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Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy, to President Bola Tinubu, says Atiku Abubakar should “end his unprofitable bid” to lead Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday, Onanuga, who was reacting to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said 5,169,692 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) have been distributed in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa States ahead of the November 11 governorship elections.…

Bode George, a prominent figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), expresses concern about the turmoil within the Rivers State House of Assembly, characterising it as disgraceful. On Monday, an effort to impeach…

MTN Nigeria has said it would appeal the judgment of the Lagos state division of Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) ordering the telecom operator to pay the sum of $72,551,059 (N57.23 billion), in tax default to the Federal…

Nigeria is introducing a rash of policies, including a crackdown on illegal currency trading, as it seeks to close the more-than-45% gap with the unofficial exchange rate of the naira with the hope of a “fair price”…

Argentina’s playmaker Lionel Messi has won his 8th Ballon d’Or award at the 2023 ceremony held in Paris following his outstanding season for Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina. Before moving to Inter Miami in the…

A group, Worried Nigerian Citizens (WNC), has asked President Bola Tinubu to reverse the appointment of  Mr. Shaaka Chira as substantive Auditor-General of the Federation (AGoF) Recall that Shira’s confirmation was put on…

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has congratulated Ehie Edison, new speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. “Congratulations Mr. Speaker,” Fubara wrote Edison was elected speaker on Monday after a faction…

Retired basketball legend, Magic Johnson, has entered the elite ranks of black billionaires, becoming only the fourth athlete to do so. Forbes reports that his estimated wealth stands at a staggering $1.2 billion (£990…

Elder statesmen and national leader of the South-South, Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently call FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to order over crisis in Rivers State. Clark made the call at his Abuja…

FIFA announced Monday it had imposed a three-year ban on former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales following his forced kiss on the lips of World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso. World football’s governing body provisionally…

The Westminster Magistrates Court in the UK has adjourned hearing on the suit involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum…

Eight members of the Rivers State House Of Assembly loyal to Governor Sim Fubara has suspended Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Chibuzor Amadi. The House also impeached the Speaker of the Rivers State House of…

A Constitutional lawyer and a former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the…

Nearly 100 days since soldiers upturned Niger, the west African regional bloc ECOWAS has all but shelved its planned invasion of the country. Shortly…

A businessman, Nura Ashiru, on Monday demanded N1.5 million from his divorce-seeking wife Zainab Bello, in a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna. Mr Ashiru made his demands after his wife asked the court to…

Protocol. Gentlemen of the Press. Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response,… Protocol. Gentlemen of the Press. Someone asked me what I would do…

The war between Israel and Hamas could trigger price shocks for raw materials such as oil and agriculture products if the conflict escalates across the Middle East, the World Bank warned in a report Monday. Oil has…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hinted that he may run for president again in 2027 despite the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says over 80 bodies have been recovered from kidnappers’ den in the state. Otti said security intelligence showed that the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around…

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had affirmed Bola…

President Bola Tinubu says he has absolute confidence in the integrity of Femi Gbajabiamila, his chief of staff. Tinubu spoke before the commencement of the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the…

In Ghana, the lack of a regulatory body to manage the real estate industry has stifled the formal establishment of the sector over the last decade. But has also meant that…

The Oyo State government has filed for an order for stay of execution of the judgment of Justice K.A. Adedokun of the High Court, Ogbomoso, sacking Oba Afolabi Olaoye as the…