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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in an application by the Federal Government seeking a stay of execution of the court’s judgment that ordered the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Haruna Tsanami announced that a date for the delivery of judgment would be communicated to […]

Nigeria’s total external debt has risen from $10.32bn on June 30, 2015, to $40.06bn as at June 30, 2022, The Punch has learnt. This shows that there has been an increase of 288.18 per cent in seven years, according to the external debt stock reports by the Debt Management Office. A breakdown shows that in 2015, 36 […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for calm over the alert that the US issued to its citizens in Nigeria. Daily Trust had reported how the United States embassy in Nigeria warned Americans in the country to be cautious of their movement in response to “elevated risk of terror attacks”, specifically in Abuja. […]

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has maintained that he is fit to occupy the highest office in the land. Addressing his party stakeholders at a meeting with businessmen in Kano on Saturday, Tinubu slammed his critics who claim he is unhealthy. “I am not running for 100 yards or […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for Seoul, South Korea to participate in the First World Bio Summit, 2022. Jointly organized by the Government of the Republic of Korea and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the two-day Summit (October 25-26), has the theme: ‘The Future of Vaccine and Bio-Health.’ Nigeria was invited to the Summit based […]

President Buhari on Friday declared the future of Nigeria is safer in the hands of the All Progressives Congress. This is as Buhari said the APC-led government has managed to make Nigeria stable, laying a solid foundation for progressive growth. This was made known in a statement signed by the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina. Buhari […]

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has said that due to many expectations Nigerians have of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, she is not sure if the government has met them. Aisha stated this in an interview with the BBC, saying that this is the reason she apologized to Nigerians. Reports quoted Mrs Buhari apologising to Nigerians […]

A shop assistant, Nojeem Ogundele, who lost N350,000 to a fraudster at Wema Bank, Aiyetoro branch, Ogun State, has accused the bank of nonchalance in helping him to retrieve the money. Punch learnt that the incident happened around 1pm on October 12 when Ogundele’s boss, Obi Emmanuel, sent him to deposit the money into a business […]

Two Igbo groups, the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, and Igbo Archbishops & Bishops on Peace and Conflict Resolution, have demanded the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Chairman of the traditional rulers’ council, Nnaemeka Achebe, who is the Obi of Onitsha, disclosed this in a […]

The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across states of the federation. Obi made the call on Wednesday while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State at his Abuja […]

A former Minister of Aviation Osita Chidoka says Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won’t apologise over his Yoruba and Igbo president comment. The former vice president had in a recent gathering advised northerners to vote for someone from the region in next year’s general election. “What the average Northerner needs is somebody who’s from […]

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday, continued the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, who was alleged to have killed the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu on October, 12, 2021, on […]

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said he would be willing to prostrate or kneel down before President Muhammadu Buhari for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to regain his freedom. The octogenarian elder statesman and chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo also said the leader of the apex […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Monday, narrated how Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, ordered his arrest in 2013. El-Rufai said this at an event which the Arewa Joint Committee organised for presidential candidates. El-Rufai had gone to Anambra to lend support for Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, who ran against Obi on […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said he would build on the legacy of the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, if elected in 2023. Mr Tinubu stated this while speaking at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit on Saturday. He assured the audience that he was going to win the presidential election. […]

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said members of the body may find it difficult to get to their respective schools on Monday as they do not have “money for transport”. He disclosed this on Sunday while speaking about matters arising from the suspension of the ASUU […]

Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie declined the national honour offered to her by President Muhammadu Buhari. The writer, it was gathered, declined the honour in private as she does not want undue publicity. Omawunmi Ogbe, the writer’s communication manager, confirmed the development to Guardian. Ogbe said: “Following the recent conferment of national awards by […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has upgraded the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 to 50,000. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the governor’s spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri. “Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 (Twenty Eight Thousand) […]