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Jan 15, 2020

BREAKING: INEC makes U-turn, gives Uzodinma Certificate of Return

After the initial statement, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday gave Certificate of Return to Senator Hope Uzodinma after the sacking of...

Jan 15, 2020

EFCC resumes trial of Mompha

The N32.9 billion fraud trial of alleged internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) on Wednesday continued before a Federal High Court in Lagos State....

Jan 15, 2020

BREAKING: FG begins implementation of Finance Act, 7.5% VAT on transactions

The Federal Government has commenced the immediate implementation of some aspects of the Finance Act with the implementation of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on...

Jan 15, 2020

Doctor who ran underground clinic during civil war gets humanitarian award

A young doctor who ran an underground hospital in the besieged region of eastern Ghouta during the Syrian civil war has been awarded a European prize for extrao...

Jan 15, 2020

Pope appoints first woman junior foreign affairs minister

Pope Francis has for the first time promoted a woman to a junior ministerial post in the Vatican’s foreign affairs department. Italy-born Francesca Di Giovan...

Jan 15, 2020

UPDATED: Russia PM resigns over Putin’s reforms

Russia’s government resigned in a shock announcement on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a series of constitutional reforms. In a televised...

Jan 15, 2020

Nkem, I got your back, Ebere Ihedioha tells husband

The wife of the former governor of Imo State, Ebere Ihedioha, on Wednesday, assured her husband, Emeka Ihedioha, that he had her support. This is coming bare...

Jan 15, 2020

Supreme Court ruling: Ihedioha will overcome setback – Atiku

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday urged aggrieved members of the party in Imo State not to despair o...

Jan 15, 2020

BREAKING: Imo gov-elect freezes state accounts

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The governor-elect of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has given an order to all financial institutions where the state funds are...

Jan 15, 2020

Recruitment budget: N1.6bn for hiring, training, Customs insist

The Nigeria Customs Service has insisted that the N1.6bn allegedly paid to a consultant to conduct the ongoing recruitment exercise into the service was budgete...

Jan 15, 2020

U.S. Senate set date for Trump’s impeachment trial

The impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump in the Senate is likely to begin next week Tuesday with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader...

Jan 15, 2020

Judgment: Imo People have emerged victorious – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Supreme Court for the `courage and perseverance’ to return Sen. Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC...

Jan 15, 2020

South West plans legal action as FG declares Amotekun illegal

• Law will take its natural course against operation – AGF • Amotekun is a reality, no going back, says Ogun govt • Laws are not made in AGF’s office, says Ak...

Jan 15, 2020

Imo 2019 election: Supreme Court sacks Ihedioha, declares Hope Uzodinma winner

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Imo state 2019 governorship poll and nullifying the electio...

Jan 14, 2020

BREAKING: Uche Nwosu withdraws appeal against Ihedioha’s election

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Action Alliance’s governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdrew t...

Jan 14, 2020

Court Dismisses Car Theft Case Against Naira Marley, Others

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Tinubu area of Lagos Island has dismissed a car theft charge filed by the police against popular hip-hop artiste, Azeez Fash...

Jan 14, 2020

Kidnapped Chinese sailors regain freedom

Four Chinese sailors who were kidnapped last month in the port of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, have been released, the Chinese consulate in Lagos said....

Jan 14, 2020

UPDATED: Supreme Court delivers judgement on Kano governorship dispute January 20

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed January 20 for judgement on the Kano State governorship dispute following the March 9, 2019 election in the state. A seven...

Jan 14, 2020

[BREAKING] Imo: Supreme Court to deliver judgment on Ararume’s appeal against Ihedioha’s election

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Supreme Court has said it will, on Tuesday (today), deliver judgment on the appeal filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance and...

Jan 14, 2020

Osun Assembly confirms Awolalu as Customary Court of Appeal President

Osun State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Hon. Justice Foluke Awolalu as the substantive President of the Customary Court of Appeal. Just...