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  The Lagos State Ministry of Education has announced the closure of the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, in Ikeja   The Commissioner for Education (Mrs.) Folasade Adefisayo, declared on Monday that the school would remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials […]

The Nigerian government has replaced the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe.   He was replaced with Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh, a director at the Treasury Single Account (TSA) department.   It is not clear why he was replaced, but Mr Anamekwe was quoted recently as lamenting over the poor state of the country’s […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has reported that its office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been set ablaze by hoodlums.   The attack happened at 11:48 pm on Sunday July 3, 2022, INEC said on Monday in a statement signed by its National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Committee, […]

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, on Friday bagged seven years of jail term.   He was convicted and sentenced by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal for money laundering.      The court additionally ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd, and […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and some banks in the country to release the biodata information of David Ukpo to the former Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.   The order was given by Justice Inyang Ekwo in […]

Relatives of the 63 passengers who were kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have perfected plans to hold a rally in protest against the government’s failure to rescue the victims from their abductors.   The families plan to hold the protests on major streets and also occupy key government facilities in Abuja and […]

 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Patience Oniha as the Director-General of the Debt Management Office for a second term of 5 years in accordance with Section IV (9-i) of the Debt Management Office (Establishment ETC) Act, 2003.    A statement released on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, […]

The Committee of Vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over and speed up discussions with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, and other unions currently on strike.   The academic staff in public universities have been on strike in Nigeria since February […]

  The Federal Government has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting.   The government hired the lawyers through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom.    These were disclosed by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, after a closed-door session […]

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday threw away a fresh application for bail by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.   Dismissing the bail request, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako expressed dissatisfaction with the reason that Kanu gave for his failure to appear in court for the […]

Kabir Ibrahim Masari, the man chosen by Bola Tinubu as his running mate, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that  has lost all his academic certificates.   Mr Masari made this declaration in a sworn affidavit, which he submitted to the INEC along with his other documents.   With this development, Masari falls in […]

  Justice Olukayode Ariwoola was on Monday sworn in as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.   The swearing-in, which took place at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, followed the resignation late Sunday of the former CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad.   Ariwoola became the most senior Justice of […]