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The court of appeal in Abuja has struck out the terrorism charge filed against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Delivering judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the court of appeal held that Kanu’s extradition from Kenya to Nigeria to stand trial was illegal. Kanu was re-arraigned on […]

A federal high court sitting in Dutse, the Jigawa capital, has acquitted Saminu Turaki, former governor of the state, of N8.3 billion fraud. The corruption charge was preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Turaki and three other companies have been on trial since May 4, 2007, on […]

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says local security outfits and vigilantes do not possess the necessary firearms to fight bandits. The governor said security outfits such as the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, “are not up to scratch” to face bandits. On September 22, Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, notified […]

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia says the decision by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, to cut output quota by 2 million bpd, was taken unanimously and not by its influence. Last week, OPEC+ had agreed to a deep cut global oil production. The move has […]

The Kogi government says it has asked the management of Dangote Group to ensure that the Obajana Cement Company remains shut within the next two days. Over the past few days, the Kogi government and Dangote Cement, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, have been at loggerheads over the ownership of the cement […]

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, says the federal government should privatise the oil and gas sector before it brings the country to its knees. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited was transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company in July 2022. On October 5, met with scepticism […]

The World Bank has debarred five Nigerian firms and individuals for engaging in corrupt practices. In addition, two Nigerian companies debarred by the African Development Bank (AfDB) were recognised by the World Bank under the cross-debarment policy, raising the number of debarments to seven. A debarment renders firms/individuals ineligible to participate in […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor, has described his opponents in the 2023 governorship election as noisemakers. Kicking off his re-election campaign on Wednesday at the Ehingbeti Summit in Lagos, Sanwo-Olu said candidates of other political parties know little about governance. During the event, the governor also launched the Lagos State Development Plan […]