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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, which was presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, has adjourned hearing on a fundamental human rights suit instituted by an Onitsha-based human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba, against Federal Government and four others, seeking disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to February 1, 2023. Joined in the suit No.FHC/AWK/CS/198/2022 are the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as 2nd defendant, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 3rd defendant, PDP as 4th defendant and Atiku as 5th defendant, respectively. Justice Nganjiwa chose…

• Says Buhari supports policy • Policy will affect SMEs, Abuja Chamber says • We won’t be rigid on cash withdrawal limit — Emefiele Despite criticisms trailing the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) newly introduced policy on cash withdrawal limits, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has said the policy is not meant to hurt anybody but to strengthen the nation’s economy. Emefiele, who stated this, yesterday, while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, assured that the apex bank would not be rigid on the policy following criticism from the Senate,…

There are growing fears by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that over 1.5 million children’s education and health are facing challenge as a result of recent flooding, which affected over 30 states in Nigeria. Although climate change has been partly attributed to this flooding, The Guardian gathered that more than 2.5 million Nigerians, 60 per cent being children, are believed to be in dire need of humanitarian assistance. States such as Bayelsa, Kogi and Delta, among other coastal communities, are worst hit. The government of Anambra and Bayelsa states explained that the closure of both public and private schools…

Seeks media support on awareness National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control(NAFDAC) has urged the media to champion the campaign against the skin Bleaching Pandemic by providing Nigerians with the right information to make the right decision about safeguarding their health. Acting Director General of NAFDAC, Monica Eimunjeze who made the call in Abuja to a sensitization workshop for health journalists on the danger of bleaching creams and regulatory controls in Nigeria, decried the proliferation of skin Bleaching creams and products in the country that has assumed alarming proportion to the detriment of the majority of the unsuspecting…

…as Jega proffers solution to vote buying The European Union, EU has decried the rising level of electoral offences in Nigeria saying a democratic government built on a shaky foundation due to the incredibility of the electoral process will make the people lack confidence in the government The team leader of the EU Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria, SDGN Rudolf Elbling said the competitive and politically divisive nature of elections in the country makes them vulnerable to abuse, fraud and violence According to Elbling, elections can only be credible if they are contested on a level playing field in…

The Federal Government says one of the indelible legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, largely downplayed is food security and the scaling up of made-in-Nigeria products. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 9th edition of the ”PMB Administration. Scorecard Series (2015-2023)” which featured the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the scorecard series was launched in October as part of an overall programme to showcase and document the numerous achievements of the Buhari administration In an opening remark, Mohammed noted…

Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned about potential harm of taking part in the ‘Invisible Challenge’ on short-form video hosting service, TikTok, saying it exposes devices to information-stealing malware. An advisory by the NCC-CSIRT said threat actors have taken advantage of the viral TikTok challenge to disseminate a malware known as WASP (or W4SP) stealer. The commission, in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, yesterday, said the WASP stealer, which is high in probability, with critical damage potential, is a persistent malware ‘hosted in discord’ that its developer claim is…

The Senate has threatened to cut down the budgetary allocation of over 100 if they fail to appear before the Auditor General for the Federation. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, gave this warning on Wednesday while ruling on a point of order raised by the Chairman, of the Senate Public Accounts Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide. Urhoghide, under Orders 42 and 95 complained that the indicted MDAs have repeatedly ignored letters of invitation and summons sent out by the committee and have failed to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General. “The agencies that have vehemently refused to appear before…

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd) has solicited the support of the Police high command in the recruitment of ex-agitators to its rank and file and officers’ Corp. The Interim Administrator made the request, Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Alkali Baba Usman at the Police Headquarters in Abuja. Ndiomu revealed that the PAP has over the years trained a lot of youths from the Niger Delta region who would fit into the manpower needs of the Police. The Interim administrator also expressed his…

As Nigeria and other African countries continue to explore alternative sources of revenues to meet developmental challenges, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina says diaspora remittances to the continent should be acknowledged, respected and further explored. Adesina’s observation is based on the fact that the value of remittances from the African diaspora doubled from $37 billion in 2010 to $87 billion in 2019 reaching $95.6 billion in 2021. The AfDB President further said, “yet, official development assistance to Africa in 2021 was $35 billion or 36 percent of the remittances from the diaspora.’’ According to…