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The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total public debt hit N46.25 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022. The country’s public debt consists of domestic and external debt stocks of the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) and the subnational governments — the 36 states and the federal capital […]

Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, says his opposition to the naira redesign policy affected his re-election bid. Matawalle was one of the governors who instituted a suit against the naira redesign policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In an interview with DW Hausa on Wednesday, Matawalle alleged that […]

The supreme court has dismissed an appeal filed by Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, former minister of state for education, seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidates of their political parties. In the judgment delivered on Thursday, the apex court panel led by Inyang Okoro dismissed the suit for being statute-barred. […]

Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2023 elections, says the call for an interim government is an act of “treason”. On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) warned of a plot to install an interim government to stop Bola Tinubu from being inaugurated as president.  […]

Olisa Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says there is no provision for an interim government in the country’s constitution. The senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said “the gravest possible consequences must be applied” to those allegedly behind the plot. The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday […]

The Lagos state department of public prosecution (DPP) has arraigned four staff members of Chrisland High School Ikeja over the death of its student Whitney Adeniran. Source: Top Stories

Multiple people are believed to have been killed in a crash involving two United States army helicopters. The Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky said crew members were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission before the crash. The collision was said to have happened around 10pm US time […]

Reuben Fasoranti, former leader of Afenifere, says the organisation recognises Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president-elect. In a statement on Wednesday, the elder statesman also reacted to the suspension of two national officers of the Yoruba socio-political group, describing it as “null and void”. TheCable had reported that Afenifere led by Ayo Adebanjo suspended […]

The Kaduna zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ibrahim Garba, former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), for alleged N1 billion fraud. Garba was arraigned on Wednesday alongside Ibrahim Usman, ex-bursar of the institution, at the federal high court sitting in Kaduna on a nine-count charge […]