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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe north senatorial district. Machina, at a primary organised by the party in May, had won unopposed. However, there were speculations that he was being asked to step down for Senate President […]

The United States supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the country. In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 ruling that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in the US. Courtesy of the reversal of the law, US […]

Gunmen have attacked a police station in the Eika-Ohizenyi area of Okehi LGA, Kogi state. The gunmen were said to have attacked the station with explosives in the early hours of Friday. During the incident, a police inspector was killed while a section of the station was damaged. William Aya, Kogi […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it raided the property of Kabiru Sallau, managing director of K Salam Construction Company Nigeria Limited, for alleged money laundering.  The ICPC said this following reports on Thursday that claimed the commission raided the properties belonging to Tukur Buratai, former chief of […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has reacted to the organ harvesting allegation against Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, in the UK. On Thursday, the London metropolitan police arrested and charged Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, to court for allegedly bringing a child to the UK for organ harvesting. […]

The supreme court has struck out the suit challenging section 84(12) of Electoral Act. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, on behalf of the federal government, had filed a suit challenging that section of the Electoral Act, 2022 on the grounds that it violates the rights of political appointees. The section reads: […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government did not invite the union to any meeting on Thursday. On Wednesday, Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said the federal government will soon resolve issues on the strike by ASUU. He had also said concerns over payment platforms will […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he has nothing to do with the recent exaggeration of Anambra state’s investment in SABMiller. Obi said this in a letter to Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra state, on Thursday, through his media aide, Valentine Obienyem. The former Anambra governor blamed “one […]

The attorney general of the England and Wales will decide within 14 days if Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, will face trial in the UK over allegations of human trafficking. The Ekweremadus were charged to the Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Thursday and remanded in custody until July 7 […]

A motion seeking a review of the salaries of judicial officers suffered a setback at the house of representatives on Thursday.  Onofiok luke, lawmaker from Akwa Ibom and sponsor of the motion, had requested that the house ask the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to “upwardly review the remuneration of judicial […]