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Just in: Buhari’s Power Minister, Mamman, gets reprieve, N10bln bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman, who was being held in prison...

In Niger Republic, hundreds of inmates, including Boko Haram terrorists now on the loose

A violent uprising at the Koutoukalé prison in the neighboring Niger Republic, situated near the capital city of Niamey, has resulted in the...

ASUU gives N400,000 scholarships to two Ebonyi varsity indigent students

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU) chapter, has given scholarships worth N400,000 to two final-year medicine and surgery...

Court orders trial in absentia for Ganduje, wife, others, declines bench warrants for defendants

Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, presiding over a Kano State High Court, has decided not to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of...

Updated: Ex-Power minister remanded in prison over alleged N33bn fraud

A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former Minister of Power, in Kuje Correctional Centre (prison), Abuja, pending his...

EndSARS Crackdown: Buhari’s govt. guilty of human rights abuses, ECOWAS Court rules

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered a landmark judgment, condemning the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for infringing on the basic...

Akpabio, Lawan spat over sitting time, prompting Senate’s emergency executive session

The Senate abruptly went into a closed-door emergency session on Thursday after an intense argument erupted among senators over the official sitting hours...

Reps denounce arbitrary detention of journalists

Members of the House of Representatives have unanimously denounced the persistent harassment and unlawful detention of journalists in the country, noting that they...

Breaking: Appeal Court affirms Ododo’s victory in Kogi governorship election

A three-member panel of the Abuja Appeal Court has upheld the election of Gov. Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi...

Reps launch probe into Hajj commission’s handling of 2024 pilgrimage

The House of Representatives voted to inaugurate a special investigative committee to look into the National Hajj Commission’s management of the 2024 pilgrimage....

N22bln Fraud: Arraignment of Buhari’s Dismissed Power Minister Stalled

Due to his alleged poor health, a Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned the scheduled arraignment of Mr. Saleh Mamman, the former Power...

Updated: Supreme Court orders allocations from federation account paid directly to 774 councils

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed the Federal Government to pay all of the allocations due to them from the Federation account...

Breaking: Supreme Court grants local governments financial autonomy 

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to withhold or tamper with funds allocated to local government...

Ahead of Supreme Court’s ruling on councils’ autonomy, NULGE calls for prayer, fasting.

As the Supreme Court rules on the contentious issue of local government autonomy on Thursday, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE)...

Agriculture minister predicts significant drop in food prices within 180 days

Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, declared on Wednesday that he expects food prices to significantly decrease within the next...

Reps grill minister over N45m expenses on new year’s party, unpaid N1.5bln to contactor

The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, to explain various unrelated expenses, including N45 million for...