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The Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) has announced a date for resumption of activities at the centre. In a statement issued on Thursday and credited to Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of AMEN, the centre said activities would resume at the facility on October 2. “Dear Adorers, To the glory of God, Adoration […]

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 62 legal practitioners to the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). According to a statement on Thursday, Hajo Bello, chief registrar of the supreme court, said the decision was reached at the LPPC’s 154th plenary session held on Thursday. “The […]

Some members of the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have returned money reportedly credited to their bank accounts by the party leadership. In recent weeks, there has been crisis in the PDP over the insistence of allies of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, on the resignation of […]

Dickson Dike, first outrider of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), is dead. His death was confirmed on Thursday in a statement by Olusola Odumosu, NSCDC spokesperson. An outrider is a person who accompanies a vehicle — usually on a motorcycle — as a guard or escort. Dike, said […]

The supreme court has affirmed Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Oyedotun Babayemi, a governorship aspirant, had taken Adeleke before a federal high court in Osogbo, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state. Two […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked presidential candidates to shun incitements and commit to issue-based campaigns. The president said this on Thursday at the 2023 elections peace accord signing organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Abuja. In a statement released by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, Buhari said fake news and misinformation […]

The naira, on Thursday, depreciated further against the dollar at the parallel and official sections of the foreign exchange market. The development is coming days after political parties kicked off the 2023 electioneering. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as ‘abokis’, who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, quoted the naira at […]

Six people, including three police officers, have died as a result of an inferno involving a bullion van and five other vehicles in Kebbi. The accident occurred on Wednesday along the Argungu-Birnin Kebbi road. Nafiu Abubakar, Kebbi police spokesperson, said the incident occurred when a vehicle conveying jerry cans containing petrol collided […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says he accepts a court verdict affirming Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe north senatorial district. On Wednesday, a federal high court directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Machina as the APC candidate for the senatorial district. INEC had earlier […]