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By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, announced an end to its two-day warning strike, asking its members all over the country to resume work on Thursday. In a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, commended Nigerian workers for participating in the strike, saying a significant stride was achieved. Labour had embarked on a two-day nationwide strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, over unfulfilled agreements by the Federal Government on petrol subsidy removal. The decision by the Labour grounded economic and commercial activities in several states of the Federation. “We are pleased to report that, thanks to your…

Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to count their losses following the power outage recorded in the territory for two days. The consumers in their separate interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja said that blackout has adversely affected their socio-economic life. They therefore appealed to the Federal Government to urgently resolve the problem. There has been blackout in most parts of the FCT, following the 2-day warning strike by the NLC. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) attributed the power outage being experienced in its franchise areas to the NLC warning strike. The…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Labour Party has said it rejects the decision of the Presidential Election petition tribunal which ruled against it on many of the grounds of its petition against President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. In its swift response less than one hour after the conclusion of the sitting of the court, the party said it has watched with amazement how the tribunal dismissed its allegations against the victory of President Bola Tinubu. “The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna…

By Halimah Olamide The presidential election petition court has dismissed allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission deliberately did not upload results of the presidential election on its portal. Justice Haruna Tsammani, while ruling on the petition against INEC that the commission failed to upload results real time as a ploy to manipulate results of the February 25 presidential poll, said that the witness called by the petitioner, Mr. Peter Obi, failed to show the court how the failure amounted to sabotage. The tribunal said Obi’s web engineer’s evidence concerning IReV portal glitches, added no value to his case adding…

CNN — Spanish star player Jennifer Hermoso has filed an official complaint with prosecutors against the president of the country’s soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, over an unwanted kiss after the Women’s World Cup final. The complaint was filed on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Spanish prosecutor’s office told CNN. “The statement was made at the office of the state attorney general to protect the privacy of the victim,” the spokesperson said. Spanish prosecutors had opened an investigation into Rubiales on August 28, saying they would contact her within two weeks to “inform her of her rights as a victim of an alleged crime of…

By Halimah Olamide Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday said there is no evidence that President Bola Tinubu was neither a convict in the United States nor ever forefieted a sum of $460,000 said to be proceeds of drug trafficking. The tribunal said it could not agree with the petitioner that Tinubu should be disqualified on account of such claims. The PEPC which is currently sitting at the Appeal Court complex Abuja held that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to prove that Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was convicted for money laundering…

By Halimah Olamide The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti- Uduagan as the actual winner of the February Senatorial election in Kogi Central. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice K. A. Orjiako while reading the judgment of the 3-man panel, said Ohere results were inflated in 9 polling units of Ajaokuta LGA while that of Natasha was intentional reduced in 9 of the same polling units by the INEC, as well as 3 other polling units result that was…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has rested the argument of whether winning 25% in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was necessary in becoming president of Nigeria. The Justice Tsammani-led panel, said the voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja are equal to every other voters in the states in Nigeria, hence, Abuja has no special status. NPO Reports that both Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates had submitted that winning 25% of the FCT votes, in addition to meeting other requirements, was a necessary requirement of being declared winner in…

By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday told investors in India that Nigeria is poised to give them best investing opportunities. This was just as he commended the investors for significant investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion U.S. dollars committed during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India. He said, “we are ready to give you the best returns for investment possible, there’s nowhere else like our country. Nigeria offers the best returns for investment today, so invest now.” Among these many new investments, Indorama Petrochemical Limited has pledged a new investment of $8 billion…

By Kamil Opeyemi The presidential election petition tribunal has said allegations of rigging leveled against the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress and current president Bola Tinubu are vague. This was as the tribunal on Wednesday said the Petitioner failed to substantiate the allegations of rigging. Saying that the petitioner failed to be specific in what polling units the alleged irregularities took place, the tribunal said it could not rule in favour of the petitioner on account of such vague claims. Peter Obi had said that there were irregularities in the results released by the Independent National Electoral…