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The Federal High Court has declared the Ebonyi South Senatorial District seat being occupied by Sonni Ogbuoji vacant and ordered him to vacate the seat immediately. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Akintola Aluko of the Abakaliki Division of the court. It held that Mr Ogbuoji flouted section 68(1)g of the 1999 Constitution […]

A Russian Orthodox priest has been removed from his post and sent to work in a remote village after his wife took part in a beauty contest, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported. The secretary of the Magnitogorsk episcopate told RIA Novosti that the priest’s wife, Oksana Zotova, performed a Brazilian dance in carnival […]

For the very first time in Nigeria’s 59-year history, the signature of a woman, Priscilla Ekwere Eleje, goes on the naira. Eleje, who has been acting director of currency and operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been confirmed, substantive director of the apex bank. She is the first female director of currency […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has described the ongoing altercations between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the nationalities of both President Muhammadu Buhari and the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as unnecessary as both “are non – Nigerians.” IPOB made this known in a […]

Justice Adedayo  Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Monday reaffirmed her order for the arrest of ex-Super Eagles’ captain, Austin Okocha. The judge made the arrest order in favour of the Lagos State Government, which accused the retired football star of failure to pay income tax. On Monday, the prosecuting counsel […]

A Phoenix man killed four people, including his wife and two children, in a shooting rampage that started as a domestic dispute over allegations of an affair, police said. The suspect, Austin Smith, 30, returned home from a bar Thursday night and confronted his wife over accusations that she had cheated on him, which she […]

The US department of state has cautioned its citizens to “reconsider travel to Nigeria because violent crime, such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, rape and piracy, is common throughout the country.” In a travel advisory recently released on its website, which contains information on the safety and security of US travellers, Nigeria was […]

The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the Wednesday killing of two Nigerians in South Africa by yet-to-be identified assailants. NICASA President, Benjamin Okoli, gave the condemnation in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, two Nigerians were shot dead while two […]

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has washed his hands off the suit filed by the Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha urging the Court to grant an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue him a Certificate of Return as the Senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District. […]

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to  stop  expensive funerals in the state. The bill, which was  sponsored  by the representative   of  Anaocha II Constituency, Charles Ezeani, now makes it an offence to hold funerals for more than one day in the state. Before the bill was passed, communities  held […]

Twenty-three Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia. They may be beheaded any time from now, The Nation has learnt. Besides, 11 are serving various jail terms for drug trafficking in the kingdom. Another suspected trafficker is awaiting trial. The 23 death row inmates could not be named for “diplomatic and sensitivity” reasons. Unless President […]

Popular musician cum producer, Don Jazzy has been frequently mocked for still being single even at the age of 36, but the Mavin Records henchman never bats an eye lid because he knows what’s best for him. However, during an interview with HipTV’s Street Hop, with Victoria Eze, popularly known as Mzvic, the singer who […]

Amina Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, says a woman will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former minister of environment said this on Saturday at the Mo Ibrahim governance weekend in Abidjan, stating that she will be a campaign manager for the said woman. In conversation with Mo Ibrahim, Amina Mohammed was […]

The World Bank has said that the Nigerian economy has been slipping since 1995 and this continued till 2018. The bank, in its latest report on the regional economy titled, ‘Africa’s Pulse’, released the taxonomy of growth performance in sub-Saharan Africa, which focused on the macroeconomic and financial features that led to growth resilience on […]

The Nigerian government has given all foreigners involved in mining activities in Zamfara State 48 hours to leave the sites. The government announced a ban on all mining activities as part of measures to restore peace in the state. Bandits have been attacking villages in Zamfara for almost two years now. Hundreds have been killed […]