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…As President appoints Zuru as National Commissioner to replace Nahuche The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second and final term in office. The request was contained in a letter dated 21st October, 2020, and read on the floor by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The letter reads: “In accordance with the provision of Section 154(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate,…

Senator Elisha Abbo has announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator who is representing Adamawa North in the Senate House of Assembly announced his defection in a letter addressed to the House. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during Wednesday’s plenary session. In the letter, Senator Abbo explained that his decision to defect to the APC is because of the mismanagement of the PDP in Adamawa state by Governor Umaru Fintiri. Abbo was the senator who was accused of assaulting a woman in an adult toy shop in…

Justice Muhammad Tukur of State High Court, Kaduna today November 24, convicted and sentenced the duo of Maryam Muhammad Jallo and Rukaiya Muhammad Jallo to ten years imprisonment for offences that border on criminal breach of trust. The pair who are blood sisters were prosecuted on an amended one count charge by the Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge reads, “that you Maryam Jallo and Rukaiya Jallo on the 30th day of March, 2019 in Kaduna within the judicial division of this Honourable Court, while being entrusted with the sum of One Million…

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday revoked the bail he granted to Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). He also issued a bench warrant against him and ruled that his trial will continue in his absence. The younger Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a three-count charge of money laundering and false declaration of assets was admitted to bail on November 26, 2019 in the sum of N60 million with one surety in like sum. The surety, the judge ruled,…

The bodies of three children were found in a car parked at the home of a retired police officer at Ugwu Ogede in Itchi, Igbo-Eze South local government area of Enugu State yesterday. The victims, identified as Chibugo Eze, Chinenye Eze, and Ebuka Ene, were reported missing after they went to fetch water at a commercial borehole owned and located at the home of a former police officer. It was gathered that two other children, named Kingsley Eze, and Mmasichukwu were equally rescued from the same car. 2023: APC Should Honour Zoning Agreement – Fashola Upon resuscitation, they claimed that…

South Korea has decided to withdraw its candidate Yoo Myung-hee from the race for World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General (DG), Washington Trade Daily has reported. Myung-hee is South Korea’s trade minister and its candidate for the top job at the WTO following the resignation of Roberto Azevedo. Nigeria’s candidate in the WTO race Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had secured the popular vote by a wide margin on October 28, but was not named DG because the United States (US) opposed her candidacy. The two women are the last candidates standing and the eventual winner will set a record as being the…

Nigeria is grappling with additional challenges, including a faster rate of inflation, as the gap between official and parallel segment of the foreign exchange (FX) market continues to widen. As of yesterday (Tuesday), the differential between the two windows had hit N110, which experts said would increase informal remittances and discourage genuine investors who might be waiting to bring in funds. This comes as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained the policy rate at 11.5 per cent yesterday as it ended the last session for the year. The policy rate is the benchmark against which other lending rates in the…

Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect its zoning formula in picking its 2023 presidential candidate. He described the decision as the core of the agreement reached by APC founding fathers prior to the 2015 elections. Fashola (SAN), was Lagos State governor when the APC was founded and he was a critical stakeholder at the time. He has been serving as a minister since the party took over the Federal Government from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. He spoke at a time there is controversy on whether power…

The UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the United Bank for Africa, today, held its tenth annual National Essay Competition (NEC) in a virtual ceremony that was attended by high school students from across the nation. The UBA Foundation’s Education initiative has been changing lives for a decade as the tertiary education scholarship programme continues to impact the lives of many students and their communities. For the fourth consecutive year, the females have led this competition with14 year-old Eshiet Abasiekeme of Bright Stars Model Secondary School from Akwa Ibom state taking home this year’s winning prize. Eshiet received an educational…

Former African Boxing Union (ABU) light welterweight champion, Olaide “Fijaborn” Fijabi, who is set to have his first fight in two years, has warned his next opponent to expect a torrid time when they clash at GOtv Boxing Night 21 on 27 November. Fijabi, who has been stripped of his title, following his injury-enforced inability to defend his title in 2018 in Senegal when he was billed to fight Dennis “The Range” Mbat in a national challenge duel. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, the former West African and African champion, said he is happy to be back in the ring and…