In Bayelsa, a federal high court has declared Ikechukwu Ukaegbu as the official candidate for the Labour Party (LP) in the upcoming off-cycle governor’s election in Imo state, scheduled for November 11.Emma Akko, the presiding judge, confirmed Ukaegbu, also known as Ikenga, as the rightful candidate on Friday.Ukaegbu had won
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The Zamfara State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have commended the government for the payment of backlog of salaries owed civil servants by the immediate past administration.A press statement by the unions on Saturday in Gusua noted that non-payment of their three
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British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has revealed that the number of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom’s universities rose from 20,000 to 127,000 in three years.Montgomery also disclosed that Nigerians alone received 325,000 visas out of 3 million issued for international students and other immigrants in 2022.The ambassador
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Folashodun Shonubi, to “immediately delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles for
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There are strong indications that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return to the country on Tuesday, a day before the commencement of the Sallah festivities.Politics Nigeria reports that a source confirmed this development on Sunday.The source revealed that the President intends to spend the Sallah holiday in Lagos, the commercial
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas reduced from N4,642.27 recorded in April 2023 to N4,360.69 in May 2023.This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch” for May 2023 released in Abuja.The report said the May 2023 price represented a
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced that Nigeria’s total public debt reached ₦49.95 trillion ($108.30 billion) as of March.UNITY TIMES reports that this figure includes the external and domestic debts of the Federal Government, the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).Compared to the previous period in December
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A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda, has granted an ex-parte motion that temporarily halts the demolition of structures and property in the state.The motion was filed by a Kano citizen, Saminu Muhammad, through his lawyer, and seeks to protect specific buildings along BUK
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation, has asked Nigerians to stop social media fight over her photos with President Bola Tinubu and other leaders at the Paris Summit.Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, in a tweet on Saturday evening, wondered why Nigerians had read many meanings into her photos, lamenting how
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President Bola Tinubu, who was initially scheduled to be back in Abuja on Saturday, after his trip to Paris France, will now proceed to London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit.Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications & Strategy to the President disclosed this in a statement Saturday.Alake noted
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