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Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his party will retire Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to Dubai in 2023. The former vice-president spent most his time in Dubai after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of the 2019 […]

In its first public response to the Ukrainian victories on the battlefield, Russia says it will succeed in its military objectives in the country. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said this to journalists on Monday while reaffirming confidence in the leadership of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president. “The military operation continues. And it will […]

Dele Alake, director of strategic communication in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, says Bola Tinubu, the party’s flagbearer, made his money from buying stocks in blue chip companies. Alake spoke on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television. Ahead of the 2023 elections, the source of Tinubu’s wealth has […]

Gunmen have attacked the convoy of Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra south senatorial district. The attack was said to have taken place on Sunday at Nkwo Enugu Ukwu, Njikoka LGA of Anambra state. Police officers and some aides of the senator are feared to have been killed in the shootout with […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has described the outcome of its investigation on Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, as “mind-boggling”. TheCable had reported how Mamu was arrested at the Kano International Airport, after he returned from Egypt where he had been detained on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj. […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 21 new cases of monkeypox have been recorded across the country within the last seven days. The NCDC made this announcement in a statement published on its official website, on Sunday. The new figure raises the total number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has asked the industrial court to give accelerated hearing to a suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the prolonged strike of the union. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, […]

The number of justices of the supreme court has further depleted following the retirement of Abdu Aboki. Aboki clocked 70 years on August 5, 2022, being the statutory retirement age for justices of the supreme court. However, the valedictory court session could not hold due to the annual vacation of the court. […]