The appeal court in Abuja has nullified the verdict of the Nasarawa state governorship election petition tribunal, which sacked Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court affirmed the election of Sule as governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule…
The Supreme Court has temporarily stopped moves by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban the use of the old naira notes by February 10, 2023. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro halted the plan in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The…
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), says it is working closely with the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest proprietors of illegal health institutions and colleges. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the NBTE, disclosed this on Thursday in Kaduna at a meeting with provosts and proprietors of health institutions and colleges, as well as…
The Kaduna state government has suspended resumption of schools across the state till further notice. The schools were closed for the third term on July 16, 2021, and were expected reopen on July 25. The resumption date was however extended by three weeks for the school to reopen in August. However, addressing a meeting of…
Former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Tuesday in a private hospital in Abuja following an undisclosed ailment. He was aged 74. Mantu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was elected as the senator representing Plateau central senatorial district in 1999….
The Arewa Coalition for Justice (ACJ), has kicked against the alleged cancellation of the a N147.6 billion contract for the full rehabilitation of Katsina-Kankara-Dutsinma-Maraba Kankara road in Katsina state. The contract was said to have been awarded to an indigenous firm, Vipan Global Resources Limited, after fulfilling all the requisite requirements, with a completion period…
