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Kola Abiola, presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), says the party is currently not considering alliance with other parties ahead of the 2023 general election. He said this on Saturday at the launch of the party’s manifesto for the 2023 elections in Abuja. Abiola is the first child of the late […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the preliminary register of voters for the 2023 elections. The list of voters has been displayed across polling units in the country, and on the commission’s website. In a notice on Saturday, the commission said it is displaying the register for eligible voters to […]

The Anambra police command says security operatives have killed five gunmen following an attack in Isuofia, Aguata LGA of the state. The gunmen were said to have been killed when security operatives repelled an attack on a checkpoint on Saturday morning. Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra police spokesperson, in a statement on Saturday, said […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied the claim that it is investigating a criminal forfeiture case against Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Friday, a document with INEC’s letterhead, which claimed that the commission was investigating a 1993 case in the United States involving Tinubu forfeiting […]

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, has reopened the Gamboru international cattle market in Ngala LGA of the state. The Borno government, in 2016, suspended trading activities at the market as part of activities to curb the activities of insurgents who reportedly funded their operations through cattle rustling. Speaking at the reopening of […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has called on candidates and supporters of the party to desist from making derogatory comments about members of the opposition. Obi said this on Friday in a post on his official Twitter handle. The development comes after Herman Hembe, governorship candidate of LP […]

US President Joe Biden has announced the sum of $150 million dollars to accelerate climate adaptation initiatives in Africa.  He said this on Friday while delivering a national statement at the ongoing COP27 in Egypt. Biden said African cities and communities that are hardest hit by the climate crisis do not have […]

The federal government has filed an amended seven-count terrorism charge against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu has been in detention since he was brought back from Kenya on June 19, 2021. The IPOB leader was subsequently re-arraigned on an amended 15-count charge. On April 8, […]

For the fifth time, Nigeria has lost its case in the long-running OPL 245 saga. On Friday, the appeals court in Milan, Italy, rejected the country’s request for $1.1bn compensation from Shell and Eni, the two energy giants that bought the oil block off Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd in 2011. The […]