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The court of appeal has set aside a judgment of the federal high court which disqualified all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state. Tonye Cole, a former executive director of Sahara Group, had won the party’s governorship ticket during the primary in May, and INEC had recognised him, among others, as […]

Ismail Omipidan, former chief press secretary to Gboyega Oyetola, immediate past governor of Osun , says his principal did not take any loan during his tenure. Speaking on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television, Omipidan said his principal inherited debt from the administration of Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola was the governor of […]

Lloyd, first son of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy speaker of the senate, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of being behind his father’s continued detention in the UK. The former deputy senate president and Beatrice, his wife, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person […]

In line with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), deposit money banks (DMB) began dispensing the redesigned naira notes to customers across the country on Thursday, December 15, 2022. The new naira notes were dispensed over-the-counter alongside the old ones in most commercial banks. On December 8, Godwin Emefiele, […]

President Joe Biden of the United States has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in deepening democracy in Africa. According to a statement signed by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Biden spoke on Wednesday in Washington during his meeting with leaders of six African countries slated to have elections in 2023. The […]

Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, says his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, took an N18 billion loan after the July governorship election in the state. The governor on Thursday said the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion. Adeleke said Oyetola must explain why the state is owing N76 billion in salaries […]

A Kano Upper Shari’a court has convicted Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara, a cleric, for blasphemy. Nasiru-Kabara was charged over alleged blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. The charges were preferred against him by the Kano state government. Suraj Sa’eda, the prosecution counsel, said the defendant committed the offence on August 10, October 25, and […]

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba seeking to nullify the candidacy of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/942/2022, was filed by the former minister and the incorporated trustees of Rights for All International (RAI), a […]

The senate committee on Niger Delta affairs has screened Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, for the position of chair of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In November, President Muhammadu Buhari asked the upper legislative chamber to confirm Onochie as the NDDC chair, and 15 other nominees as board members of the commission. […]