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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 7 for the hearing of all pending applications and the substantive suit filed by the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the Kabir Turaki-led interim National Working […]

Fuel marketers have declared that their filling stations will stop selling petrol should the Federal Government try to enforce price control. The National Publicity Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, issued the warning on Tuesday during an interview with our correspondent. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken […]

An aerial view of protesters marching during a demonstration by the “March and March” movement marking an unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa, in Durban, on June 30, 2026. Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP The Federal Government has assured Nigerians still residing in South Africa of […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has expressed deep appreciation to the Government and people of Alberta, Canada, for their hospitality and support during the maiden Oodua Global Concert, while reaffirming his commitment to strengthening cultural ties between the Ooni’s Palace and African diaspora communities. He conveyed the message through […]

Agency Report The Independent National Electoral Commission says no fewer than 1,565,873 Nigerians have successfully completed their voter registration as of June 26. The figure was recorded at the end of the seventh week of Phase III of the commission’s Continuous Voter Registration exercise. According to statistics released by INEC on Tuesday in Abuja, the […]

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 road projects valued at over N3.9 trillion across 15 states as part of the Federal Government’s drive to improve road infrastructure nationwide. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

National Leader of Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC) and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Henry Dickson. Credit: Dickson The Independent National Electoral Commission has restored the Nigeria Democratic Congress’ access to its candidate nomination portal, allowing the party to upload the names of its National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson and presidential candidate, Peter Obi, despite the […]

The Federal Government’s newly approved reform of the National Youth Service Corps splits the orientation programme into three distinct phases and introduces 11 specialised career streams that corps members will select from at registration, according to details provided by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, on Monday. The […]

Sowore A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to fresh bail in the sum of N200 million, weeks after revoking his earlier bail over his failure to appear for trial. Justice Muhammad Umar, in a ruling, directed Sowore to provide two sureties before the bail could […]