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Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has won his retrial case against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Recall that the EFCC has filed a suit to retry the Abia North Senator over his alleged money laundering case. Delivering judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday pronounced a judgement prohibiting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

A massive campaign to have Nigerians vote for former governor of Lagos State, Ahmed Bola Tinubu as president of Nigeria come 2023 has kicked off in London, United Kingdom. In a video shared by Arise TV on Monday, associates of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) covered huge spaces around a London Train Station with adverts pushing for a...

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet on Wednesday in Abuja, to discuss the resolution of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi–led Zoning Committee among other burning issues ahead of the October 30, 2021, National Convention. The zoning committee is saddled with the responsibility of zoning PDP National Working Committee (NWC) offices. The decision to zone the position of national chairman...

The value of the Nigerian currency is opening the week at an all-time low at the official market against the U.S dollar. Data from the FMDQ securities exchange window where forex is officially traded, showed that naira closed at N414.90 per $1, on Friday at the Investors and Exporters window, the weakest ever. In fact, Naira’s performance on Friday represents a...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, while addressing journalists Thursday at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, said the tenure of Emefiele as CBN governor under the APC administration had witnessed colossal failures of monetary and fiscal...

The Taliban has sought to join world leaders in addressing the United Nations General Assembly. The 76th session of the assembly is currently ongoing in New York. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu will address the UN on Thursday. As part of its effort to seek international recognition, The Taliban, which took control Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, nominated its ambassador to speak...

Security operatives in the Federal Capital Territory are currently on the red alert over protest by the retired police officers. The retired officers had on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Kaduna to register their displeasure against a pension scheme initiated by the Force. The officers, who marched to the state police command headquarters in Kaduna to air their grievances, insisted...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new members into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  While he appointed Mr George Abang as secretary of the board, Lukman Mohammed, Kola Adeshina and Mohammed Yahaya were appointed as board members. The appointments are subjected to the ratification of the senate. Buhari’s letter seeking confirmation of the nominees was read on the...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Tuesday, said the state has embarked on a N10 billion cattle ranch project to centralize all herders in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who spoke with newsmen shortly after a meeting with officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, said the project will be completed in two years. The governor...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has retired after spending 36 years in service. A Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Finance and Account, Idris Isah Jere, will take over in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive Comptroller General by President Muhammadu Buhari. Babandede, who was appointed the Comptroller General of the NIS...