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Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, says almost all Nigerian presidents came into power through unpredictable circumstances. Kukah spoke in Abuja on Sunday while delivering the keynote speech at the fourth Amaka…

The Federal Government of Nigeria and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance private sector development in fertiliser production, hybrid seed technology, and agricultural…

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has abolished the new traditional councils created by his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, in Edo South senatorial district. The governor also restored the statutory financial entitlements of the…

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Sunday announced a reduction in its price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to ₦970 per litre for oil marketers. The company’s Chief Branding and Communications Officer,…

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked President Bola Tinubu to “urgently” review his economic policies that are causing hardship for citizens. The governors spoke in a communiqué issued at…

Novak Djokovic has appointed Andy Murray to coach him into and through the 2025 Australian Open. Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray, who retired in August after exiting the men's doubles at the Paris 2024 Olympics, will join the…

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and hearing difficulties, had fallen sick and…

Islamic morality police, Hisbah, in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a supreme court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian Supreme Court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, was never a member of the group. IPOB said Ekpa was not a registered member of the group’s chapter in Finland and cannot be the…

The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment held that the National Lottery Act 2005 should no longer be…

The Nigerian government has unveiled Galaxy Backbone’s ‘Govmail’, ServiceWise GPT, and the Federal Civil Service Online Portal digital service platforms for civil servants nationwide. The head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi…

Lack of money has left two-thirds of households in Nigeria grappling with the reality of not being able to provide healthy and nutritional meals, a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has revealed. The NBS survey titled,…

Doyin Okupe, a former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, says President Bola Tinubu legitimately won the 2023 election. Okupe, who resigned from LP after the polls — based on “ideological grounds”— has…

President Bola Tinubu has said Nigerians are now seeing the positive results of his administration’s reforms. Since he assumed office in May 2023, Tinubu has scrapped subsidy on petroleum products and floated the naira, the result of…

A former vice president Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s newest request for a loan, describing it as “bone-crushing”.  The Senate has approved the ₦1.77 trillion ($2.2b) loan request of President Tinubu after a…