The Court of Appeal Abuja has granted the request of the candidates of Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively, to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed for the conduct of the presidential election […]
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On Sports, World Cup Finals Record Goal-Scorer, Just Fontaine Is Dead
On Sports Just Fontaine, the all-time top scorer in a single World Cup finals with 13 goals, has died at the age of 89. Fontaine achieved the record in the 1958 finals in Sweden where France reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, losing to Pele’s Brazil. […]
On foreign News, Mexican troops probed over the killing of five civilians
On foreign News* The Mexican attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into the deaths of five men, including a possible United States citizen, who were allegedly killed by soldiers near the US border.The defense ministry said in a statement that it was working with investigators to clarify the events […]
House Leader Doguwa Remanded In Prison On Five-Count Charge
The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been remanded in prison after a five-count charge including culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting public disturbance. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate […]
PDP senators dismiss Lawan’s claims on electronic transmission
Two Peoples Democratic Party senators, Gershom Bassey (Cross River South) and Abba Moro (Benue South), have faulted the arguments of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on the provisions of the Electoral Act regarding the electronic transmission of results. They insisted that both Chambers of the National Assembly duly passed the […]
UK prime minister, Sunak congratulates Tinubu on election victory
The United Kingdom has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu received the Certificate of Return as the President-elect of Nigeria on Wednesday. In a statement, UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, hailed registered voters for exercising their democratic rights. Cleverly, however, urged opposition parties to seek legal ways of addressing issues […]
Elections: Lagos CP meets Falz, Macaroni, others
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Wednesday played host to some critical stakeholders in the state, including rapper, Folarin Falana also known as Falz and skit maker, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, […]
Tinubu Receives Certificate Of Return
Barely a few hours after emerging as president-elect, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has received his Certificate of Return. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,984,520. On Wednesday evening, Tinubu was presented […]
NATO Says Ukraine Will Join Nato But In The Long Term, After The Russian Invasion
On Tuesday, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg saidthat Ukraine will become a member of the alliance in the long-term, but stressed that the immediate issue is it remaining an independent nation in the face of Russia’s invasion. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Finland’s capital Helsinki, Stoltenberg said that NATO […]
UK grocery price inflation surges to record 16.7% – Kantar
On the Foreign Scene Report has it that a measure of UK grocery price inflation soared to a record high this month as price increases were having a big impact on people’s lives. According to a Kantar survey in January, up from a fifth during the same period in 2022, […]