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A federal high court in Abuja has stayed action on the request of Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), from stopping him in the pursuit of his presidential bid. The court summoned INEC and the AGF to appear before […]

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has declared his intention to run for president in 2023. Bakare declared his bid in Abuja on Monday. Last week, he procured the APC presidential nomination form. The presidential hopeful said he is committed to the realisation of a new Nigeria […]

Gbenga Adebayo, chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators (ALTON), has asked the federal government to remove “nuisance taxes” placed on operators in the sector. Nuisance tax is a tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority. Adebayo said […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked a federal high court in Abuja to declare him eligible to participate in the 2023 presidential election. Emefiele’s request is in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/610/2022 and filed on May 5. The suit was filed two days before the CBN governor […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike by 12 weeks. The decision was reached after a meeting of the union’s national executive council (NEC) on Sunday at its University of Abuja secretariat. In a statement issued after the meeting, Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU president, said the extension takes […]

Some angry passengers have reportedly blocked the boarding gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja following a delay of their flights. According to Premium Times, the passengers have been at the airport since Sunday night to catch flights to different destinations. As of 8:36 am passengers of Arik airline due for […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says “low loadouts” at depots are “very likely” contributing to the queues observed at petrol stations in Abuja. Over the weekend, queues had surfaced at filling stations in parts of the federal capital territory (FCT). Speaking on the development in a statement issued on Sunday, Garba […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has endorsed Nasiru Gawuna, his deputy, to become the next governor of the state. The decision was said to have been taken at a recent stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano. At the stakeholders’ meeting presided over by the Kano governor, Murtala Garo, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the military on the security operations in the north-west targeted at ending banditry in the zone. States across the north-west have recorded attacks by bandits, which have led to killings, kidnappings and destruction of property, while hundreds of people have been displaced. According to a statement issued […]