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Abubakar Kyari, deputy national chairman (north) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assumed office as acting chairman of the governing party. Also, Festus Fuanter, deputy national secretary of the party, has assumed office as the acting national secretary. The decision to appoint the duo followed an emergency meeting of the party’s […]

Personnel of 192 battalion of the Nigerian army have arrested two suspected smugglers with a truck laden with ammunition, in Ogun state. Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, in a statement on Monday afternoon, said the suspects were arrested on Saturday. He said they were conveying the smuggled ammunition to Anambra before running into […]

Here are the seven top business news you need to track this week — July 17 to July 21.  NBS REPORT ON INFLATION, FOOD PRICES The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is expected to publish a report on the consumer price index (CPI) for June 2023. In May, the CPI, which […]

President Bola Tinubu has asked the election tribunal to dismiss the petition seeking to nullify his election on the grounds that he did not secure 25% of lawful votes cast in the federal capital territory (FCT).  Tinubu, who contested the February 28 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), […]

Frank Nweke, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Enugu, has withdrawn his petition against Peter Mbah, governor of the state.  Nweke, who came third in the March 18 guber election in the state, had challenged Mbah’s victory at the Enugu governorship election petition tribunal. In March, the APGA guber […]

Farmers in Borno have resolved to hold special prayers over the delay in rainfall in the north-east state. According to NAN, many farmers in the Maiduguri metropolis, Jere, Konduga, Kaga and Mafa LGAs said the absence of rainfall was disturbing and needed prayers. The farmers, mostly in northern and central parts of […]

Doctors in Cross River state have begun an indefinite strike over the abduction of their colleague. On Thursday, Ekanem Ephraim, a medical doctor with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), was abducted by gunmen at her residence. Felix Archibong, chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state, said the kidnappers […]

Moshood Olalekan Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadan, has ordered the suspension of the ongoing Egungun festival over reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops in the capital city of Oyo state.  The Egungun festival is a communal ceremony held annually in south-west Nigeria to honour Yoruba ancestors. Egungun is the Yoruba word […]

Yemi Adaramodu, spokesperson of the senate, says no member of the national assembly will receive any money from the N70 billion budgeted to “support their working conditions”. In a statement on Sunday, Adaramodu said the fund is for purchase of furniture and to carry out repairs in lawmakers’ offices. On Thursday, both […]