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Peoples Democratic Party The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has called on the National Assembly to legalise the use of card readers in elections in the country. Mr Chris Nehikhare, the Publicity Secretary for the party in Edo, made the call on Thursday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin….
By Nwafor Sunday The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has sent President Muhammadu Buhari a warning, telling him never to return to Borno. In a video obtained by TheCable, the leader of the sect conspicuously told Buhari that his members are fully on ground in the North-East. He said they will attack Buhari if…
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary Odili, held that Degi-Eremieoyo presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. It held that the Form…
Yakubu By Omeiza Ajayi The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it would act on the judgment of the Supreme Court directing it to withdraw the Certificate of Return it issued the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon. INEC, however, said it was yet to be…
…Challenges Scientists to find solution to Virus …Says it’ll not rest until cure is found By Emmanuel Elebeke & Alice Ekpang The Federal government on Thursday challenged Nigerian scientists to find solution to the dreaded Coronavirus currently threatening the world. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu who gave the charge also pledged…
Ethiopia on Thursday passed a law punishing “hate speech” and “disinformation” with hefty fines and long jail terms, despite fears by rights groups it undermines gains in free speech. Nearly 300 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill, with 23 votes against and two abstentions. The new law defines hate speech as rhetoric that fuels discrimination…
Employs 661 Nigerian seafarers By Godwin Oritse THE Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG has said that it has completed about 83 percent of its Nigerianization process with a view to meeting the 100 percent target by 2022. In a statement, a subsidiary of the company, NLNG Ship Management Limited, NSML, currently has 661…
Say Kirikiri lighter terminal can take 11,000 empty containers By Godwin Oritse Sea port THE National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, has petitioned President Mohammadu Buhari over the diversion of vessels to ports in the Eastern flank of the country saying that that the space at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT,…
By Godfrey Bivbere & Sharon Obiakor CUSTOMS Brokers under the aegis of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA have called on the Federal Government to utilise the empty space at Kirikiri Lighter Port to reduce the present congestion in Lagos Ports. The Council through its National President, Lucky Amiwero, noted that…
By Eguono Odjegba custom officers CONTROLLERS, Port Harcourt Area 1 command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Comptroller Mohammed Boyi, has said that the partnership between the NCS and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has strengthened. Boyi who played host to the Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the EFCC, Usman Imam, last week,…