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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, refused to shield the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele, from being disqualified to contest for the presidential ticket of any political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Emefiele’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, earlier on Monday, urged the court to issue an interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from disqualifying him from participating in the primary election of his preferred political party. But ruling on the ex parte application, the judge, Ahmed Mohammed, ruled that he…

After months of speculation, the picking of expression of interest and nomination form by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, to join the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari has drawn the ire of many, throwing up frenzied reactions from politicians, financial experts and lawyers over the impropriety or otherwise of the apex bank’s chief joining the fray. It was gathered at the weekend that owing to implications the situation could have on the nation’s economic outlook, the House of Representatives immediately convened an emergency plenary session for Monday (today) to deliberate on Emefiele’s presidential ambition, which crisis…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in a statement on Monday. Osodeke said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. The roll-over strike takes effect from 12:01 a.m. on May 8, 2021. The decision was taken after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting which started on Sunday night at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja. At the meeting, ASUU accused the Federal Government of being unserious. ASUU is demanding the release…

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike yesterday said the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges by the federal government only suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. Governor Wike wondered how to explain the embarrassment that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) are made to suffer by that action because it has made them irrelevant. The governor made the statement while speaking to delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State on Monday as part of his ongoing consultation ahead of…

The Federal Government has directed all the telecommunications operators to bar outgoing calls for all unlinked NIN-SIMs in the country. The Federal Government made its position known in a statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde and Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke. The statement reads: “On behalf of the Federal Government, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has commended Nigerians and Legal Residents for their support during the exercise to link National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM).…

His comments is coming days after there have been several terrorist attacks in various parts of the country, most notably Kaduna State where there was an attack at the airport and on a train that led to the loss of lives. The bandits had last year destroyed a portion of the rail tracks with explosives. This recent attack now raises more concern among Nigerians about their safety during the commute. Days before the train attack, terrorists had also attacked the Kaduna International Airport. The former president noted that the level of insecurity in the country calls for concerted efforts among…

Abuja – U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Kathleen FitzGibbons applauded theefforts of the Nigerian Correctional Service to implement the 2019 Nigerian Correctional Service Act and recognized the importance of the Act to ensure that justice is carried out in proportion to criminal offenses, contribute to the rehabilitation and reformation of offenders, and promote justice for the Nigerian society at large at a hand-over ceremony at the Nigerian Correctional Service. Through the Embassy’s office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) the ceremony recognized the assistance INL has provided to support the Nigerian government in the effective implementation of the Act, and…