…Calls for calm The Labour Party has expressed worry over what it described as a preemptive pronouncement by retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili, about the upcoming judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, scheduled for Wednesday.National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, expressed the party’s concerns in a statement, in … [Read more…]
A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party pending … [Read more…]
The Inspector-general of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has deployed the newly promoted deputy Inspectors-general of Police (DIGs) to various departments of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said DIG Bala Ciroma has been redeployed to head the Department of Finance and Administration, DIG Frank Emeka Mba to the Department of … [Read more…]
Activities across different sectors have been grounded as a result of the ongoing strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC had last Friday declared two-day warning strike over current hardship caused by the removal of petrol subsidy. Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong, had called for a meeting to resolve issues raised by the … [Read more…]
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has joined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the “punishing” economic situation in the country. The union stated this in a circular dated September 2, 2023 signed by its General Secretary, Mohammed Sheikh, and addressed to … [Read more…]
The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before the party’s Disciplinary Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of NNPP, had been earlier suspended by the party’s leadership at the National Convention on … [Read more…]
Niger on Monday reopened its airspace nearly a month after imposing a ban following a military coup in July, the official Nigerien news agency ANP said. After taking power on July 26, the coup leaders closed the country’s airspace before reopening it again on August 2 – a measure that was reversed on August 6 after … [Read more…]
…as CP Ezuegbu reiterates Police’s unshakable commitment to rid Enugu State of unrepentant criminals Police Operatives of Enugu State Command, in the evening hours of 03/09/2023, foiled an attempt to kidnap some road users at Ogbeke-Nike, along Ugwogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka road. The hoodlums had blocked the road and shot sporadically, before the Operatives, some of whom were … [Read more…]
The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society. In West and Central Africa’s eighth coup in three years, army officers led by General Brice Oligui … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja has scheduled Wednesday for judgements on the three pending cases challenging the outcome of the 25 February presidential election. It is coming about a month after the court heard the closing arguments of parties to the petitions, and about two weeks to the expiration of the statutory 180-day … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke has called on the Enugu State government to adopt a policy of transparency, accountability, and inclusion as provided by the Open Government Partnership Initiative in the management of the state’s affairs. In a statement commemorating the 32nd anniversary of Enugu State and made available to Pacesetter, Nweke questioned what he described as the … [Read more…]
It became obvious yesterday that the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is far from abating, as the Dr Agbo Gilbert Major-led leadership of the party commenced investigation of its presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and other officials. Kwankwaso and the said officials are under probe over how the N1 billion naira raised … [Read more…]