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Today’s Google celebrates Nigeria’s Independence Day! On this day in 1960, the most populous country in Africa achieved independence from Great Britain. Celebrations start on the morning of Independence Day, when the President of Nigeria addresses the general public with a nationally televised speech. Nigerians then proudly sing the national anthem while raising the green and white flag — like the one featured in today’s Doodle. Later on, the Nigerian Armed Forces march to the rhythm of thumping drums and perform military maneuvers in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Many Nigerians spend the rest of the day enjoying traditional…
Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all Nigerians whose tremendous goodwill gave me the opportunity to provide leadership for our great country at one of the trying times in her history. 2. Conscious that today’s address would be my last on an Independence Day as your President; I speak to the millions of Nigerians, who believed in me, propelled and stood by me in my quest to bequeath a country where all citizens have equal opportunities to achieve their lives desires in a peaceful atmosphere.…
A principal officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),Duruocha Osita Joel has been found dead along a road in Anambra. This was disclosed by the Commission’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye,in a statement released on Friday said Duruocha was reported missing in Anambra on Wednesday. He said the officer’s body was found along a road in Awka north LGA. “On Wednesday, 28th September 2022, the Commission’s Administrative Secretary in Anambra State, Mr. Okwuonu Jude, reported the disappearance of a staff, Mr. Duruocha Osita Joel, a Principal Executive Officer II on Grade Level…
Following the violence that occurred in the Ojo and Lagos Island areas of Lagos on Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of has ordered the suspension of all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, on Thursday adding that a 35- Man Caretaker Committee has been constituted to take over activities of the union henceforth. “In a bid to fulfill one of the cardinal objectives of the T.H.E.M.E.S developmental agenda of the present administration in Lagos State as it relates…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties against receiving funds from anyone as anonymous for the 2023 elections. Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner on voters education said this on Friday during an interview with Channels Television. Asked how INEC will monitor crowdfunding for campaign organisations, Okoye said political parties are not to spend funds from anonymous sources. “The law is very clear. The law says that no political party is obligated to receive funds from sources it cannot testify to anonymous sources,” he said. “And the law is very clear that when people donate funds to you…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola and His Deputy Suffer Another Shock with the nullification of their candidacies atop of loosing the July 16 poll A Federal High Court on Friday disqualified the Governor of Osun State Gboyega Oyetola and his Deputy Gboyega Alabi. The court in its ruling, said the duo were not properly nominated as candidates of the All Progressive Congress for the July 16 election noting that nominations under the leadership of the ex-caretaker committee led by Mai Mala Buni was a nullity. The court accused Buni of violating the provisions of Section 183 of the constitution of the Federal…
Supporters of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi are playing a hide and seek with the police in Lagos as the group says it has made a detour to avoid passing through the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday. A court has ruled on Wednesday that Obidients as Obi’s supporters are called, cannot only pass through the gate but must not converge on the area. They have therefore said the procession will now pass through Admiralty Way and make a deetour at Marwa Roundabout without passing through the controversial location. However policemen deployed by the Lagos Command have taken…
The much awaited election of the president of the Nigerian Football Federation has held today with Ibrahim Gusau emerging as the next president of the organization. With his election, he is to oversee the nation’s soccer administration and replace Mr. Amaju Pinnick. The election held in Benin the Edo State capital. While Gusau recorded 21 votes, his closest rival, Seyi Akinwumi, polled 12 votes. Former League Management Committee Chairman, Shehu Dikko, polled six votes.
President Putin has announced the illegal seizure of four areas of Ukraine – saying they are now Russian territory In an angry speech decrying the West, he claimed people living in the regions had made their choice – but “referendums” held there have been labelled shams The territory being seized is in Russian-held Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions The formal process to incorporate them into the Russian Federation will happen over the next few days It echoes Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, which also followed a discredited referendum Earlier, many civilians were reported killed and wounded…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the chairmanship of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria has approved the elevation of 62 legal practitioners to the Inner Bar. Hajo Bello, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary to LPPC disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is awarded as a mark of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as advocates and academics. The new appointees for the year 2022 exercise are in…