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Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the senate, says there is no talk about the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari because security has improved. On July 27, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators staged a walkout after Senate President Ahmad Lawan prevented Philip Aduda, senator representing federal capital territory (FCT), from discussing the rising […]

The World Athletics has ratified the women’s world 100m hurdles record set by Tobi Amusan at the 2022 World Championships. In a statement on Tuesday, the international governing body for the sport of athletics also ratified the record times of two other athletes — Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin. All records were set […]

A federal high court in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sacked Emmanuel Bwacha as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate. The court’s decision comes after David Sabo Kente, one of the aspirants, filed a suit against Bwacha’s candidature. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Simon Amobeda, the judge, held that no governorship primary election […]

Journalists on Tuesday had a hard time covering the activities of the senate. The session is the first since the senate resumed after a seven-week recess. The legislators alongside their counterparts in the house of representatives had adjourned for recess on July 27. About two weeks into the break, maintenance work […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for collaborative partnerships that will build a framework of ideas to transform educational systems globally. Buhari spoke on Monday while delivering Nigeria’s statement at Transforming Education Summit (leaders’ roundtable) organised on the margins of the 77th session of the UN general assembly. “In transforming education, we must […]

The federal government says it will raise workers’ base salaries to meet the current realities in the economy of the country. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said this at the public presentation of the NLC of 40 publications titled, ‘contemporary history of working-class struggles’ held in Abuja on Monday. The […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized 1.8 tonnes of cocaine worth “N194 billion” in Lagos state. In a statement on Monday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s media director, said the drugs were seized from a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. Babafemi, who described the development as one […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it did not deliberately deny any Nigerian the opportunity to complete their online voter pre-registration. Following the suspension of the continuous voter registration (CVR) on July 31, INEC had said the number of persons who completed their registration is 12,298,944. The commission said of this […]

In a grand burial steeped in tradition and a reflection of the widespread popularity she gained throughout her seven-decade rule, Queen Elizabeth II of England has been laid to rest. On Monday, her coffin was lowered into the royal vault in St. George’s chapel at Windsor Castle, England. Queen Elizabeth II died […]