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Investigate, prosecute Adamawa REC for declaring APC’s Binani gov.-elect, INEC writes IGP, SGF

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba Alkali, to investigate its Resident Electoral Commissioner...

Adamawa poll: Court declines APC’s Binani ex-parte motion barring INEC on her declaration as governor-elect

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declined an ex-parte motion filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress...

Brain drain: Can 5-year compulsory service bill curb Nigerian medical doctors’emigration to other countries?

What the proposed legislation may achieve if passed into law would be to increase the pool of unemployed and disenchanted Nigerians rather than...

FG to install luggage scanners worth N495m in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano railway station

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano railway stations. The...

May 29: Nothing must stop Tinubu’s inauguration as President, Northern elders warn

A Coalition of Northern Elders have warned that nothing must stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria...

Police arrest man for drugging, trafficking teenage girls to Libya

The Osun State Police command has confirmed the arrest of one Adebisi Muideen, for allegedly drugging four teenage girls and planning to traffic...

The untold story of how Amaechi, not el-Rufai made me NPA MD — Hadiza Bala Usman  

“I worked for Amaechi in the Campaign Directorate for the Muhammadu Buhari 2015 Presidential campaign and I got a call from him that...

2023 presidential poll: How imperative is 25 per cent votes cast in FCT?

Section 134(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), particularly sub-paragraph (b), has generated heated debates and controversy...

How online loan sharks in Nigeria are cashing in, driving people into depression

Unemployment, inflation, and the cost of living have all risen sharply in Nigeria in recent times, and this is fuelling the rapid increase...

Presidential election petitions can be resolved in seven days, says ex-NBA President, Agbakoba

As Nigeria prepares for presidential inauguration on May 29, 2023 amid unresolved election petitions, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),...

‘Mr. Yakubu’ mirrors events that transpired in the 2023 general elections — Falz

Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has disclosed that his latest song ‘Mr. Yakubu’, mirrors the events that transpired in the...

NBC’s high-handedness, threat to democracy, says human rights lawyer, Frank Tietie

A human rights lawyer and the Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), Mr Frank Tietie, has accused the...

Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum takes over as PDP National Chairman after Ayu’s exit

After the exit of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Amb. Umar...

Scores killed, properties destroyed as Benue communities clash over electricity supply

At least 20 persons have been feared dead and properties worth millions of naira destroyed as two local government areas in the Benue...

APC’s presidential campaign spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, hauled before ICC over incitement to ethnic hate

APC’s presidential campaign spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, has been hauled up before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague for prosecution over ethnically...

Cash scarcity persists in FCT suburbs amid increased old Naira notes supply

As cash flow improves in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday following a fresh directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...