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National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has dismissed the Federal Government’s rebuttal of the petition it forwarded to the British Parliament over the insecurity in the country, saying it was lying. The NCEF had written the British Parliament, apprising it of the high level insecurity in the country but the government, …

IJAW civil society groups, CSOs, yesterday, threatened to close down Government House, Asaba, Delta State, over alleged deliberate exclusion of Ijaw ethnic group in the appointment of judges in the state. Spokesperson of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, Daniel Ezekiel, who confirmed the planned protest march, said the CSOs took …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, while dismissing the suit filed by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore challenging the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly, awarded a cost of N100,000 against the plaintiff to be paid to all the defendants …

The shut-ins and shutdowns of some terminals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation led to another monthly drop in the gross oil revenue that comes to the federation. Latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that the country’s oil receipts dropped to N410.18bn in May 2019, shedding N62.2bn …

The outgoing Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdul-Kafarati, has rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for a change of judge in the fundamental rights cases filed by the immediate-past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and a former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha. The …

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe; have joined the November governorship race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Alaibe is aspiring to be the PDP candidate for Bayelsa State. Alaibe spoke to journalists after collecting his nomination and expression of interest forms …

The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of awarding unlawful votes to Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress. Akinlade stated this on Thursday while appearing as a “star witness” before the election …

Despite analysts’ predictions that the performance of the nation’s stock market would begin picking up in the second half of the year, investors have recorded losses totalling N291bn in the four days since the second half of the year began. The market, which opened the new half at a value …

Group Call On Buhari To Intervene & Stop Premium Steel Ltd From Selling Off Steel Company. A group known as The Emerging Delta (TED) has called on President Buhari to call to order Premium Steel & Mines Limited from what they termed “outright sales of the assets and properties” of …

The Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Ogbaru Diocese, Anglican Communion, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to implement, without further delay, the reports and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. The Church of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to consider …