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The Nigeria Customs Service is seeking a reduction in the tariff for imported vehicles from the current rate of 70 per cent of the cost of such vehicles to 45 per cent. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd.)…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Monday, announced that three international airlines have moved into the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. FAAN made the announcement via its Twitter handle, while sharing…

Is President Muhammadu Buhari right to suspend Justice Walter Onnoghen and install Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)? This is the “puzzle” the Senate is asking the Supreme Court to resolve. …

Former Governor of Ekiti state Ayodele Fayose has declared that he was not surprised by today’s verdict of the tribunal on the petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola. “The judgement was already in the…

Ahead of the emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on Tuesday, the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has sent a list of criminal allegations against Water Onnoghen to the body, TheCable can…

Lawmakers in the Lagos state house of assembly have accused Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, of incurring expenditure from the 2019 budget without presenting it to the assembly. At plenary on Monday, the aggrieved…

Earlier today, the Senate filed a case in the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, seeking its interpretation on whether President Muhammadu Buhari acted within the provision of the constitution in his suspension of the…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly taken the decision to push back the start date of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations by a week. The continental tournament is now set to begin on June 21 instead of June 14…

A group, Igbo Reawakening Forum (IRF) has distanced itself from the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by the Ohaneze Ndigbo. The body said the decision by the…

Mauricio Pochettino claims trophies “only build your ego”, with the Tottenham head coach eager to point out that continued involvement in the Champions League is of greater importance to Spurs. While earning plenty of plaudits…

The main opposition political party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is not bothered by the high turnout of people at rallies organised by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), saying the…

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON MONDAY, 28 JAN 2019 Gentlemen of the press, thank you for once again honouring our invitation. 2 …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved that all its members should boycott the courts nationwide for two days (Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 January 2019) to protest the "constitutional infractions in the suspension of…

A 10-year-old boy on Monday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that his mother asked him to put poison in his father’s food and bathing water. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adenike Ayodele, the mother of the boy,…

PDP Presidential Candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, H. E. Alhaji Atiku Abuakar, GCON President Muhammadu Buhari’s main challenger in forthcoming election, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to “peacefully” rise in…

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says no court has the right to stop a trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). He said this in reaction tothe suspension of Walter Onnoghen, former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) by…

Twenty Five constitutional lawyers, on Monday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge what they termed as illegal suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter…

Labour Party governorship candidate in Kwara State Issa Aremu has advised the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to resign from office over false assets declaration charges preferred against him. Addressing…

Protesters on Monday paralyzed commercial activities in Lagos State in support of President Muhammdu Buhari’s decision to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The protesters, who carried placards with…

President Muhammadu Buhari and EJike Mbaka, spiritual director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, are currently meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja. Mbaka arrived the forecourt of the president’s office and went straight…

Otedola after Court session A businessman, Femi Otedola, on Monday told a court that he received the $500,000 used to bribe a former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, from the State Security Service. Mr Otedola said…

The Organised Private Sector, a body of employers in the private sector of the economy, has said it agrees with a new minimum wage of N30‎,000 as recommended by the tripartite committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The…

Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has unanimously struck out the case of the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Olusola Eleka and uphold Dr Kayode Fayemi of the APC as a duly elected governor of the…

Sixty-Seven political parties on Monday protested against the suspension of the Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by the Federal Government describing it as “illegal, unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect.” The…