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The federal high court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 1 to deliver its judgment in a suit challenging the nomination of Oladipupo Adebutu as Ogun governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Thursday, Inyang Ekwo, the judge, fixed the date after counsel to parties in the suit adopted their written […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for effective collaboration among serving and past leaders in West Africa to address issues affecting the peaceful transfer of power in the region. In a statement, Wealth Ominabo, communications officer of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), said the former president spoke on Wednesday at a strategy meeting […]

An appeal court in Yola has restored Aishatu Binani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state. In October, a federal high court in Yola, the state capital, nullified the APC primary that produced Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa. The court had declared that […]

Bandits have reportedly imposed a “compensation levy” of varying amounts on some communities in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara. Speaking with TheCable on Tuesday, Aliyu Buhari, a resident of Moriki, one of the communities in Zurmi LGA, said the bandits had, through released captives, demanded that they be paid the levy before residents will […]

Seven senior advocates of Nigeria (SAN) have condemned the impeachment of Gboyega Aribisogan, former speaker of the state house of assembly. Aribisogan was removed from his position and suspended indefinitely on Monday after spending only six days in office. Hours after he was sworn in, the police laid siege to the assembly complex […]

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says Nigerians will beg him to stay beyond the constitutional limit of two terms in office if he becomes president. Sowore spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television. Speaking on the naira redesign, Sowore said the funds used for […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is planning to reduce the volume of higher denominations — N500 and N1000 — in circulation to tame inflation. Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN, said this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists at the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. Emefiele said […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has resolved to sustain legal action against the disbursement of $418 million Paris Club refund and promissory notes issued to consultants by the federal ministry of finance and the Debt Management Office (DMO). In a communique released after its 8th teleconference meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, Aminu Tambuwal, […]