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The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has ruled that that some sections of the Nigerian Press Council Act constitute a violation of citizens’ rights, including their right to freedom of expression, and must be immediately amended to align them with international best practices. The court made the pronouncement in its judgement on a suit filed by two Nigerian journalists, …

The 294th meeting of the policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), scheduled for Monday, 20 November, did not hold. Neither did the 293rd edition of the meeting. In September, when the latter edition was due, the CBN was going through an unprecedented change in its leadership. Until the CBN governor’s address to the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s …

Edo state deputy governor, Philip Shuaibu has thrown his hat into the ring to contest the governorship of the state in the election scheduled to hold in September 2024. Shuaibu is seeking to govern the state on the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party  PDP. His aspiration had created a wide gulf between him and his principal, the governor. The …

Universities in Nigeria are battling a severe shortage of staff as thousands of lecturers leave the tertiary institutions to seek greener pastures in foreign lands amid the high number of retirements at the varsities. The Academic Staff Union of Universities branches in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday confirmed this, adding that the shortage was due to the surge …

We’re pausing our live coverage for the next hour or so, so here’s a quick recap on where things stand in the Israel-Gaza war. Fourteen Israeli and three foreign nationals were released from Gaza today. Among them was Abigail Idan, a four-year-old girl with joint Israeli and US citizenship. Both her parents were killed in the 7 October attack by Hamas …

Edo State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) will grow in excess of N70 billion by 2024, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has said. According to his Adviser on Media Project, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the governor, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, said the State’s monthly IGR collection, since 2016, has consistently increased as a result of the conscious investments made by his …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of Edo State Police Command have recovered a fully loaded  military service pistol from a civilian in Edo State. The civilian, Abubakar Abdulrahman, 28 was arrested at his residence in Bieneja Community, South-Ibie in Etsako Local Government Area of Edo State on November 5, 2023. Police said one Para Pistol with breach No. TH10518 and 13 …

The Sierra Leone government has declared a nationwide curfew after “unidentified individuals” attempted to break into a military armoury. The Ministry of Infomation and Civic Education said the individuals, in the early hours of Sunday, tried to break into the armoury at Wilberforce barracks in the capital, Freetown. “They have all been rebuffed,” the ministry said, and the government and security forces …

• Stakeholders urge FG to tackle challenges against investment• Demand details of pact on overhauling refineries• What Nigeria stands to gain from the deal, by Fawibe Some stakeholders have expressed cautious optimism about the reported plans by Saudi Arabia to invest in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, especially in overhauling the refineries, and are calling on the Federal Government to …

Hamas fighters on Saturday released a second group of 13 Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, freeing for the first time one of the people snatched during their bloody assault on a music festival. The hostage-for-prisoner exchange had been delayed for hours in a heart-stopping development when Hamas accused Israel of breaching its side of the agreement, struck as …