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Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says some governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are influencing President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to assent to the electoral bill. On November 19, TheCable had reported that the national assembly transmitted the electoral act amendment bill to the president for assent.  According […]

Suspects arrested over the invasion of the home of Mary Odili, supreme court justice, have been brought before a federal high court for arraignment. The suspects were brought to court by officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) at about 1:45pm. They are to be arraigned before Nkeonye Maha, the presiding judge, […]

Biodun Olujimi, senator representing Ekiti south, was made to stand down a bill seeking to promote women empowerment and gender equality. Olujimi withdrew the bill after some senators cited “socio-cultural and Islamic concerns”. While leading debate on the bill on the floor of the senate on Wednesday, the senator said the legislation […]

Aminu Gadagau, a member of the Kaduna state house of assembly, has been reportedly shot dead by bandits. In a tweet on Wednesday, Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, said Gadagau was shot dead while returning to Kaduna. “A member of Kaduna state House of Assembly Hon Lirwan Aminu Gadagau from Giwa […]

Adeoye Fawaz, the 18-year-old boy who works as a bus conductor, has emerged as the overall champion in a chest contest organised by Chess in slums Africa. Source: Top Stories

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Omicron COVID variant has now been detected in 77 countries. Omicron — labelled a “variant of concern” — was detected by South African authorities and subsequently reported to the WHO. There are reports that the variant had been earlier detected in the Netherlands before the announcement […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total public debt hit N38.005 trillion at the end of the third quarter (Q3) of 2021. It includes the total external and domestic debts of the federal government, 36 state governments, and the federal capital territory (FCT). The debt figure represents an increase of N2.54 […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the national assembly has employed “parliamentary diplomacy” to resolve the row with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Gbajabiamila spoke on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with stakeholders, including Geoffrey Onyema, minister of foreign affairs; Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation; Allen Onyema, CEO of Air […]

The ministry of interior says the reports that a federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry are “false and misleading”. The Eti Osa LGA of Lagos state had in a suit marked FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 taken the ministry of interior to court challenging its power […]

Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari will be more appreciated when he leaves office in 2023. Sule said this on Tuesday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president. The Nasarawa governor commended Buhari for the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, adding that […]