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The House of Representatives has threatened to use the full wrath of the law to issue arrest warrant against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emeifile and others who have failed to honour their invitations. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, expressed his anger over the refusal of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia State, Uchenna Ikonne, is dead. Mr Ikonne, a professor and former vice chancellor of the Abia State University Uturu, passed away on Wednesday, 25 January, around 4 a.m. at the National Hospital Abuja, according to a statement from his first son, Uche-Ikonne Chikezie, on behalf of the family. […]

The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has revealed that despite his position, he has yet to see the new naira notes. He said this on Wednesday as he backed calls for the extension of the deadline for changing the old naira notes to the redesigned ones. Ortom said he was concerned about the short […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday alleged plans to scuttle the 2023 general elections through fuel scarcity and naira redesign.  Tinubu spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the APC presidential campaign. The former Lagos Governor, however, vowed that Nigerians would defy the fuel scarcity and trek to […]

The United States Government, on Wednesday, declared that people involved in undermining the electoral process in Nigeria will be slapped with visa restrictions. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a tweet, said his country supports Nigeria’s democratic process and desire to uphold the rule of law. “To support Nigeria’s upcoming elections, today I am […]

Nigeria has so far recorded a total of 123 Diphtheria infections and 38 deaths across four states of the federation as of 22 January. According to the latest data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Kano State recorded the highest with 100 confirmed infections and 32 deaths, followed by Yobe with 17 infections and three […]

Manchester United have retained their position as the Premier League’s most valuable club, with a valuation of £4.8billion [$5.95b], according to a recent study. The Red Devils have long been the most valuable club in English football and continued that streak after seeing their value increase by 28 per cent over a two-year period. Despite their impressive rise […]

US President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to act quickly to ban assault weapons, as California reeled from two deadly mass shootings in less than 48 hours. A group of senators on Monday reintroduced a federal Assault Weapons Ban and legislation that would raise the minimum purchase age for assault weapons to 21. “We […]

The US state of California is reeling from its third mass shooting in eight days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco. The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay on Monday. The victims were all Chinese-American farm workers. Suspect Zhao Chunli, 67, was arrested after […]

A pig killed the butcher just seconds before it was meant to be slaughtered after it surprisingly woke up in the abattoir. The stunned pig was on the way to be slaughter in Hong Kong, as it remains unclear how the animal managed to escape. Police say the pig regained consciousness and knocked the butcher over before he died, […]

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tunji Abayomi, has said that politicians anywhere in the world are “sinners” but Nigeria needs a “sinner” who can develop the country; make money and use the money to lift people out of poverty. “Anywhere in the world, you find that politicians are sinners,” Abayomi said on […]

The federal government says all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination. Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. In December 2022, the federal government had relaxed COVID rules in the country. The federal government had also said pre-departure […]

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday in Abuja, said Nigeria’s energy transition plan will include, among others things the introduction of electric cars and decommissioning of generators. However, the country must balance its drive for this transition by focusing on the ancillary infrastructure that makes them sustainable. “We will be considering the decommissioning of […]

President Buhari on Monday, in Bauchi State, said he has not disappointed Nigerians based on his campaign promises in the 2015 and 2019 elections. “I have not disappointed anybody,” Buhari stated during his courtesy call on the Emir of Bauchi, Dr Rilwanu Adamu when he visited Bauchi in continuation of the All Progressives Congress Presidential […]

Brazilian superstar Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pele”, popularly regarded as the best soccer player to have ever lived, recently passed away, and now new details about his life continue to emerge, this time thanks to his will. Pele always denied being the father of Sandra Regina, even after a DNA test ruling from the court […]