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BREAKING: PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES ALL SERVICE CHIEFS, ADVISERS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, APPOINTS NEW ONES

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. The newly appointed Officers are:S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff3 Maj….

Invite Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze tells Tinubu, says Dokubo enemy of govt

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed outrage over the attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo. The Igbo group urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore the likes of Dokubo and invite Kanu for a round table discussion. Dokubo had…

Critical appraisal of Supreme Court decision in Oyetola v. Adeleke in Osun state guber election – Kenneth Okonkwo

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@global square, 18th June 2023. The Electoral Act 2022 introduced some novel inventions. Principal amongst them is the electronic transfer of election results from the polling units in real time on election day to the INEC database or back end server or National Electronic Register of Election Results, and the uploading of the scanned hardcopies…

Communiqué issued at the end of the Police, stakeholders dialogue on security and justice in the South-East: Tackling the root causes of insecurity and injustice organized by Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) on June 14, 2023 at Harriet Suites, Umuahia, Abia State.

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Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre(RULAAC) with support from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), organized a one-day Police-Stakeholders Dialogue on Security and Justice in the South-East: Tackling the root causes of insecurity and injustice, held in Umuahia, Abia State. The purpose of the dialogue was to provide a platform for interaction and…

Nigerian legislators rejects motion to suspend Dangote’s license as sole importer of petrol

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The House of Representatives has rejected the motion to suspend the license allegedly granted to Dangote Refinery as the sole importer of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The House of Representatives has rejected the motion to suspend the license allegedly granted to Dangote Refinery as the sole importer of Petroleum Motor Spirit…

Uzodimma Reportedly Emerges South-East Governors’ Forum Chair, Relocates Meeting To Abuja

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L-R Peter Mbah (Enugu), Alex Otti (Abia), Hope Uzodinma (Imo) Chukwuma Soludo (Anambra) and Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi). There is an indication that the Southeast Governors’ Forum has relocated its meeting to Abuja, the nation’s capital. This is just as Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State State has been elected as the Chairman of Southeast Governors’…

Tinubu’s Victory: AIT Broadcaster Ijeoma Osamor Testifies For Peter Obi

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Ms Ijeoma Osamor, a broadcast journalist with DAAR Communications Plc, testified on Friday at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Osamor, who anchors the programme “Democracy Today” on Africa Independent Television (AIT) was subpoenaed as the 7th witness (PW 7) for Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Obi and LP are petitioners in the…

Jonathan Debunks Femi Kuti’s Claim Over EFCC Invitation

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The office of former President Goodluck Jonathan has punctured the claim by Afrobeat singer, Femi Kuti, that Jonathan was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of fraud when he served as deputy governor of Bayelsa State. A statement issued on Friday by Wealth Dickson Ominabo, a media officer in the…

EFCC Invites Eight Buhari Ministers Over Corruption Allegations

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The invitation letters requested the former top government officials to come and explain how they spent funds allocated to their ministries on some designated projects when they held sway at their respective positions. Muhammadu BuhariEight ministers who served under the administration of the immediate-past president, Muhammadu Buhari have been reportedly invited for questioning by the…

Shettima regrets NASS Leadership comment, apologises to Muslims

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Kashim Shettima, vice president, has apologised to the Muslim community for his remark regarding the choice of leaders for the 10th Assembly. Shettima had stated, “Under the current dispensation, the worst incompetent Southern Christian is better than the most puritanical Northern Muslim for the Presidency of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” in…