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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of a Court of Appeal Division in Anambra. Chief Basil Ejidike, Chairman of APC in the state said the coming of the court was long overdue. He said the establishment of the Appellate Court in the state would go a long way to achieving speedy and far-reaching justice service delivery in the state. He said Anambra deserved a Court of Appeal division in view of the magnitude of cases from the state that required that category of legal redress high were before now sought at the Enugu…

The Senate on Thursday at plenary constituted a 56 – member constitution review committee to work on bills seeking for alteration of some provisions of the 1999 Constitution. The committee, as announced by the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, consists of eight principal officers who are to serve as steering committee within the larger committee. The committee is also made of one senator from each of the 36 states of the federation and two senators from each of the six geo-political zones. The 56 member committee to be chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege also…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to stop pushing narratives that are capable of energizing Boko Haram’s terrorist campaign against the Nigerian state. According to the group, the insurgents could capitalize on CAN’s rhetorics to further drive a wedge between the country’s two major religious groups. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said CAN is unwittingly playing into the hands of the terror group and its affiliates. “We know that since Boko Haram killed Reverend Lawan Andimi, one of the leaders of CAN in Northern…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated two Agusta 109 Power and MI-171E helicopter gunships into Nigerian Airforce infantry, and governments of Italy and Russia, who provided the helicopters to Nigeria. President Buhari, who gave the commendation while unveiling the helicopters at the Eagles Square, Abuja, said Nigeria would continue to strengthen ties with the affected countries. Cue in audio – “I commend the support of the Governments of Italy and the Russian Federation, in particular efforts of the Italian and Russian Ambassador to Nigeria at sustaining the strategic partnership between our countries, which facilitated this acquisition. “We will continue to…

ABUJA – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday said there is a need to revisit the privatization of the power sector. Lawan made the statement when members of the executive committee of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria ((MAN) paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “I think the privatization has not worked. It has failed because the essence of privatization is to create efficiency,” Lawan told his guests who complained of the adverse effects of the sordid state of electricity supply in the country. “It appears most of the companies, the DISCOs (Distribution Companies), have no sufficient capital…

ABUJA – As a mark of his commitment towards supporting the Organised Private Sector (OPS), President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, is set to inaugurate infrastructural projects at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). The projects are an ultra-modern 6-storey office complex and an expansive multi-functional Convention Centre, all located at kilometer 8 Airport road Abuja. According to information obtained from the Policy Advocacy Centre (PAC) of the Chamber, President Buhari, who is also the grand patron of the OPS in Nigeria will be performing the ceremony on Friday, 14th February 2020 by 10 am. “Since the inception of the…

By Ayo Oye, Abuja No fewer than 74 political parties have been deregistered, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced on Thursday. The chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He also announced dates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states holding later in the year. According to him, the Edo election will hold on September 19, 2020, while that of Ondo will hold on October 10, 2020. With the de-registration exercise over, only 18 political parties will participate in future elections.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Secretariat, Princess Gloria Akobundu, has expressed Nigeria’s readiness for the second round of APRM. Akobundu made this known in her speech delivered in Addis Ababa, on Thursday, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. She noted that the country had put in place all necessary structures for the effective implementation of a second peer-review process of the APRM. Speaking on the implementation of the APRM process in Nigeria at the 30th meeting of the Committee of APRM Focal points, she called for effective collaboration…

Mr Fola Tinubu, Managing Director, Primero Transport Services, operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, has assured passengers of adequately maintain the buses. Tinubu gave the assurances on Thursday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He was responding to agitations of some bus users on Wednesday who complained of being drenched by water leaks from the bus air conditioning compartment. Tinubu regretted the inconvenience the development had caused some passengers. “We have been fixing the ACs and our people should have automatically withdrawn such buses from services immediately they were notified. “If…

The Kwara Government has begun enforcement of compliance on road setbacks in some parts of Ilorin, by ridding the state capital of illegal motor parks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the enforcement was preceded by public enlightenment on the ills of illegal motor parks. Officials of the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARMA) had rid off the walkways and road setbacks around the popularly Post Office, Challenge, Ipata market, and Central market, among others, of traders and hawkers. Those operating illegal motor, tricycle, and motorcycle parks were also moved to the Bus terminus built by the…