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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to appoint governing boards in all aviation parastatals to ensure effective service delivery. The newly-elected NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the call at a meeting with Association of Nigerian Aviation
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Maiduguri on Thursday to inaugurate the new 50 megawatts Maiduguri gas power plant. Gov. Babagana Zulum made this known on Wednesday in a broadcast to the people of the state. Zulum said the gas plant constructed
The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’, said it has made a total of 130 seizures of smuggled items in two months. A statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna by the unit’s Public Relations Officer, Isa Sulaiman, said that
A Kano Senior Magistrate’s Court remanded the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa at the Goron Dutse Correctional Centre in Kano on Wednesday in a case of murder. Ado-Doguwa (APC-Doguwa/Tudun Wada, Kano) is standing trial alongside one Bashir
Major streets in the FCT erupted into carnival-like celebrations on Wednesday as Sen. Bola Tinubu received his Certificate of Return as the president-elect from INEC’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Shortly after the ceremony which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja,
Lagos PDP Candidates in the just-concluded National Assembly Election have appealed to INEC to consider their petitions against the collated results in the Lagos West and Lagos Central Senatorial Districts in the state. Mr Segun Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland and Mr
Mr Sunday Katung of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Feb. 25 elections for Kaduna South Senatorial district. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdullahi Dalhatu, who declared the result in Kafanchan on Monday, said Katung polled 138, 246
El-Rufai Muhammad Bello of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has won the Kaduna North Federal Constituency in Kaduna state with 51,052 votes. Prof Mohammed Magaji Garba of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Returning Officer for House Representatives, Kaduna North, announced the
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kebbi State, on Monday, declared collation officer for Marafa ward in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Mr Yusuf Isa-Yahaya as ‘persona non-grata’. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Ahmed
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Abdulrahaman Kawu Sumaila as winner for Kano South Senatorial election. Prof. Ibrahim Barde of Bayero University Kano (BUK), the Returning Officer, announced Kawu of NNPP as winner of Saturday’s senatorial election after scoring