The Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st May 2026, a public holiday to celebrate this year’s International Workers Day.
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The Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu has announced the dismissal of office
S’Court Fixes Tomorrow on ADC Leadership Dispute The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, April 30, for judgment in the leadership dispute rocking the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). The apex court had reserved judgement in the case, prompting the opposition party to petition the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) that time was not on its side. However, on Wednesday, the apex court announced that the judgement would be delivered by 2pm, on Thursday. A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, fixed the matter for judgment after parties adopted their final written addresses. Mark, who leads…
Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising or participating in
The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to secure a $516.33m loan from Deutsche Bank to finance Section I of the ambitious Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway project, a key infrastructure initiative under the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The approval followed the consideration of the President’s request by the Committee of Supply during plenary presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. In a letter read on the floor of the Green Chamber, Tinubu described the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway as a transformative national project aimed at connecting Nigeria’s far northwest to its southwestern coastline through an approximately 1,000-kilometre dual carriageway…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has decried the diversion of students’ fees and other financial infractions in Nigerian universities, warning that such practices undermine the integrity of the education system. A statement by the commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Olukoyede spoke in Kano on Tuesday while delivering a keynote address at the 8th Biennial Conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities in Nigeria. He said investigations by the EFCC had uncovered cases involving inflated contracts, ghost workers and diversion of students’ fees in tertiary institutions across the country. “The EFCC has investigated…
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has rejected the consensus move by Senator Ahmed Wadada, the preferred successor of Governor Abdullahi Sule, insisting that he would go ahead
China and the Economic Community of West African States on Tuesday marked a major milestone in their relations with the handover of a newly completed
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. The meeting is taking place at the Oyo State Government House. Obi was accompanied to the meeting by some Igbo elders, African Democratic Congress, ADC, senators from the South-East, and his political associates. Although he is yet to address the press, the meeting may not be unconnected to his presidential ambition. This is coming barely 24 hours after the former governor of Anambra State met with ex-Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan. Obi has been consulting leaders across the…
Federal Government has applauded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for offering fully funded scholarships to 50 Nigerian students in petroleum and mineral studies, describing
Fears of a fresh fuel price hike this week are mounting after the United States President, Donald Trump, abruptly cancelled a second round of
President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the expansion of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to a production capacity of 1.4