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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday recalled his relationship with Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State and current Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his appointees. He said they about the best appointments he made while he was President. The former Nigerian leader also condemned the “persistent” discrimination against people of southeastern extraction, which he …

Banks in satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Saturday opened for business as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored some banks in the Territory, reports that huge crowds of customers were seen at banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATM) galleries. NAN also reports that customers were also …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and his vice, Kashim Shettima, in the February 25 election. A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the PDP failed to establish that it had locus …

Beirut (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said. Activists said the U.S. bombing killed at least four people, according to report by Associated Press. …

Abuja –The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, vacated the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgement that nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that the appeal Adeleke lodged to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, was …

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday began the disbursement of old naira notes to Deposit Money Banks as government authorities stepped up efforts to end the biting currency scarcity that has inflicted pain on millions of bank customers nationwide. The central bank had directed DMBs to pick old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes at its offices across the country …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Sen. Bola Tinubu though the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel sitting in Abuja on Friday, presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani also granted permission to the …

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, is at risk of being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in line with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the United Kingdom after a London court found him and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. Following the guilty verdicts by Mr Justice Johnson, Ekweremadu and his wife were remanded in custody …

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday officially declared a nationwide strike over the scarcity of cash in the country. The national president of the union, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive during a media briefing in Abuja. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the NLC should be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank of …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has itemised 12 alleged malpractices by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that helped Bola Tinubu clinch Nigeria’s presidency. Mr Tinubu, the president-elect and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Atiku in the 25 February presidential election. The president-elect scored 8.8 million votes to beat Atiku who came …