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30/06/2025

The Agbo Major-led faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has said Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, is free to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing him of betrayal and attempts to hijack the party. The statement comes amid reports that Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano, is negotiating his return to the APC following the resignation of his longtime rival, Abdullahi Ganduje, as national chairman of the ruling party....

The Agbo Major-led faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has said Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, is free to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing him of betrayal and attempts to hijack the party. The statement comes amid reports that Kwankwa...

30/06/2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that the governors of Rivers, Plateau, and Kano states are set to join the ruling party within the next two months. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, the APC national vice-chairman (South-East), made the revelation in an interview with Punch newspaper, describing the defections as “not speculative but imminent.” “We are talking about governors from Bayelsa, Rivers, Plateau, Kano, either Abia or Enugu....

30/06/2025

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was on Monday arraigned before the Abuja Federal High Court on fresh charges of alleged defamation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello. The six-count charge, brought under the Cybercrime Prohibition and Prevention Act, comes just weeks after the federal government arraigned the senator on similar allegations at a…...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was on Monday arraigned before the Abuja Federal High Court on fresh charges of alleged defamation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello. The six-count charge, brought under the Cybercrime Prohibi...

30/06/2025

President Bola Tinubu has approved a major reform that decentralises Nigeria’s public-private partnership (PPP) project approval process, empowering ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to approve lower-value projects independently. Under the new directive, announced by Jobson Ewalefoh, director-general of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), PPP projects valued below N20 billion for ministries and N10 billion for parastatals can now be approved internally by project approval boards (PABs), provided they comply with ICRC guidelines and obtain certification....

President Bola Tinubu has approved a major reform that decentralises Nigeria’s public-private partnership (PPP) project approval process, empowering ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to approve lower-value projects independently. Under the new directive, announced by Jobson Ewalefoh, di...

30/06/2025

President Bola Tinubu and Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip Pierre, have pledged to establish formal diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the Caribbean island nation, signaling a strategic alliance in response to shifting global power dynamics. Both leaders met at Pierre’s official residence in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia, during the second day of Tinubu’s state visit to the country....

30/06/2025

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu has warned that the South-East zone may reconsider its continued membership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the party fails to resolve its internal crisis, particularly concerning the national secretary position. Speaking after a closed-door meeting at the Enugu Government House on Sunday, Mbah said the region’s position must not be ignored. “For the record, just as I stated during my interactive session with Fellows and Members of the Nigerian Guild of…...

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu has warned that the South-East zone may reconsider its continued membership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the party fails to resolve its internal crisis, particularly concerning the national secretary position. Speaking after a closed-door meeting at the Enugu...

30/06/2025

Two weeks after suspected armed herders attacked Yelewata community in Benue State, killing over 200 people, another deadly wave of violence has hit the state—this time leaving at least four Mobile Policemen feared dead in Udei, Guma Local Government Area. According to Vanguard Newspaper, the fresh attack happened around 2 p.m. on Sunday after a series of raids in neighbouring communities including Asha, Ortese, and Daudu....

Two weeks after suspected armed herders attacked Yelewata community in Benue State, killing over 200 people, another deadly wave of violence has hit the state—this time leaving at least four Mobile Policemen feared dead in Udei, Guma Local Government Area. According to Vanguard Newspaper, the fres...

27/06/2025

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, has reflected on his 1994 recognition as the first African to receive the Lord Astor Award for Press Freedom from the Commonwealth Press Union. In a post shared on Friday, Onanuga said the award was presented at the Commonwealth Press Union conference in Malta during a time he described as a nightmare for journalism in Nigeria....

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, has reflected on his 1994 recognition as the first African to receive the Lord Astor Award for Press Freedom from the Commonwealth Press Union. In a post shared on Friday, Onanuga said the award was presented at the....

27/06/2025

Abdullahi Ganduje has resigned as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a move widely linked to President Bola Tinubu’s reported efforts to bring his long-time political rival, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, into the ruling party. Ganduje, who governed Kano state between 2015 and 2023, announced his resignation with immediate effect on Friday. His exit follows mounting internal tensions and a renewed political realignment strategy by the presidency ahead of the 2027 general elections....

Abdullahi Ganduje has resigned as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a move widely linked to President Bola Tinubu’s reported efforts to bring his long-time political rival, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, into the ruling party. Ganduje, who governed Kano state between 2015 and 202...

27/06/2025

In a landmark decision that curtails judicial power over executive action, the US Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions to block presidential policies, including President Donald Trump’s controversial order to end birthright citizenship. In a 6-3 ruling delivered Friday, the court’s conservative majority declared that judges exceeded their authority by halting Trump’s executive order, which sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the US to non-citizen parents....

In a landmark decision that curtails judicial power over executive action, the US Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions to block presidential policies, including President Donald Trump’s controversial order to end birthright citizenship. In a 6-3 ruling de...

27/06/2025

Nigeria’s foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 19.35 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), falling from $310 million in Q4 2024 to $250 million. The decline was captured in the apex bank’s Balance of Payments (BoP) report for Q1 2025, which also highlighted a broader contraction in foreign portfolio investments and other financial inflows during the period....

Nigeria’s foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 19.35 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), falling from $310 million in Q4 2024 to $250 million. The decline was captured in the apex bank’s Balance of Payments (BoP) report for Q1 2025, ...

27/06/2025

A high court in Nairobi has ruled that the 2021 abduction and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Kenya to Nigeria was illegal, unconstitutional, and a gross violation of his fundamental rights. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice E.C. Mwita said the Kenyan government failed in its constitutional duty to protect Kanu, who entered the country lawfully, and instead colluded with external actors in a covert operation that led to his unlawful detention and rendition....

A high court in Nairobi has ruled that the 2021 abduction and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Kenya to Nigeria was illegal, unconstitutional, and a gross violation of his fundamental rights. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice E.C. Mwita said the K...