The Supreme Court dismissed Atiku’s application to tender fresh evidence on the grounds that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain such evidence that was not tendered before the lower court. The Supreme Court has rejected the application by Atiku Abubakar to tender fresh evidence of certificate forgery against President Bola Tinubu. A five-member panel […]
Sanwo-Olu hails capital market collaboration with Lagos The Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, yesterday, said that the infrastructural deficits in Nigeria and the rest of the West African sub-region are better tackled with funding from the domestic capital market and not through foreign borrowing alone. Similarly, Executive Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babajide […]
Ajisegiri Ayobami, who was the disc jockey to late singer, Mohbad, has told the Coroner Inquest in Ikorodu that the deceased collapsed and started vomiting, after a nurse administered an injection on him. The Inquest is looking into circumstances that led to the September 12 death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, better known as Mohbad. According […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved N18 billion for the Group Life Assurance benefits and other entitlements for families of fallen heroes of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The president announced the approval, yesterday, during the launch of the emblem appeal fund for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the presidential Villa. President Tinubu also assured […]
Abuja — A non-governmental organisation, Results for Development, R4D, yesterday, hailed the Jigawa State Government for over 17 percent of budgetary allocation for the health sector. This was contained in a statement signed by the Senior Programme Officer, Results for Development, R4D, Jose Gonzalez, which statement made it known that the rating on budgetary allocation […]
There seems not to be an end to the delay in the disbursement of the over $350 million (about, N420 billion) Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) months after the federal government appointed five banks as primary lending institutions. The government had in December 2022 appointed five commercial banks for the quick and easy disbursement of […]
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it has provided a 146-bed facility to complement the government’s effort to fight the deadly diphtheria disease in Kano State. Kano tops the list of 20 states with 7,000 diphtheria cases out of about 15,060 recorded in the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). […]
Dry season wheat production will begin in the coming days in various producing states, including Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Bauchi, Taraba, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Gombe, and a few others. Planting early, according to experts, has significant benefits, and farmers have been encouraged to consider the early planting window for optimal harvest, which should not extend far […]
Monrovia — The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prince Walker Group of Companies, Prince Opoku Walker has promised to give Liberia Football Association second division outfit Black Man Warrior (BMW) football club a sum of US$10,000. Walker who is a former footballer said the said amount will be given the club if the team wins […]
Monrovia — The PHP community in District seven Montserrdo County is now one of the newest communities to benefit from infrastructure boost within the sporting sector under Liberia’s Chief Patron of Sports George Weah. Named and styled the PHP Sports Park and recreational center is now a new recreational hub and a place to tour […]
– “With our collective supports, we’ll cross the finished- line.” President George Manneh Weah has jumpstarted his campaign activities ahead of a crucial Presidential run-off in less than 20 days against close rival former Vice President Nyumah Joseph Boakai. The runoff has become necessary as both men failed to secure 50% plus one vote to […]
Ousmane Sonko has slipped into a coma, his lawyers said on Tuesday. Senegal’s main opposition leader has been under arrest since July, and imprisoned in Dakar’s hospital. His health first started deteriorating when he started a hunger strike in August to protest against what he calls harassment by the state. But Sonko, 49, resumed his […]
-in the October 10 Legislative elections Former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has sent a message of congratulations to the winners of Senate and House of Representative seats to the upcoming 55th Legislature. In her message issued on Wednesday, October 25, the former Liberian Leader thanked all political leaders who participated in the October 10 elections and […]
Today’s judgement of the Supreme Court will be the final court decision on the legal disputes over the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Supreme Court is set to bring down the curtain on the legal disputes over the outcome of the 25 February presidential election, as it will, today, Thursday, deliver the final judgement […]
The Director of the Donor Financed Project at the Project Financial Management Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, has denied allegations that Wednesday’s fire outbreak which ravaged the third floor of the Ministry of Finance was staged. The fire incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, October 25, sent shockwaves across Liberia, […]
Amnesty International says the arrest violated a range of human rights of the suspects. Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of 59 people accused of being homosexuals in Gombe State by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC). The NSCDC on Monday announced the arrest of the suspects during an event it said was […]
“We are not sleeping at all, Enugu State must be clean.” The Enugu State Government has banned dumpster scavenging in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Sam Ugwu, who disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking with reporters in Enugu, said the government warned against improper disposal of refuse at dump sites […]
“Mr President will continue to emphasise the importance of ensuring that our tax authorities are not taxing the seed, but are taxing the fruit. And that will continue to be the focus,” the statement said. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the immediate implementation of fiscal policy and tax reforms recommendation of a report on […]