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Oil prices fell on Tuesday as weak economic data from China, a top crude importer, renewed fears of a global recession. Brent crude futures fell 1.6 percent to $93.50 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures dipped 1.3 percent to $88.57 a barrel.  China’s central bank cut lending rates to revive demand […]

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the federal government “can borrow from here to eternity”. Speaking on a programme on Trust Television on Monday, Adamu said countries like the US and the UK borrow funds from international financial institutions to meet their needs. President Muhammadu Buhari has […]

Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, has announced the restriction of motorcycle movement in some communities in Zamfara from 8pm to 6am. He ordered the security agencies to shoot on sight, any motorcycle rider who violates the order and refuses to stop at security checkpoints within the affected areas. Matawalle gave the directive […]

The presidential panel that probed Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he could not account for N431 million security vote allocated to his office between 2015-2020. In the final report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2020, Magu was said to have used […]

Inibehe Effiong, a legal practitioner, has filed a suit against Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom, over alleged violation of his fundamental human rights. On July 27, Effiong was sent to prison by the Akwa Ibom state chief judge, after the lawyer reportedly protested against the presence of armed policemen in court. […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says though the opposition claims that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to deliver on his promises, his administration has reduced Boko Haram to “almost nothing”. Speaking in an interview he granted Trust Television on Monday, Keyamo, spokesman of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Council, said […]

Simon Imobo-Tswana, special adviser on media and communications to Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his principal has no plan to resign from his position. Imobo-Tswam said this in a statement issued on Monday. There have been calls for Ayu to resign on the grounds that the […]

William Ruto, Kenya’s deputy president, has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election. Ruto defeated ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the keenly contested race. Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced the eagerly-awaited results of the election on Monday. Ruto emerged victorious after polling 50.49 percent of the […]