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President Muhammadu Buhari says the name of the candidate who he would prefer to succeed him in 2023 will be kept secret. With months to the 2023 election, there have been speculations on who becomes the next president. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television aired on Wednesday, Buhari said his “favourite” […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of a political solution in the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The president made the comment on Wednesday in an interview aired on Channels Television. Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out state police as an option to address the country’s security challenges. In recent times, the clamour for state police has heightened in many parts of the country, owing to the rising insecurity. On several occasions, the governors in the southern region of the country have emphasised the […]

The federal government has released a gazette proscribing bandits as terrorists in Nigeria. On November 25, a federal high court in Abuja declared the activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism. Speaking during a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme on Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation […]

The panel set up to investigate the Ikoyi building collapse has submitted its report to the Lagos government. On November 1, 2021, the 21-storey structure, which was being developed by Fourscore Homes, caved in. Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes, was one of the 43 persons who died in the collapse. Following […]

The federal government says non-resident companies (NRC) are mandated to remit 6% of turnover from digital services provided to Nigerian customers. An NRC is a company not registered or incorporated in Nigeria but makes profits or income from Nigeria. They include Amazon, AliExpress, Twitter, Zoom Inc. and others. Zainab Ahmed, minister of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Margret Chuba Okadigbo as board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. Margret is the wife of the late former senate president, Chuba Okadigbo. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. With the […]

The 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), originally scheduled to hold in June and July 2021, will be played in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022. Cameroon, the hosts, will take on Burkina Faso in the opening fixture at the new 60,000-seat Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, while Algeria, who would be […]

A new COVID variant has been discovered in France. The variant, called B.1.640.2 and dubbed the IHU variant, is said to have infected 12 people in France so far. According to a research paper published by scientists at the Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute (IHU) in France, the first case was linked […]