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President-elect Bola Tinubu may have won two key cases seeking to stop his inauguration at the supreme court, but there are more legal hurdles for him to cross.  Since Tinubu was declared the winner of the presidential election, his path to inauguration has been laced with legal battles aiming at stopping him as […]

Incoming President Bola Tinubu, says he will deliver on his campaign promises. Speaking at a dinner organised by the presidential transition council (PTC) at the Aso Rock Villa on Sunday night, Tinubu said there is the need to fight corruption and poverty, among other issues plaguing the country. The former governor of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sha’aban Sharada as the executive secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. In a statement on Sunday evening, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said Buhari appointed Sharada, an outgoing member of house of representatives from Kano, after signing the bill establishing the […]

Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says there “shall be a new Nigeria” in a new song that he composed. Adeboye expressed optimism about a new Nigeria in the song that the congregation sang on Sunday. “There shall be a new Nigeria!” This decree we all […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the national assembly service pensions board (establishment) bill. The bill establishes the national assembly service pensions board to administer the pension scheme for personnel of the service. The bill exempts the personnel of the national assembly service from the contributory pension scheme. Buhari also assented […]

Foreign dignitaries have begun to arrive in Abuja ahead of the May 29 inauguration of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as president and vice-president of Nigeria. On Sunday, the United States embassy announced the arrival of the US delegation appointed by President Joe Biden. Welcome to Nigeria! We are excited to receive […]

Julius Abure, suspended national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), says the party will pursue its petition against the election of Bola Tinubu, president-elect, to a logical conclusion. Abure was reacting in a statement on Sunday to the inauguration of the new president and his vice scheduled for Monday. Abure, who was […]

The house of representatives has passed the amendment to the 2022 supplementary budget to extend its implementation to December 2023. The house, in an emergency session on Sunday, also passed the bill to amend the CBN act. Under the CBN act, the ways and means provision allows the government to borrow from […]