Trending News: Boy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy freed after three months in detentionWhatsApp to cut off millions of Nigerians using older phones — ReportPolice identify officers receiving money from Chinese in viral video, promise sanctionHundreds of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos — CJTFScores killed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa communitiesSix Nigerian tourists detained in Cape Verde, accused of human traffickingGunmen invade three Benue communities againAudit report uncovers over 500 ghost workers in OsunSimon Ekpa to appear in Finnish court JuneDAILIES TOP STORIES: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 daysSchools, Banks Sabotaging Student Loan — FGObi Asks Tinubu To End France Trip, Address InsecurityPeru Court Sentences Ex-President Humala To 15 Years For GraftN1.3trn CBEX probe: We Warned Nigerians Against Ponzi Schemes – EFCJigawa enforces compulsory Hijab for security operativesTinubu running most corrupt, intolerant government ever, says el-RufaiNigeria Cuts Power Supply To Junta Niger By 42% To 46MWImo Govt reacts to CrimeFacts InvestigationDAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! How Catholic Church Handled Benue Governor Alia Over Involvement In Politics In 2022RIGHT OF REPLY — Re: Falsehood By BY “CrimeFacts News Newspaper” On Education In Imo StateNigeria, Other African Countries Shut Clinics Over USAID Funding Cuts — ReportTrump freezes $2bn Harvard funding after university rejects demandsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Threaten Shutdown Over N4trn DebtP-Square’s Peter Testifies Against Elder Brother In N1.3bn fraud trialTwo Killed In Niger State Mine CollapseSecurity operatives fire teargas at pro-Fubara protesters —but turn blind eye on Rivers demonstrators supporting emergency rulePeter Obi discloses how Benue gov stopped him from coming to his statePlateau killings death toll rises to 54, says Amnesty13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year – ReportFBI: Tinubu Enjoys Immunity, Won’t Be Prosecuted, Says AnalystPDP governors vow no merger in 2027Rivers’ N300m was a gift, not hosting fee – NBABenue gov warns visitors to inform him first before coming to State over insecurityChief Magistrate In Rivers Resigns Over ‘Quasi-Military’ Leadership In StateFans stab Nigeria’s local league player, club sanctionedBlackout looms in Nigeria over N4trn debtWomen Protest In Support Of Rivers Emergency RuleOPEC Cuts 2025 Oil Demand Forecast Over US Tariffs8 Shortlisted applicants for Kwara govt job fail drug test, lose slotsEkiti court sentences two to death for kidnapping, armed robberySix feared dead as plane crashes in New YorkPolice dismiss officer who killed one, injured two in CalabarRivers asks NBA to refund N300m confab hosting rightsSwiss woman abducted in Niger RepublicNine-month-old baby, woman die while returning from burial in EbonyiUPDATED: Bandits invade another Plateau community, kill over 51 peopleINVESTIGATION: Dilapidated Schools Litter Imo State As Education Gulps #159bn In Five Years Abuse of Process: Imo Chief Judge, Nzeukwu Risks Suspension by NJCKilling in the Plateau: It’s Genocide, Not Ethno-Religious Conflict, Says Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan“Tell Your Papa”: Banning a song for criticizing Govt, unlawful – AmnestyHeartbreaking story of Alabi Quadri, the boy who believed in a better NigeriaTinubu’s Files: Presidency reacts on US Court DirectiveMan in Police net for killing mother over business dealBandits set Mosque ablaze in ZamfaraNigerian Varsity Fires Three Lecturers Over Sexual HarassmentFalana asks youths to reclaim NigeriaThree-storey collapses in LagosHow 13 children were kidnapped from Kaduna to EnuguNigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 2025 budget – WHOMen caught with firearms are Kano hunters, not herdsmen – Edo policeMilitary uncovers plot to establish ISWAP bases in Plateau, BauchiNigerian PhD Student Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud In USNDLEA nabs Malaysian returnee with Meth hidden in music speakersWole Soyinka slams NBC for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest songGunmen kill NSCDC officer in Nigeria’s South-SouthMany Dead’ After Russian Strike On Ukrainian CityReport: Vehicle stolen during Juma’at prayer in FCT no longer attached to NSA officeKano rejects ECOWAS court ruling on blasphemy lawsSERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas to withdraw ‘repressive bill to regulate blogger” or face legal actionCannabis-smoking mother bags life jail for drowning two sonsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Another set of four hunters from Kano found with arms, ammunition in EdoBREAKING: Explosion Kills Seven, Injures Several Commuters In BornoFather, two sons killed in Plateau villageNDLEA Destroys Largest Drugs Seizure Of 1.6 Million KilogramsEXTRA: Masquerades lead protest against high electricity bill in KwaraNo! Current Imo Assembly Speaker Didn’t Commission Betting ShopUS embassy announces new visa interview requirements for NigeriansBandit Kingpin Gwaska, Over 100 Others Killed In KatsinaDAILIES TOP STORIES: Resurgent terror attacks unsettle Nigeria’s Northern regionECOWAS court faults Kano’s blasphemy laws, asks Nigeria to amend statutesProtest: Rivers CP removes DPO over’ assault on journalistsCourt orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trialSiemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crashFG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1REVEALED: Parody X account impersonating Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan spottedRivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port HarcourtBandits Release Abducted Pastor In Kaduna, Detain Ransom CarrierKogi central constituents sue Akpabio, senate over Natasha Akpoti’s suspensionChina hits US with 125% retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates
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Trending News: Boy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy freed after three months in detentionWhatsApp to cut off millions of Nigerians using older phones — ReportPolice identify officers receiving money from Chinese in viral video, promise sanctionHundreds of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos — CJTFScores killed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa communitiesSix Nigerian tourists detained in Cape Verde, accused of human traffickingGunmen invade three Benue communities againAudit report uncovers over 500 ghost workers in OsunSimon Ekpa to appear in Finnish court JuneDAILIES TOP STORIES: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 daysSchools, Banks Sabotaging Student Loan — FGObi Asks Tinubu To End France Trip, Address InsecurityPeru Court Sentences Ex-President Humala To 15 Years For GraftN1.3trn CBEX probe: We Warned Nigerians Against Ponzi Schemes – EFCJigawa enforces compulsory Hijab for security operativesTinubu running most corrupt, intolerant government ever, says el-RufaiNigeria Cuts Power Supply To Junta Niger By 42% To 46MWImo Govt reacts to CrimeFacts InvestigationDAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! How Catholic Church Handled Benue Governor Alia Over Involvement In Politics In 2022RIGHT OF REPLY — Re: Falsehood By BY “CrimeFacts News Newspaper” On Education In Imo StateNigeria, Other African Countries Shut Clinics Over USAID Funding Cuts — ReportTrump freezes $2bn Harvard funding after university rejects demandsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Blackout Looms Nationwide As GenCos Threaten Shutdown Over N4trn DebtP-Square’s Peter Testifies Against Elder Brother In N1.3bn fraud trialTwo Killed In Niger State Mine CollapseSecurity operatives fire teargas at pro-Fubara protesters —but turn blind eye on Rivers demonstrators supporting emergency rulePeter Obi discloses how Benue gov stopped him from coming to his statePlateau killings death toll rises to 54, says Amnesty13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year – ReportFBI: Tinubu Enjoys Immunity, Won’t Be Prosecuted, Says AnalystPDP governors vow no merger in 2027Rivers’ N300m was a gift, not hosting fee – NBABenue gov warns visitors to inform him first before coming to State over insecurityChief Magistrate In Rivers Resigns Over ‘Quasi-Military’ Leadership In StateFans stab Nigeria’s local league player, club sanctionedBlackout looms in Nigeria over N4trn debtWomen Protest In Support Of Rivers Emergency RuleOPEC Cuts 2025 Oil Demand Forecast Over US Tariffs8 Shortlisted applicants for Kwara govt job fail drug test, lose slotsEkiti court sentences two to death for kidnapping, armed robberySix feared dead as plane crashes in New YorkPolice dismiss officer who killed one, injured two in CalabarRivers asks NBA to refund N300m confab hosting rightsSwiss woman abducted in Niger RepublicNine-month-old baby, woman die while returning from burial in EbonyiUPDATED: Bandits invade another Plateau community, kill over 51 peopleINVESTIGATION: Dilapidated Schools Litter Imo State As Education Gulps #159bn In Five Years Abuse of Process: Imo Chief Judge, Nzeukwu Risks Suspension by NJCKilling in the Plateau: It’s Genocide, Not Ethno-Religious Conflict, Says Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan“Tell Your Papa”: Banning a song for criticizing Govt, unlawful – AmnestyHeartbreaking story of Alabi Quadri, the boy who believed in a better NigeriaTinubu’s Files: Presidency reacts on US Court DirectiveMan in Police net for killing mother over business dealBandits set Mosque ablaze in ZamfaraNigerian Varsity Fires Three Lecturers Over Sexual HarassmentFalana asks youths to reclaim NigeriaThree-storey collapses in LagosHow 13 children were kidnapped from Kaduna to EnuguNigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 2025 budget – WHOMen caught with firearms are Kano hunters, not herdsmen – Edo policeMilitary uncovers plot to establish ISWAP bases in Plateau, BauchiNigerian PhD Student Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud In USNDLEA nabs Malaysian returnee with Meth hidden in music speakersWole Soyinka slams NBC for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest songGunmen kill NSCDC officer in Nigeria’s South-SouthMany Dead’ After Russian Strike On Ukrainian CityReport: Vehicle stolen during Juma’at prayer in FCT no longer attached to NSA officeKano rejects ECOWAS court ruling on blasphemy lawsSERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas to withdraw ‘repressive bill to regulate blogger” or face legal actionCannabis-smoking mother bags life jail for drowning two sonsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Another set of four hunters from Kano found with arms, ammunition in EdoBREAKING: Explosion Kills Seven, Injures Several Commuters In BornoFather, two sons killed in Plateau villageNDLEA Destroys Largest Drugs Seizure Of 1.6 Million KilogramsEXTRA: Masquerades lead protest against high electricity bill in KwaraNo! Current Imo Assembly Speaker Didn’t Commission Betting ShopUS embassy announces new visa interview requirements for NigeriansBandit Kingpin Gwaska, Over 100 Others Killed In KatsinaDAILIES TOP STORIES: Resurgent terror attacks unsettle Nigeria’s Northern regionECOWAS court faults Kano’s blasphemy laws, asks Nigeria to amend statutesProtest: Rivers CP removes DPO over’ assault on journalistsCourt orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trialSiemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crashFG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1REVEALED: Parody X account impersonating Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan spottedRivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port HarcourtBandits Release Abducted Pastor In Kaduna, Detain Ransom CarrierKogi central constituents sue Akpabio, senate over Natasha Akpoti’s suspensionChina hits US with 125% retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates
Thu. Apr 17th, 2025

Senate okays five INEC commissioners, suspends Adam’s confirmation

The Senate after considering the report of its Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of five National Commissioners for the nation’s electoral umpire.

The nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari who were confirmed were, Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah (Katsina); Prof. Kunle Ajayi ( Ekiti); and Saidu Ahmad (Jigawa), Baba Bila (North East) and Abdullahi Zuru (North- West).

Also, the Senate, following the recommendation of its panel, stepped down the confirmation of Professor Sani Adam from North Central because of the petitions against him.

Details later…

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