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Update: 2023 Presidency: Emefiele loses bid to restrain INEC, AGF on his presidential bid

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has lost his bid to restrain the Independent...

After 90 days “warning” strike, ASUU declares another 12 weeks

The industrial crisis rocking the nation’s ivory towers may be far from over as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday...

Disgraced former mayor of London’s Tower Hamlets re-elected in greatest political comeback

A disgraced mayor banned from office for five years for corruption has been re-elected to his old position after what his party described...

BREAKING: Airline operators suspend planned shutdown

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) say they have suspended the planned suspension of flights earlier scheduled for...

Just in: Imo second republic politician, octagenarian Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, exits

A second republic politician, Sen. Francis Arthur Nzeribe, has passed on. Aged 83 years, the news of the Oguta-born  politician and businessman broke...

Buhari jets out to Abidjan for 2-day UN environment conference

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday to attend a United Nations-organized conference on the future of land,...

Declare Buhari’s pardon for jailed ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame illegal, violation of oath of office, SERAP tells court

“SERAP wants the court declaration that the exercise of the power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon to Mr Dariye and Mr...

BREAKING: Tinubu’s campaign group DG, Jibrin, quits APC

The campaign for the nation’s presidential seat by the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu appears to be moving with halts and jerks...

Just in: AfDB President, Adesina, picks APC presidential nomination form

Another technocrat, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, may have joined the...

Prohibitive cost of aviation fuel: Airlines to shut down from Monday, May 9

Domestic airlines under the auspices of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) will from Monday, May 9, shut down their operations following the...

£2.5 billion Chelsea sale ‘expected to be complete’ in May with Todd Boehly group

Chelsea are expected to have new owners in place by the end of May after the Premier League club said that terms have...

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second five-year term as French president

Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday after his triumph in the recently concluded French presidential elections. He promised first...

Lagos meeting of APC leaders, presidential aspirants fail to present concensus aspirant for May 30 primaries

The Friday meeting called by the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest has failed to agree on a concensus...

Southwest presidential aspirants, Tinubu, Osinbajo, governors, others meet APC leaders in Lagos

In a bid to persuade some presidential aspirants to step down, leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest are currently...