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By Bliss Okperan The Sokoto State Election Petition Tribunal will on Saturday, September 30, 2023, deliver a judgement on the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in the state, Mr Sa’idu Umar. Mr Umar challenged the victory of the Governor of Sokoto State, Mr Ahmed Aliyu, who contested the poll under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said Mr Aliyu was not qualified to partake in the poll and also alleged electoral fraud during the March 18 governorship election. In a press release, the court stated that, “Take

By Adedapo Adesanya The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to urgently provide funds for the completion of the Okpai–Kwale Transmission Line Project in Delta State. At the plenary on Tuesday, the lower chamber of the parliament mandated its Committee on Power to ensure that bottlenecks mitigating against the completion of the project are effectively addressed and the project is completed in due time. This followed a motion moved by Mr Nnamdi Ezechi, the lawmaker representing Ndokwa/UKwuani Federal Constituency in the National Assembly on the floor of the green

By Adedapo Adesanya The two leading opposition presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections, Mr Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, approached the Supreme Court to upturn the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which on September 6, affirmed Mr Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the exercise held on Saturday, February 25. Mr Atiku, in his Notice of Appeal predicated on 35 grounds, insisted that the tribunal, in the judgment delivered by Justice Haruna Tsammani, committed grave error and miscarriage

By Dipo Olowookere In order to return the company to profitability and make shareholders smile, the management of Notore Chemical Industries has shut down its fertilizer plant. Notore is one of the leading fertiliser and agro-allied companies in Africa, with principal activities including the supply of premium fertilisers, appropriate education on best practices for farming and proper deployment of these practices for optimum results. The firm operates the premier fertiliser plant in Sub-Saharan Africa and produces Ammonia with the capability to produce NPK fertiliser. Its plant is strategically located at the Onne seaport in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria,

By New Telegraph At least one person was feared dead while several others were wounded in a stampede at various banks in Warri, Delta State, after the promoters of the popular Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM) suspended the accounts of about 3.3 million Nigerian participants. It was learnt that the participants in the Ponzi scheme, who heard about the announcement yesterday, rushed to their banks to verify. Investigation shows that in one of the busiest banks in Warri metropolis, an elderly man, who was expected to cash N1.5 million slumped and died when he could not cash the money. Two other

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Investors in the Nigerian stock market will this week focus on the purchase of high-value equities presently selling at low prices, different analysts have predicted. For the past weeks, the value of some shares on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been low as a result of different factors from both the local and international scenes. Last week, after President Muhammadu Buhari announced his cabinet and confidence returned to the market following the reappointment of Mrs Zainab Ahmed as the Finance Minister, who investors like due to the way she handled the economy when

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A crime prediction software has been released by Space Imaging Middle East (SIME). It is its latest predictive policing software successfully launched by the Dubai Police force. The software, which is the first of its kind in the region, was developed in support of the UAE’s Smart Governance Initiative, and specifically designed to complement the Dubai Police force’s modernized approach to crime prevention and enhanced public safety. Crime Prediction analyses existing intelligence and crime patterns from police databases and, using sophisticated algorithms, produces highly accurate data related to when and where crime is likely to occur next.

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Jumia warehouse situated at Surulere industrial road, off Allen, Ikeja, has been unsealed by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA). On Wednesday, the facility was closed for contravening the lockdown order of the federal government in the state aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus in the country. But the next day, the warehouse was opened after it was established that Jumia was among those allowed to operate during the period, which is expected to last 14 days in the first instance. Putting up the update on its Twitter handle, @LasepaInfo, the agency

By Modupe Gbadeyanka All things being equal, the coronavirus disease ravaging the world may soon be defeated. This is because a tobacco firm, British American Tobacco (BAT), which joined the race for developing a vaccine for the virus, is ready to put its potential cure for clinical trial. BAT began work in coming up with a vaccine for the disease through its US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky Bio Processing (KBP). As you read this, the vaccine is now in the pre-clinical testing phase and if it goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies,

By Dipo Olowookere The management of Diamond Bank Plc has maintained that there are discussions with new investors as claimed by its erstwhile Chairman, Mr Oluseyi Bickersteth, in a recent interview. In a statement, the lender urged members of the public, shareholders and existing investors to disregard the claims by Mr Bickersteth. The former Chairman and three other directors on the board of Diamond Bank resigned from office some days ago allegedly to allow fresh investors have their own representatives in the company’s highest decision making body. In the statement released today by the bank, the firm emphasised that it

By Modupe Gbadeyanka President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to ensure the glory days of the cocoa industry in Nigeria were restored. Mr Buhari made this pledge on Monday while declaring open the First International Cocoa Summit organised by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment in collaboration with Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) held in Abuja. The President, represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, said expressed regrets over the neglect of the cocoa sector over the years. However, he promised that his administration will ensure the industry was repositioned and turned into the new