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Patrick Obahiagbon, former member of the house of representatives, says Labour Party (LP) will not secure up to 25 percent of votes in 24 states in the 2023 elections. The former legislator said this when he featured on The Morning Show, a programme on Arise Television.  According to Obahiagbon, though the election […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the country generated N600.15 billion as value-added tax (VAT) in the second quarter of 2022. The figure represented an increase of 1.96 percent from the N588.59 billion generated in Q1 2022. The NBS said this in its latest sectoral distribution of value-added tax for Q2 […]

A seven-storey uncompleted building has collapsed at Oba Idowu Oniru street, Lekki area of Lagos state. At least six people were said to have been trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building — and two persons have been reported dead. Emergency responders have been deployed to commence rescue exercise. Confirming […]

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Nigeria’s Grace Nwokocha a provisional suspension over the use of banned substances. The AIU included Nwokocha’s name on the list of athletes placed on provisional suspension via its website on Saturday night. When athletes are handed a provisional suspension, they are temporarily banned from competition […]

In my upcoming debut book, ‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, which will go on sale in October 2022 (you heard it here first), you will find a familiar thread in my contributions to the debate on the Nigerian project over the past two decades: that the progress of the country is hardly at the […]

The federal government has agreed to pay $496 million to settle a multi-billion dollar claim from Global Steel Holdings Limited, following the termination of a contract to upgrade the country’s steel plants, Reuters is reporting. The news agency quoted Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), as saying the federal government managed to […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he wonders why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still exists. The former Lagos governor spoke on Saturday at the unveiling of the Tinubu/Shettima door-to-door campaign group in Abuja.  Tinubu, who described the PDP as a party that lacks direction, urged members […]

Ahmed Ammani, Enugu commissioner of police, has ordered the probe of an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old. Daniel Ndukwe, police spokesperson in the state, announced the development in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, the officer, identified as Vincent Oke, is serving at the Awgu […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerian youths to vote for politicians who believe in Nigeria’s unity. Jonathan said this on Saturday at an event organised in honour of Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) board of trustees (BoT). Iwuanyanwu will clock 80 on Sunday.  Speaking […]