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Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, says if former President Goodluck Jonathan joins the All Progressives Congress (APC), it would be a development worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records. A coalition of northern groups had bought the presidential nomination form of the APC for the former president on Monday, urging […]

A federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations 2019 for being “an invalid statutory instrument”. The court further nullified all sales and disposals of assets made by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019. Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected an appeal by the 18 registered political parties, through the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), for an extension of the deadline for the conduct of party primaries The parties made the appeal on Tuesday at INEC’s second quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in 2022. INEC had reviewed its […]

Four teachers of Chrisland School in Lagos have been arraigned for allegedly concealing a sex tape involving one of its students. Source: Top Stories

Isah Adamu, chairman of the state universal basic education board (SUBEB), says there are over 700,000 out-of-school children in Niger. Speaking with TheCable on Monday, Adamu said many schools in banditry-affected areas have been destroyed, adding that the situation has made it difficult to employ teachers in some communities. “Even before insecurity, we had […]

Robert Clarke, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the Nigerian constitution allows President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his tenure in order to tackle the country’s security challenges. Clarke spoke when he featured on Arise Television’s morning show on Monday. Speaking on the future of Nigeria and if the country is on the right track, […]

The home of Mahinda Rajapaksas, Sri Lanka prime minister, was on Monday, set on fire by a group of anti-government protesters. According to the BBC, this came hours after Rajapaksas resigned in response to calls for his ousting, owing to an economic crisis. The nation is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence […]

The senate has passed a bill seeking to enable statutory delegates to vote at the congresses or conventions of political parties. The upper legislative chamber passed the bill for third reading after Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president and its sponsor, led a debate on it. The legislation passed first, second and third reading within […]

The United States government has been accused of going into business with Gilbert Chagoury, Nigerian-Lebanese developer and funder of Eko Atlantic, despite his criminal records. Born in Nigeria to Lebanese immigrants, Chagoury co-founded the Chagoury Group in Lagos in 1971. The conglomerate owns construction, real estate, hotel, glass and flour milling businesses. The Eko […]

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and airline operators have agreed to provide six million litres of aviation fuel at N480 a litre for three months. It was part of the agreements reached at the end of the meeting summoned by the house of representatives on Monday to avert […]