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Paris Club refunds: 36 states lose $418m suit against FG

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states...

FG decries rising crude oil theft, says $3.27bn lost to oil thieves in 14 months

The Federal Government has expressed worry over the high rate of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. It added that the high-level...

FG, UNICEF launch digital learning platform for 12m students

The Federal Government, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), and other partners on Thursday launched the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), a mobile learning platform...

Just in: West African Court orders suspension of sanctions imposed on Mali

Ahead of the ECOWAS Extraordinary summit in Ghana on Friday, a West African Court has ordered the suspension of some punitive sanctions imposed...

Water sustainability: Ogun Govt, Nestlé Nigeria host stakeholders’ forum

In commemoration of 2022 World Water Day, the Ogun State Ministry of Environment and Nestlé Nigeria have jointly hosted a stakeholders’ forum to...

March 26 National Convention: Lawan, Gbajabiamila hopeful of APC officers’ emergence through affirmation, confirmation

With less than three days to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national convention, the coast is now clear for the election of most...

Lagos Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge ready this year, says FG

The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Second Niger Bridge are to be completed this year, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,...

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84.   “She was...

Deletion of Section 84 (12) of 2022 Electoral Act: It’s work in progress, says Malami

Following the judgment of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia State, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar...

FEC approves N92.12bn contract for Abuja second runway project

Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new terminal at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in lkeja Lagos, the Federal Executive...

ICTN contract: Amaechi in trouble as Abuja Court orders contempt proceedings against him  

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has incurred the wrath of the law as a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered...

After a year-long trial, woman sentenced in Ogun for hiring thugs to beat son’s school principal, teacher

For her unruliness and causing a breach of peace at her son’s school, a parent has been convicted by a magistrates’ court in...

Buhari inaugurates Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Lagos, hails intervention in cement, fertilizer manufacturing

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, will replicate the successes recorded in the cement...

Ukraine-Russia war: 193 Nigerians of the 2,357 evacuees test positive for COVID-19 – SGF Mustapha

No fewer than 193 Nigerians out of the 2,357 evacuated from the war-torn Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC)...