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Five African presidents are expected to attend the inauguration of the Dangote Refinery alongside President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The dignitaries are President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic, and President Mahamat Déby of Chad.  […]

Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi, says the state has no business with poverty given its richness in natural resources. In a statement released on Sunday by his media team, Melaye spoke during a visit to traditional rulers and council of chiefs of Mopa-Amuro, Yagba-East and Yagba-West LGAs. […]

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has opposed the move by Chris Ngige, minister of labour, to facilitate the payment of withheld salaries of some lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK). The salaries of the lecturers were withheld as a result of the eight-month nationwide industrial action by the Academic […]

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to account for the spending of a $460 million Chinese loan to fund the “failed” Abuja closed-circuit television (CCTV) project. Emeka Nwite, the judge, gave the order while delivering judgement in the freedom of information suit ‘FHC/ABJ/CS/1447/2019’ brought by Socio-Economic […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says more than 70 percent of food exported from Nigeria are rejected abroad. Speaking at the official commissioning of the new NAFDAC office complex at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Mojisola Adeyeye, the agency’s director-general, said the issue was causing […]

In the new week, the United Kingdom will announce restrictions barring foreign students from bringing family members into the country.  The move follows reports that net migration into the UK has hit 1 million with Tory MPs asking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “to get a  grip on the rocketing numbers”. The UK permits dependants to […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted and seized 30.10 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in containers of powdered custard at the Lagos airport. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson announced the development in a statement on Sunday. He said the illicit drug has a street value of N567 million and was to […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, seems not to be happy about a meeting between Bola Tinubu, president-elect, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). In a circulating audio, a voice similar to that of Ganduje can be heard telling Ibrahim Masari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) placeholder for […]

A documentary on the two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari will be aired across different broadcast platforms between Sunday, May 21, 2023, and Tuesday,  May 23, 2023.  In a statement on Saturday, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said the documentary which would be streamed for about an […]