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The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Saturday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Nentawe Yilwatda, challenging the victory of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state, Mutfwang had scored 525,299 votes to be …

  The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo says political interference in the operations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), would be dangerous as safety is key in aviation management. According to him, aviation safety is completely in the hands of the aviation regulatory body. The Minister who spoke at the inspection of facilities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Sunday, implored Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to promptly establish a joint, credible, transparent, effective, and broad-based investigation into allegations of electoral bribery and violence in the off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” In the letter dated 11 November 2023 and signed by …

Dino Melaye The candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, lost his Ijumu local government to Ahmed Ododo of the All Progressive Congress (APC). According to the result declared by the LG Returning officer, Dr Samuel Obasan, APC won the local government area with 10,524 votes followed by PDP with 6,909 votes while ADC came third with 1,898 …

The presidency said on Saturday the country’s permanent representatives to the United Nations in New York and Geneva were not among the ambassadors recalled by President Bola Tinubu. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the exemption of the representatives was due to the forthcoming UN …

Ghanaian striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing on the pitch during a league match in Albania on Saturday. 28-year-old Dwamena was playing for Egnatia against Partizani. “Despite the immediate intervention of specialist doctors he unfortunately passed away,” said the Albanian Football Federation (AFL). Dwamena was the leading scorer in the Albanian league this season with nine goals. The Ghanaian …

ehealth Africa in collaboration with Sokoto state government has taken delivery of 2million vaccine and also immunised 800,000 children in 6 months in Sokoto state. According to eHA project Manager, Mohammed Faosy, in the last 6 months (Jan-June), over 2 million vaccines have been delivered to average of 351 cold-chain equipped health facilities monthly, leading to the immunization of over …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday morning declared incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma as winner of the Imo State governorship election held on Saturday. READ ALSO:LP accuses Uzodinma of planning to rig Nov 11 election with thugs The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof Abayomi Fashina, announced Uzodimma, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner …

● Staff monitors say they were courteous, approachable, and professional [Press Release] The Police Service Commission [PSC] Staff Monitors deployed in the nine Senatorial districts of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states says the Policemen on election duty were courageous and fairly contained intermittent cases of attempts to hijack the elections. The officers in several of the polling units visited were …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday evening, attacked a Mosque at the Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven worshippers and injuring an unspecified number of others. Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the State Command, Mansir Alhassan, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said the gunmen attacked the Mosque around …