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The federal government says $1 billion in looted funds have been recovered so far by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), made the announcement on Wednesday. He spoke while briefing state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the presidential villa, […]

The appeal court sitting in Sokoto has dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the judgment that nullified the election of Dauda Lawal as the Zamfara governorship candidate. Lawal Shu’aibu, the presiding judge, on Wednesday, said the suit filed by the PDP lacks merit. On May 26, Lawal […]

The Labour Party (LP) campaign organisation says the aircraft it was meant to take for a rally in Oyo state was grounded by the “powers that be”. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the LP, and his entourage were heading to Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie, his aide on social media, as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board. The president’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. […]

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has pre-qualified four firms and issued them with the request for proposal (RFP) for the concession of the Calabar and Kano free trade zones (FTZs). Alex Okoh, BPE director-general, announced the pre-qualification at the bidders’ pre-bid conference for the concession of the two FTZs in Abuja on […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is “constitutionally and legally impossible”  to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise. Festus Okoye, the INEC spokesperson, commented on the contentious issue during a Channels Television interview on Tuesday. INEC had initially fixed June 30 as the deadline for the CVR exercise which […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says urgent steps need to be taken to tackle Nigeria’s rising rate of out-of-school children. He said this on Tuesday in his remarks at the national summit on tertiary education reform, organised by the house of representatives, and held in Abuja. According to him, addressing tertiary education reform […]