A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognizing the outcome of the forthcoming 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.Justice James Omotosho issued the order on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit challenging the legality of the convention.The judge
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked the member representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abubakar Gummi for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.In a judgment, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, barred the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, from further
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The FCT Police Command’s Scorpion Squad, have announced the arrest of fourteen suspected kidnappers and the rescue of twenty-three victims, all foreign nationals, from captivity.A statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh, showed that the intelligence-led operation took place at about 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd October
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The Presidency has said that circulating reports of an alleged attempted coup could harm Nigeria’s economy and deter potential foreign investors.Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga issued the warning during an interview on Thursday urging the public and media outlets to avoid spreading unverified claims, noting that such reports could damage the
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The federal government of Nigeria has signed three landmark agreements with the European Union (EU) and ECOWAS, on Thursday, to boost local manufacturing and investment in medicines.These agreements, which are part of the EU Global Gateway Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines, and Health Technologies (MAV+) initiative and SRHR flagships,
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Ted Cruz, Republican U.S Senator, says President Bola Tinubu’s government is “very unhappy” because he has raised the alarm over the killing of Christians in Nigeria and proposed legislation to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern.Hosting Ayaan Hirsi, a Somali-born Dutch and American writer and activist on his podcast
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#JusticeForOchanya has resurfaced across social media platforms as Nigerians call for justice, seven years after the death of 13-year-old Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbanje, who died following years of alleged sexual abuse.Ochanya, a teenage girl from Benue State, had been living with her uncle, Dr Andrew Ogbuja, in Makurdi to attend school.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the introduction of a 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on petrol and diesel imports into Nigeria.In a letter dated October 21, 2025, reported publicly on October 30, 2025, and addressed to the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory
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Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has dismissed as false and malicious rumours linking him to any coup plot, describing the allegation as baseless and politically motivated.In a statement on Wednesday, Sylva’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Chief Julius Bokoru, said the rumours were
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There was mild drama at the National Assembly on Wednesday when representatives of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staged a walkout during a session with the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies.JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, was absent and sent a Director, Mufutau Bello,
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