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Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, on Wednesday, boycotted the party’s presidential campaign rally in the state. Although the stakeholders — including Ken Nnamani, former senate president, and Sullivan Chime, former Enugu governor — were at the Akanu Ibiam international airport in Enugu to welcome the party’s presidential candidate, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram was a “fraudulent plot to destroy Nigeria”. According to NAN, the president said this on Wednesday when the executive members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) visited the Aso Villa in Abuja. He said the state of insecurity in the country has improved significantly […]

The national industrial court has struck down a regulation of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), which forbids unmarried officers from getting pregnant. Pursuant to Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Force Regulation, a female officer who gets pregnant outside wedlock will be dismissed. BACKGROUND TheCable had reported that Omolola Olajide, an […]

Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto, says the political system in the country is lucrative, which is the reason why candidates want to win elections at all costs. Kukah said this on Wednesday during a programme on Channels Television. He also said the violence associated with elections is not unrelated to the […]

Chris Nehikhare, commissioner for communication in Edo, says intelligence report has shown that 20 persons were kidnapped from the Igueben train station in the state. The state had earlier said 32 persons were abducted during the attack which occurred over the weekend. Nehikhare made the clarification on Wednesday at a media briefing […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has removed names of ineligible persons from the voters’ register. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this on Wednesday at a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. In November 2022, the commission published the preliminary register of voters across LGAs and […]

A suit challenging the sack of Ifeanyi Araraume as the board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stalled at a federal high court in Abuja, over the failure of the company to file its counter affidavit. Araraume, a former senator representing Imo north, had sued President Muhammadu Buhari for […]

Ghana’s annual consumer inflation rate accelerated to a new 22-year high of 54.1 percent in December 2022, up from 50.3 percent in November. Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician for Ghana, announced this at a media briefing on Wednesday. The latest inflation rate is the highest since April 2001, when it was […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there are 93.4 million registered voters in Nigeria. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this on Wednesday at a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. At the meeting, Yakubu presented the voters’ register to the political parties in accordance with the electoral […]