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A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the Supreme Court which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro had earlier on Thursday dismissed the appeals filed by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, …

The Katsina State Police Command has resolved to enforce the ban on the use of vehicle tinted glass and covered number plates in the state. The command spokesman, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Katsina. The command banned the use of tinted glass and covered number plates by vehicle owners in the state on December 7. READ …

An umbrella of People With Disabilities (PWD) under the auspices of Northern Nigeria Disability Forum (NNDF), has threatened to take legal action against President Bola Tinubu over their non-inclusion in ministerial and political appointments in the new administration. The Forum which made the threat at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, said it would approach the court to invoke …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandate was on Thursday upheld following in the final legal appeals when the Supreme Court dismissed the opposition’s claims to his election victory. The opposition’s appeals over allegations of electoral law violations, fraud, and Tinubu‘s ineligibility to run for president were dismissed by a panel of seven judges as being without substance. A former Lagos State …

An IT expert and emerging renewable energy proponent Osunleke Akinwumi Opeyemi,  has urged government at all levels to take alternative energy solutions seriously.  Opeyemi made the call Tuesday while speaking exclusively to Blueprint on the recent national grid collapse which affected the entire 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He expressed worry that the grid has collapsed multiple …

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has advocated for the extension of the fight against corruption to states instead of focusing on the Federal Government and its agencies alone. Fagbemi who made the call at a one-day ‘Hybrid Sensitisation Workshop on Revised Guidelines on Negotiation and Drafting of Contracts and Agreements …

The people of Effium in Ohaukwu local government of Ebonyi state under the aegis, Concerned Indigenous People of Effium (CIPE), have called on the governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Francis Nwifuru, not to take sides in the lingering communal clashes between them and their Ezza counterpart who they claim were settlers. The group in the same breadth, accused the governor …

Former Napoli head coach, Luciano Spalletti, has given Michael Folorunsho is first call-to the Italy senior men’s national team. Folorunsho, who plays for Hellas Verona on loan from Napoli, was called up alongside Torino’s Raoul Bellanova and Udinese’s Lorenzo Lucca.Michael Folorunsho Spalletti confirmed his 28-man Azzurri squad for the coming matches in the United States with Venezuela on March 21 …

Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has asked PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and that of Labour Party Peter Obi to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and unite for Nigeria. The top court upheld Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 election following several months of legal fireworks.The Justice John Okoro-led panel of the Supreme Court ruled …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday rejected the Nigerien military junta’s three-year transition plan. The junta’s leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said in a national broadcast on Friday night that the country’s army had set a three-year timeline for the return of power to the civilian government. However, in a chat with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), …