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Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested and charged to court for allegedly bringing a child to the UK for organ harvesting. Confirming the arrests in a statement, the metropolitan police said the pair were charged to court on Thursday following an investigation by the police’ specialist […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will not stop the sales of foreign exchange (FX) for payment of overseas tuition fees.  The bank made the clarification in a statement on Thursday, following reports that withdrawal of the ‘Form A’ discounted rate will take effect from December 31, 2022. ‘Form A’ […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reversed its decision to withdraw the national teams from participating in international basketball competitions. The reversal was announced in a statement by Ismaila Abubakar, permanent secretary of the ministry of youth and sports development, on Thursday in Abuja. On May 12, Sunday Dare, minister of youth […]

Aisha Dukku, chairperson of the house of representatives committee on electoral matters, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) didn’t promise to extend voter registration by 60 days. According to Dukku, the electoral umpire has several activities on its timetable ahead of the 2023 general election which makes it not viable to extend […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the perpetrators of recent attacks on churches are “cowards” and will be punished for their crimes. Two weeks ago, gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo state, and killed 40 people. Also, three persons were killed on Sunday, following an attack by gunmen on two churches in Kaduna state. […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government will soon resolve issues on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had, on February 14, declared a one-month warning strike to protest the non-implementation of its demands by the federal government. But on March 14, […]

At least 1000 people have been confirmed dead after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake erupted in Afghanistan on Tuesday. According to the BBC, another 1500 people were injured in the disaster which hit the south-eastern city of Khost. The earthquake has led to the destruction of several properties, while rescuers are still searching […]

Aisha Dukku, chairman of the house of representatives committee on electoral matters, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR). The electoral umpire had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the suspension of CVR across the country ahead of the 2023 general election. […]