President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate. “This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned. Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road. The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness. In…
The Plateau chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the National and State House Assemblies Election Petitions Tribunal judgment that declared former governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong, as winner of the southern senatorial election of the state. The tribunal had on Monday sacked Napoleon Bali, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
The National and State House Assemblies Election Petitions tribunal in Kaduna has affirmed the election of Sunday Katung as the senator representing Kaduna south. The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Michael Auta, candidate of the Labour Party (LP) against Katung’s victory at the poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Katung,…
The Kaduna state chapter Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has disclosed that 23 pastors were killed, while 200 churches were shut down in the state by bandits in the past four years. The state Chairman of the association, Rev. John Hayab, stated this on Tuesday, at an emergency meeting between the State Commissioner of Police,…
The national and state assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Jos has sacked two national assembly members representing Jos South /Jos East and Langtang North/Langtang South federal constituencies. The lawmakers include Musa Bagos, representing Jos South /Jos East and Beni Lar representing Langtang North/Langtang South. The sacked lawmakers contested the election on the platform of the…
