After months of speculations, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has formally effected his defection from the opposition party, the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

The Federal Government, through the National Population Commission (NPC) has commenced processes towards digitalization and automation of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS). 

The Senate has passed the sum of N329,963,491,523 billion as Statutory budget for the Federal Capital Territory for the year 2021.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will, on July 6, arraign Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged N900 million fraud.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, be remanded at Department of State Service (DSS) facility, pending the determination of his trial.

...recover gun trucks, arms and ammunition

A statement by the Nigerian Army has said that troops of 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI on Sunday, 27 June, 2021 dealt a devastating blow on marauding Boko Haram ( BHT) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) while attempting to infiltrate the Forward Operational Base at Bula Yobe in Borno State.

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26.

• Simon Bako Lalong
• President of the Court of Appeal
• Court of Appeal
• Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo

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