioning over the controversial national air carrier, Air Nigeria. The House also resolved to invite the current Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo to brief the House Committee on Aviation on development on the national carrier. The House took the decision after considering a motion …

Following the recent launch of a probe into illegal foreign exchange deals and money laundering running to a whopping $3.4billion allegedly perpetrated by a major player in Nigeria’s private sector under the Godwin Emeifele-led Central Bank of Nigeria over the past 10 years, President Bola Tinubu-appointed Special Investigator, Jim Obazee, has been receiving fresh death threats from anonymous callers, it …

…Sets up committee for November triennial delegates conference The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has passed unanimous vote of confidence on its President, Comrade Ladi Bala and the Central Working Committee (CWC) members. A press statement by NAWOJ National Secretary, Helen Udofa, Wednesday in Abuja, said: “The confidence vote, which came during an …

President Bola Tinubu may, next week, announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, dropped the hint of the expected wage award in Abuja. Osifo disclosed this while speaking on the outcome of the union’s Tuesday meeting with the federal government on the fuel subsidy removal. “Minister of labour told …