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Former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday challenged the admissibility of a bundle of statements the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sought to tender against him in his ongoing trial over an alleged $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud and abuse of office. Emefiele, through his lead […]

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) says that it will immediately challenge Friday’s court ruling which overturned an earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register it as a political party. While rejecting the verdict in a statement issued on Friday, the party described the ruling delivered by Justice Isah Dashen as surprising […]

A Federal High Court in Lokoja on Friday set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. Justice Isah Dashen, the presiding judge held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter. […]

Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, on Friday urged President Bola Tinubu to postpone the implementation of state police until after the 2027 general election, warning that introducing the new policing structure ahead of the polls could expose it to political manipulation. Obi’s position […]

Delcy Rodríguez At least 188 people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela in quick succession, causing widespread destruction across the country’s northern region and triggering a major humanitarian emergency. According to Venezuelan authorities, more than 200 people remain trapped beneath collapsed buildings, while rescue workers continue search-and-rescue […]

Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that the prime suspect in the alleged killing of an ex-OGTV broadcaster, Kitan Oyesiku, and her guard, Pelumi Adetayo, said he allegedly orchestrated the plan to “teach her a lesson.” The state Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing held at the command’s […]

Oluremi Tinubu. Photo: State House The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has come under criticism on social media after encouraging Nigerians to consider small-scale businesses such as selling akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli, saying they require little capital to start. Tinubu spoke while addressing State House Correspondents after the Renewed Hope Initiative’s second-quarter meeting with […]

Scene of the collapsed building. Photo: LASEMA At least eight people have died, and 26 others have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State on Thursday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the latest casualty figures in a statement issued by its Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. […]

Nigeria on Wednesday moved closer than ever to establishing a state police force after the Senate passed the controversial Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to decentralise policing, shifting the battle for the landmark reform to the 36 state Houses of Assembly where at least 24 legislatures must endorse the proposal before it can become law. The […]

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has knocked the President Bola Tinubu-led government over its handling of insecurity and economic hardship. Atiku accused the Presidency of attempting to shift responsibility for the country’s worsening conditions onto the media and ordinary Nigerians. In a […]