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September, 2023

  • 7 September

    President Tinubu Celebrates Election Tribunal Victory In India

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated his victory at the presidential election tribunal which held today. The president who is currently in India was seen in a happy mood shaking hands with his entourage who were singing his praises. The tribunal dismissed every petition against him to uphold his victory as the duly elected president of Nigeria. President Bola Ahmed ...

  • 7 September

    Fiery Cow headbutts man to death @ Lagos Abattoir

    It was comic but pandemonic scene at an abbatoir in the Agege area in Lagos state on Wednesday, August 30, as a 30-year-old man identified as Ubani Usman, was rammed to death by a fiery cow. ….According to reports, Ubani was standing close to the abattoir when the cow broke loose from the abattoir and attacked Ubani. The cow headbutted ...

  • 7 September

    Sanwo-Olu starts, reveals palliatives’ sharing formula

    The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday flagged off the distribution of food items for 500,000 vulnerable households in the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Speaking during the exercise at the Lagos State House, Alausa, Ikeja, the governor said that the strategic goal of the programme was to reach vulnerable households in the ...

  • 7 September

    Gov declares 3 days holiday for Palliative Sharing

    Governor Umaru Bago declares next September 6,7 and 8 ( Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) as public holidays as he announces fuel subsidy removal palliatives for Nigerlites Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state has announced the sum of over N5 billion palliatives to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal for Nigerlites, cutting across political parties, religious bodies, and ...

  • 7 September

    Govt Officials Arrested For Selling Palliatives

    The department of state services (DSS) has apprehended some government officials involved in the sale of palliatives meant for Nigerians to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. In a statement released by the organization on Tuesday, it was revealed that suspects who are officials of Nasarawa state emergency management agency (NASEMA) have also taken into custody. The Department of ...

  • 7 September

    Death knocks @ burial as Event Hall Roof Collapses

    A solemn burial reception turned into a scene of chaos and tragedy on Saturday as the roof of an event center in Ijero Ekiti, located in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, collapsed. It resulted into multiple injuries. The unfortunate incident occurred when guests were rushing to exit the building, leading to a stampede that left several individuals ...

  • 7 September

    Tribunal Declares PDP Natasha Akpoti winner of Kogi Central Senatorial Election

    The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal has declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the actual winner of the February 25 senatorial election in Kogi Central as against INEC declaration of Sadiku Ohere of the APC. Justice K. A. Orjiako, the Tribunal Chairman who read the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel, said results were inflated in ...

  • 7 September

    Tinubu makes new appointments (full list)

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mandate Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The appointment was made known in a statement issued by the Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. The appointees are as follows: Mr. Bitrus L. GarkiSecretary, Area Council Services Secretariat Lawan Kolo GeidamSecretary, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat Mr. Danlami IhayyoSecretary, Education Dr. Adedolapo ...

  • 7 September

    Consumers kick as Pre-Paid metre sells for #144k

    The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of single-phase and three-phase pre-paid electricity meters, and declared that the hike takes effect from September 6, 2023. It announced this in an order released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission with number, NERC/2023/020, and jointly signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, and its Commissioner, Legal, Licencing and ...

  • 6 September

    Dele Momodu: I’d have fired Wike from PDP if I had the power

    Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine, says he would have expelled Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had the power. Momodu, a former presidential aspirant and chieftain of the PDP, spoke on Tuesday when he appeared on Political Paradigm, a programme on Channels Television. Momodu, who was the director ...