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The Cable Mary Owolabi, a student of Covenant University (CU), has won the gold medal at the 2023 edition of the competition organised by the Future Creative Leader Academy (FCLA). The initiative, which featured competitions, seminars, and workshops, is designed for students in universities and other tertiary institutions across the country. It provides a platform…

Channels TV The resident doctors and the Federal Government have reached an agreement over the five-day warning strike embarked upon by the association. On May 17, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) began a five-day warning strike to press home its demands after a 14-day ultimatum to the government lapsed. Channels Television had reported…

The Ninth Edition of African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA 2023) was successfully held at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday, May 20. Kunle Afolayan’s movie Anikulapo and Jade Osiberu’s Brotherhood bagged 5 awards respectively.Bimbo Ademoye won best actress in a comedy, while Osas Ighodaro grabbed best actress in a drama for her…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has informed the Presidential Election Petition Court on Saturday that it plans presenting two witnesses in defence of the victory of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the presidential polls. INEC’s lawyer, A.B. Mahmoud SAN, disclosed this in open court during a pre-hearing session on the petition filed by the People’s Democratic…

President-elect Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria eight days to his inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The incoming president returned to the country on Saturday after a week in Europe. His latest trip had raised eyebrow, with some reports saying that he was battling an undisclosed ailment.…

Vanguard News Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a police officer has been crowned the ‘General Overseer’ of his cell by the inmates.…

Federal High Court in Kano state says media reports that it nullified the candidature of the Abia state Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, who contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, are misleading. The court, however, said it annuled the election of all the Kano LP candidates that contested the 2023 general…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. This was contained in a statement, dated 19th May, 2023, and signed by the Director, Communications, Mohammed Abdullahi Ahmed, on Friday, in Abuja. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan,…

A former deputy national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Callistus Uju Okafor, has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to declare him the authentic national chairman of the party. Okafor, who said the constitution of the LP still recognised him as the substantive deputy chairman of the party, stated this while addressing journalists…

Channels TV Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano, has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A…