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The Alliance for Democracy and its governorship candidate in Lagos, Owolabi Salis, have filed a petition before the election tribunal, seeking to stop the inauguration of Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday urged the Court of Appeal Abuja to return Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as duly elected governor of Osun State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for a satisfactory job performance, saying that the governor deserved to be praised for his contributions to the development of the State.

The federal government has solicited the cooperation of Russia to eliminate the Boko Haram insurgents from Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin countries.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday decried the high rate of foreign medical trips by Nigerians.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated revenue of N311.2 billion for the first quarter of 2019. The Federal Government had set a revenue target of N887 billion for NCS in 2019.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Adamawa state wing, has expressed confidence that the incoming administration would pay N32,000 minimum wage to workers in the state.

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) a second time, after President Muhammadu Buhari earlier declined assent to the bill.

The Zamfara state government on Tuesday, April 16, announced that it spent N35 billion to provide logistics, allowances for security agencies, and assist attack victims in the state.
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