Agency ReportsA colonel in an elite military unit in Madagascar said Tuesday that the armed forces are taking power in the Indian Ocean nation in what appeared to confirm that President Andry Rajoelina had been removed in a coup.Col. Michael Randrianirina’s announcement in front of a ceremonial presidential palace in
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to sell part of his multibillion-dollar refinery to Nigerians through a public listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.According to him, the move will allow citizens to buy shares and become part-owners of what he described as a “national asset.”Dangote made this known
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Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).He made the declaration during a state-wide broadcast to the people of the state.The governor defended his decision to switch camp, saying the move was necessitated to connect the South-Eastern state to
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Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, as a condition for admission to universities and polytechnics, the Federal Ministry of Education said on Tuesday.For years, admission seekers in arts and humanities,
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned the National Assembly against its proposed amendments that may move the 2027 general elections to November 2026.The party further warned that the move could undermine governance in the country.ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Tuesday in
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President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the Senate to confirm the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The request was conveyed in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary session, alongside other
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