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History was made at the weekend in Makurdi when the new Benue State Football Association (BSFA), led by Barr. Paul Edeh staged first ever stakeholders’ summit. The summit which held 49 days after the current BSFA came on board, witnessed the enlarged gathering of who is who in state’s football fraternity. Those who attended the symposium included coaches, referees, ex-internationals, …

For the second time, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has postponed its crucial meeting to decide interest rates, The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting was earlier scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday but has now been postponed to an unspecified date. According to the MPC schedule published on the bank’s website, the last time the bank had …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has dismissed a report of a planned protest by its members. The PTD National Chairman, Mr. Augustine Egbon, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the union members were not planning to embark on any kind of protest. He alerted Nigerians on the antics of some desperate and mischievous individuals to cause crisis …

Nigerians and indeed the world is hyped up in expectations as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will today deliver its ruling on the petitions filed to contest the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Tinubu as winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential poll, with Atiku and Obi coming second and third respectively. The …

There was chaos and panic in the early hours of Wednesday following a fire outbreak at the international wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The fire, according to officials, was reportedly caused by a faulty cable on the Tarmac. The inferno was said to have thrown both staff and passengers into confusion before it was put off by …

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The federal government has banned the use of laterite for road construction across the country. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, at the inauguration of the committees for the supervision of the Reconstruction of Benin –Warri dual carriageway and the dualisation of East – West Road, Port Harcourt-Onne Port junction road in Rivers state also directed that henceforth contractors should …

The election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has been validated by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The court affirmed Alia’s election on Monday while delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship election, Titus Uba. Uba had approached the appellate court to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday (INEC) on Saturday dismissed claims on its withdrawal from the appeal on the Kano State governorship election petitions tribunal’s verdict. The panel on September 20 nullified Governor Kabir Yusuf’s victory in the March 18 election in the state. In a judgement delivered via Zoom, the tribunal declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, …

The Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday, went into a rampage when staffers of the chapter picketed the office of the embattled Chief Judge of the State, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo. The aggrieved staff were said to have stormed the office of the CJ which they shut down and prevented visitors from either …