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  The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 16, 2023, arraigned one Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin for an alleged N1.4bn fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and…

  Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello on Saturday charged votes in the state to conduct themselves peaceful in order to have rancour free election through out the period of State House of Assembly election. The Governor stated this shortly after he cast his vote at Agassa community polling unit 11 in Agassa community, said the…

  The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja dismissed a certificate forgery suit brought against a Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Bayelsa Central Senatorial District of Bayelsa State, Mr Konbowei Friday Benson. The Apex Court held that certificate forgery, being a criminal allegation, ought to be and must be proved beyond…

  The Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free and fair governorship and House of Assembly elections with efficient use of the BVAS machines. The party made the call on Thursday during a peaceful protest from its Mandate office in Ilorin,…

  …13 chairmen declare support for the ruling party… …Vow to work for Governor’s re-election… Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid received a major boost on Wednesday as former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Ade Dosunmu and Labour Party’s Lagos Central Senatorial candidate on February 25 National Assembly poll, Chief Adesunbo…

  There was this day, I sat right at the foot of chief Adewale Bello(the Osuomona/Asiwaju of mopaland) listening with rasp attention to be able to pick every words that comes out of his mouth. You need every attentiveness to hear and understand him due to some degree of impairment in his speeches. He was…

Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Waziri Yakubu Gobir, has officially stepped down for the incumbent Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, saying this is in the interest of the state. In a statement he issued on Thursday after a brief meeting with the Governor, Gobir said he has had extensive deliberations with the Governor over…

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said old N200, N500, N1,000 banknotes remain legal tender till December 31, 2023. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin disclosed this in a statement on Monday. This is coming 10 days after the Supreme Court ruled that old naira notes should co-exist…

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja fixed May 19 for judgment in a suit instituted by aggrieved retirees from the six geo-political zones of the country against the Federal Government over alleged discrimination in the implementation of the pension policy in the country. The trial Judge, Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae fixed…

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked residents of the state, especially marketers, to collect and spend the old and new naira notes, saying both are still legal tenders in the country. Checks by New Telegraph on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, confirmed that residents were still refusing to collect the old N500…