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Inflation rose for the ninth straight month in October. Nigeria’s inflation rate rose for the ninth straight month to 21.09 per cent in October 2022 on the back of soaring food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. The NBS made this known in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for October 2022. Last month, the NBS said the inflation …

The Appeal Court judgment, coming a few hours after a Federal High Court, in Uyo, nullified the Akwa Ibom APC governorship primary, stunned members and supporters of the APC in the state. The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday nullified Godswill Akpabio’s election as the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom North West District. The appellate …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has told the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, to do better than he did while he governed the state. Obi, while reacting to recent bashing he had received for Soludo said since he (Soludo) is a professor he should be able to do better in governing Anambra State Obi …

*Proposed Zungeru Plant concession attracts investors In what is expected to be the largest hydropower project in West Africa, the National Council on Privatization, NCP, has approved a governance framework for the development of a $3 Billion plant in Makurdi, Benue State. This was one of the highlights of the meeting of the Council presided over by Vice President Yemi …

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has again attacked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saying he cannot win the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said the LP candidate was playing a game with his election bid, adding that Obi did not have the necessary structure in place to win the Presidency on the Labour Party platform. According to …

Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will be guests to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on November 18 and 16, 2022, respectively to inaugurate projects in Rivers State. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, had last week announced the fresh round of commissioning beginning from …

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has presented proposed budgets of the Federal Capital Territory and the Niger Delta Development Commission to the House of Representatives for consideration and approval. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the communications from the President to members at the plenary on Monday. Gbajabiamila also read out to members, Buhari’s cover letter on an …

A team of government prosecutors led by the Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. M.B. Abubakar, on Monday alleged that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, refused to present himself before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his planned re-arraignment. “My lord, I understand that the defendant declined to come to court today. “As of …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has waded into the controversy surrounding the retirement of the Clerk to the National Assembly, Amos Ojo. This is just as a coalition of civil society organisations, on Sunday, alleged a media campaign against Ojo, stating that the Clerk should remain in office till his retirement next year. It was learnt on Sunday …

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