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Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe, says Nigerians should focus on the achievements that leaders can bring rather than on their religion. Yahaya said this while speaking on the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an interview published by BBC Hausa on Saturday. The governor said leadership affects everyone irrespective […]

Obinna Obeta, a doctor residing in Southwark, south London, has been charged with plotting with Ike Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, to traffic a man into the UK to harvest a kidney for their daughter. According to Daily Mail, Obeta appeared before Bexley Magistrates’ court on July 13 and is charged under the […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked Wole Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to recuse himself from office as chairman of the Body of Benchers. The NBA had, in a petition sent on July 20, asked the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to prosecute Adekunbi Ogunde, a partner in the law […]

A federal high court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, has dismissed a suit filed by Dave Umahi, governor of the state, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as a senatorial candidate. In its ruling on Friday, the court recognised Ann Agom-Eze, who came second in the May 28 […]

The Kaduna government says 645 persons were killed across the state between January and June 2022. Aruwan said this in his remarks at a public presentation of a report on the “Southern Kaduna Pilot Peace Project on Inter-religious Harmony”. The event took place earlier in the week, but the commissioner published his […]

On July 11, Tony Elumelu asked for a new US engagement with Africa — questioning “where is America in all of this?” in an op-ed in The Hill. He doesn’t have to wonder any longer. On July 20, President Joe Biden announced that he will be hosting leaders from across the […]

Nigerian airlines, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), say there will be major disruptions of flights due to scarcity of aviation fuel, also known as JET-A1.  Obiora Okonkwo, spokesperson, AON, said this in a statement released on Friday. This is the second announcement on the disruption of services over […]

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements with Turkey and the United Nations to enable the export of millions of tons of grains needed across the world. The agreement was reached on Friday, according to The Washington Post. The deal hopes to restart grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that have been blocked […]