ECOWAS envoy and former Nigeria’s Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, left, at the State House to brief President Bola Tinubu on a visit to Niger’s military junta. Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday, visited President Bola Tinubu in Abuja to brief him on the outcome of his diplomatic shuttle to […]
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Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Photo/Facebook/ ngxgroup Following gains recorded in BuaFoods, Stanbic IBTC, and 29 stocks, the Nigerian equities market reopened in an upbeat yesterday, as market capitalization rose by N262 billion. At the close of transactions yesterday, the market capitalization of listed equities appreciated by 0.74 percent to N35.684 trillion from N35.42 trillion reported […]
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By Monday Ubani The various electoral laws in Africa have provisions that make the judiciary have the final say on both Pre and Post Election conflicts. No one should be in doubt as to the competence or capacity of the Judiciary in the continent to adjudicate on election issues whether it concerns pre-election or post-election […]
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With Nigeria’s fiscal stability at a breaking point and the 2023 budget dismissed as unimplementable, Collins Olayinka and Joseph Chibueze write that the new Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has his job in the next one year clearly cut out. For Nigerians and stakeholders in the financial space, the main task before Wale Edun as […]
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Former Sports Commissioner in Ogun State, Chief Bukola Olopade, arrived in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday morning with the sole aim of cheering the World Record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobiloba Amusan, to victory in defence of her title. Amusan started her campaign here in Budapest on Tuesday at the National Athletics Stadium. He […]
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To save Tobi Amusan from the trauma of her suspension by the Athletes Integrity Unit (AIU) before she was eventually cleared to participate in the ongoing World Championships, the United States has dispatched a top sports psychologist to Team Nigeria’s camp in Budapest. Though, Amusan, the World Athletics Record holder in 100m hurdles, said on […]
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (C) crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Megan Tapper (R) and Netherlands’ Maayke Tjin-A-Lim in the women’s 100m hurdles heats during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 22, 2023. (Photo: AFP) Nigeria’s Tobiloba ‘Tobi’ Amusan, the world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles, […]
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Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday, boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will unseat the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi. Adeleke is the chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for the November 11 gubernatorial election. The incumbent governor of Kogi is Yahaya Bello of the All […]
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Nigeria’s representative to the ECOWAS parliament, Senator Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev, has cautioned on a military solution to the coup in the Republic of Niger. In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the immediate past Senate committee Vice Chairman on Judiciary who represented Benue North West rather advised on diplomacy to the Nigerien impasse. Senator Jev […]
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Former OPEC President Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court in the British capital on October 2, the […]
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