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The Dangote Cement Plc on Monday said its cement terminals being constructed in Lagos State and Onne in Rivers would be concluded before the end of this year. The terminals, which were delayed by equipment suppliers, would rake in about 700 million dollars in foreign exchange annually through cement exportation to sub-Saharan African countries. Alhaji […]

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment in the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s […]

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the state Anti-Corruption Commission to probe the claims by the Kano Zoological Gardens that a Gorilla in the state-owned zoo swallowed a whooping N6.8 million. Even as the management of the facility has denied the millions of naira missing from its coffers were swallowed by a gorilla, the […]

The tussle between Kano Governor, Abdullai Umar Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is taking new dimension as Ganduje appear to have set fresh conditions before any true reconciliation can take place. Critical among conditions set for emir Sanusi are tendering a public apology to Governor Ganduje and people of Kano for […]

The ninth House of Representatives on Thursday held its first plenary after members were inaugurated on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) swore-in Rep. Musa Sarki-Adar (APC-Sokoto) who was absent at the Tuesday’s inauguration. The oath of office was administered by the Clerk of the House, Patrick Giwa at plenary in Abuja. […]

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, reserved ruling on the application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for access to inspect the server and data of smart card readers used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the February 23 presidential election. […]

Nigeria Senate president Ahmed Lawan Thursday swore in former Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as a senator. Okorocha was excluded when other elected senators were inaugurated on Tuesday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not issued him a certificate of return. Later Tuesday, INEC issued Okorocha his certificate of return to the Senate […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration will move 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within 10 years. The president stated this in his Democracy Day address in Abuja on Wednesday. He said data bases of poor and vulnerable Nigerians, as well as that of unemployed youths, were being developed by the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday that, despite its decision to issue a certificate of return to Rochas Okorocha as a senator elect, it will still appeal the court order that compelled it to issue the certificate. In a statement, Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voters Education said, […]

All Nigeria’s former Presidents including Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan were absent at the Eagle Square, venue for the 2019 Democracy Day celebrations which climaxed a week-long of activities. Former military rulers, General Yakubu Gowon and Ibrahim Babangida as well as Ernest Shonekan, former interim president, were also absent at the celebration. General Abdulsalami Abubakar […]

After he was denied entry to the National Assembly Complex during the inauguration and election of the ninth national assembly, former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, whose name was missing from the list of lawmakers-elect and barred from the process, finally received his certificate of return as winner of the Imo West Senatorial District election […]