Armed security operatives have cordoned off roads leading to the presidential election petition court in Abuja. The court is meant to deliver its much-anticipated judgment on three petitions challenging the election of PresidentBola Tinubu by the presidential candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and LabourParty’s Peter Obi. Two …
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Security beef-up as Presidential Tribunal declares judgement today
Ahead of today’s judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, there’s security beef-up within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, where the PEPT members are expected to rule on the petitions brought before them by some aggrieved presidential candidates. The duo of former Vice President Atiku …
Read More »Abia Govt dismisses report on sack of 10,000 workers
The Abia Government has dismissed a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, made this known in an interview with news men in Umuahia on Wednesday. “The report on the sack of Abia workers by Gov. Alex Otti is fake and …
Read More »Minister orders passport backlogs to be cleared in two weeks
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday, said all passport backlogs should be cleared within the next two weeks, adding that there is no excuse for passport delay in Nigeria. He also said he is in talks with service providers and the Nigeria Immigration Service to digitise and decentralise …
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