Buhari blows hot, accuses governors of misappropriating LG allocations
President Muhammadu Buhari has accused governors of stealing the allocations of LGAs in their states. The president on Thursday said…
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Buhari approves N80bn reconstruction of Sapele-Benin, Amukpe-Agbor roads
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the release of N80billion for the reconstruction of the failed Sapele-Benin…
BREAKING: Adeleke sacks 12,000 workers, dethrones three monarchs
Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers and ordered the dethronement of three monarchs barely 24 hours after…
BREAKING: Appeal court rules against fresh guber primary for Ogun PDP
A court of appeal in Oyo has set aside a judgment which ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct…
JUST IN: Appeal court affirms Machina as Yobe north senatorial candidate
The Abuja court of appeal has affirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe…
Call For Igbo Presidency Is Right And Timely But Won’t Happen In 2023 – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the call for a presidency from the South-East is morally right and…
Court nullifies Osun LG polls, sacks chairpersons, councillors
A federal high court sitting in Osogbo has nullified the state’s local government election conducted by the Osun State Independent…
JUST IN: Appeal Court upholds Bwacha, Binani’s gov candidacy
The Court of Appeal in Yola on Thursday upheld the governorship candidacy of All Progressives Congress candidates, Emmanuel Bwacha and…
New naira notes will be difficult to counterfeit — Buhari
CBN says currency redesign targets no one …Says January 31 deadline sacrosanct The President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, said the…
Buhari nominates Lauretta Onochie as NDDC board chair
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie, his aide on social media, as the substantive chairman…
INEC: It would be impossible to resume voter registration before 2023 polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is “constitutionally and legally impossible” to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR)…
BREAKING: Buhari to unveil new naira notes Nov 23, says Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the newly redesigned naira notes on November 23,…
Buhari flags off first crude oil drilling project in northern Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO) situated in the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states. The…
Breaking: Court orders INEC to resume voter registration
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration…
Remove petrol subsidy, unify FX market’ — World Bank advises Nigeria on fiscal reforms
The World Bank says Nigeria needs to urgently phase out “its costly, regressive fuel subsidy.” The bank disclosed this in…
S’African appeal court orders Zuma back to jail
An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from…
Osinbajo heads to Canada for ‘first high-level visit from Nigeria since 2000’
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, departed Nigeria for a three-day official visit to Canada. Laolu Akande, his spokesman, in a…
No underage person will vote on election day, INEC assures Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will clean up its voter register to address the irregularities observed by…
US returns another $20.6m Abacha loot to Nigeria
The United States government has returned another $20 million to Nigeria as part of the loot traced to Sani Abacha, former Nigerian…
BREAKING: Court acquits Babachir Lawal of N544m ‘grass cutting’ fraud
A high court in the federal capital territory (FCT), has discharged and acquitted Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government…