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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N453.90 billion for the purchase of rolling stock, operational, and maintenance equipment for the ongoing under-construction Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by …

The Federal High High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out the Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and forfeit the sum of N70trillion it alleged was stashed in 29 bank accounts by some looters. Justice Peter Lifu held that the Federal Government’s lawyers and the private lawyers which it …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to screen and confirm seven nominees for appointment as chairman and members of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read President Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate during plenary …

President-Elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu has condemned what he described as “isolated” cases of infractions, ethnic slurs and violence that have trailed the 2023 general elections, declaring that elections are now over and the healing process must begin. In what appeared a post mortem of the polls, Tinubu said the March …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Monday. It will be recalled that …

Sorting and counting of votes have commenced in different parts of Nigeria for the West African country’s governorship and state assembly elections. Voting ended at exactly 2.30pm at most polling units across the over 170,000 polling units in the country. In Osun State, OSBC Correspondents reports that officials of the …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on election monitoring duty in Kaduna State today, March 18, 2023 came under attack at School Road, Unguwan Rimi Kaduna while attempting to arrest a suspected vote buyer. The team, working on intelligence on the alleged activities of one Kabiru Musa …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC. According to him, …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said the party is yet to zone the Senate Presidency and other National Assembly posts. He described reports on the zoning of offices as rumours. He expressed confidence his party would win the Governorship/Assembly election s in …

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, and a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, have lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission over the election process in Ogun State. Osinbajo, who cast his vote at Polling Unit 14, Egunrege Ward 1, Ikenne in Ikenne Local Government Area …