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  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been asked to rise to the occasion of ensuring good governance in the 2023 political dispensation by holding elected politicians accountable to Nigerians through their parties’ manifestoes. The Commission was specifically charged to document manifestoes of all parties and use same to effect checks and balances on…

The  need for qualitative education, healthcare delivery system, as well as enduring poverty alleviation schemes dominated talks at a debate session organised for the Kwara Central Senatorial candidates in the 2023 elections by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara Council. The speakers at the novel event included the candidates of…

  The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate from Yagba federal Constituency, Engineer Folorunsho Olafemi has lamented that with twenty three natural resources underneath the soil of Yagba Federal Constituency yet untapped. He made this known on Monday while speaking at the ongoing Media Parley organised for National Assembly Candidates by Kogi State Council of the…

  …says his legacy of sustaining peace, and togetherness unforgettable. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed his sadness over the demise of the Maigari of Lokoja, His Royal Highness Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi III, OON who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 80 years after a brief illness. Governor Bello in…

  The Dangote Group has been described as a significant premium player as over 300corporate exhibitors are participating in the 17th Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF) that is expected to be declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Speaking to newsmen, the Director-General of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Ms. Victoria…

Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly and Candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress for Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in the forthcoming General Elections in 2023, Rt. Hon. (Prince) Matthew Kolawole has received with shock and grief the news of the demise of the paramount ruler of Lokoja, Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Maikarfi III, the…

Buhari charges Judicially to be neutral on 2023 election litigations. *Olanipekun restates call for improved welfare for judges President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Judiciary in the country to remain neutral in their determination of election related cases as the nation gradually progressed into the 2023 general elections. “As the 2023 general elections draw near,…

  The Osun state governor elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Thursday floored his contender, Dotun Babayemi, who challenged Adeleke’s emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun state governorship election. Babayemi had prayed the apex court to set aside the decisions of the lower courts and declare him as the…

  The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), has elevated nine Professors of law, three lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and 50 others to the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANS.). They were honoured with the rank by the Committee headed by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),…

orrential rainfall that spread from Thursday night to Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has claimed the life of a woman at Onijo compound, Pakata area, Ilorin. Four children were also reported to have sustained injuries when the wall of a building caved in at Kankatu- Okelele area of Ilorin. The victims who were…