10TH NASS leadership: Senators-elect, Reps-elect move for open contests
G7 aspirants woo opposition members-elect Plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, through its National Working Committee, NWC, to impose leadership on the 10th National Assembly appears to be creating more problems for the party, as some of the lawmakers have called for an open contest and squaring up to confront the party. This came as the controversy generated by...
Ocholi felicitates with Iyasere on his elevation
An Abuja-based journalist and media consultant,Mr Danusa Ocholi has felicitated with Mr Davis Iyasere on his recent elevation as the Chief Executive of the Governing Council of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA). WAICA recently appointed Mr Iyasere as the new Secretary General/ Chief Executive Officer of the subregional body. This followed the retirement of the incumbent Secretary General/...
NAFDAC sanctions 35 firms in Kano
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Wednesday, said it has sanctioned no fewer than 35 companies in Kano as of the first quarter of 2023. The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Kasim Idrisa Ibrahim, who made the disclosure to The PUNCH, while spotlighting the activities of the agency during the period under review, noted that the agency...
JUST IN: Court stops NBC from imposing fines on broadcast stations
AFederal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday stopped the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from further imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. In a judgment, Justice James Omotosho voided the N500,000 fines imposed by the NBC on 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. Justice Omotosho was of the view that the NBC, not being a court of law, lacked power...
Osun: Tinubu reacts to Adeleke’s victory at Supreme Court, makes demand
President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State over his victory at the Supreme Court. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman, in Lagos, also urged Adeleke to move quickly to unite Osun. The President-elect said with the Supreme Court verdict on the Osun Gubernatorial tussle, all must respect the judgment. He also commended the...
Breaking: APP withdraws petition against Tinubu, APC, INEC
ABUJA—The Action Peoples Party, APP, on Wednesday, withdrew the petition it filed to nullify the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the 2023 presidential election. The party, at the resumed proceedings before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, announced its decision to terminate further hearing on its petition...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The legal battle to overturn the election victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, commenced on Monday, with the Presidential Election Petitions Court promising to deliver justice ‘’for those deserving it.’’ The long-awaited pre-hearing proceeding, which was held at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, was presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani. 2....
No Request on LGAs for N2.9b, Ignore APC’s Fake News, Says Adeleke
The Osun State Government yesterday posited that the alleged directive to local governments to contribute N2.9 billion was fake news from the Osun State’s chapter of the All Progressive Congress’ (APC) hall of infamy that was not done in good faith. A signed statement made available to THISDAY yesterday by the Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mr. Olawale Rasheed,...
Knocks as Nigeria’s debt profile races to N80trn under Buhari govt
With Nigeria’s total debt stock racing to over N80 trillion, there is heightened concern in the country. Stakeholders are of the view that Nigeria’s economy is in an emergency situation and on the verge of collapse if nothing is done. Although the Debt Management Office has consistently dismissed fears surrounding Nigeria’s increasing debt profile, economic analysts have never kept mum, signalling...
Tinubu seeks dismissal of APM’s petition, says it lacks merit
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify his election victory. Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN, maintained that the petition was bereft of merit and substance. The APM had in its petition marked: CA/PEPC/04/2023,...
