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Court stops Peter Obi’s supporters from holding rally at Lekki tollgate

The Labour Party (LP) and its supporters have been barred from converging at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos, for a rally scheduled for on...

Court throws out Senate Pres. Lawan, orders INEC to publish Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate

The hope of Senate President Ahmad Lawan returning to the Upper legislative chamber was again dashed as a Federal High Court in Damaturu,...

Again, CBN raises monetary policy rate to 15.5%

  Following the rising rate of inflation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee unanimously voted to raise the benchmark interest...

$350,000 Covid-19 fraud: U.S. court jails Ogun Gov. Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, 5 years

Abidemi Rufai, the suspended Special Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State, has been sentenced to five years in prison for fraud by...

Campaigns: INEC warns parties, candidates against hate speech, abusive languages 

As campaigns for the 2023 polls kicks off on Wednesday, September 28, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned political parties and...

Terminals’ concession: NPA says 2006 agreements untenable, to ratify new agreements with five terminal operators

  Following the expiration of the concession agreements with five terminal operators in the industry, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is...

Depopulation: Italian Island of Sardinia offers €15,000 each to 3000 people to immigrate to Island

    The Italian island of Sardinia is offering to pay people 15,000 euros each to live on the island due to depopulation....

PDP crisis: Wike’s statements frivolous, make no sense — Dino Melaye

In a bid to douse political tension, the spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Management Council, Sen. Dino Melaye, says...

Industrial Court ruling: FG orders VCs, Pro-Chancellors to reopen varsities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open the nation’s public universities immediately for commencement of lectures. A directive to this...

Repatriation of $23m Abacha loot: SERAP hales Buhari, Malami to court over unpublished agreement with U.S.

For alleged defiance of the Federal Government in publishing the details of the agreement it signed with the United States for the repatriation...

We don’t operate secret account, all accounts domiciled in CBN, NNPCL clarifies

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) says with such multiple layers of checks and balances by the Federal Government departments and agencies,...

For the umpteenth time, Wike jets out of Nigeria after Friday’s explosive media chat

Again, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike, has travelled to London after he addressed a televised “explosive” media chat on Friday at the Government House,...

Revealed! How ExxonMobil, partners overspent $138bn in decades-long energy projects

Oil and natural gas projects that ExxonMobil invested in between 1998 and 2017 ended up costing $138 billion more than early estimates, possibly...

Obey court ruling while we continue negotiation, Ngige tells ASUU

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the National Industrial...

Alleged assault on policewoman: MKO Abiola’s widow and lawyer, Prof. Duke-Abiola, remanded in prison

For allegedly assaulting a policewoman, Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, lawyer and human rights activist and one of the widows of Chief MKO Abiola, was...

Worship4Change to raise N75m for orphans, children with special needs, others

  Worship4Change, a leading non-profit organization in Nigeria, will On October 3, 2022 stage a benefit concert, tagged, “Green Worship 5.0”. The concert...