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The Federal Government plans to borrow up to N5.75 trillion from the domestic bond market before the end of 2026, according to the Debt Management Office’s provisional issuance calendar for the fourth quarter. The plan follows a nine-month period in which bond allotments more than doubled. If fully raised, the new offers would equal…
Two weeks after the Nigerian Postal Service switched on the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, Nigerians can now search for their homes on a government map and retrieve an 11-character code tied to the exact building where they live. The system, launched nationwide on October 1, is the Federal Government’s latest attempt to solve…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties until October 24, 2026 to challenge the omission of their candidates from the final list for the 2027 governorship elections. The commission says it left out parties that failed to submit membership registers, applying a Supreme Court judgment that made the requirement binding. The…
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that the body is considering a return to a two-year Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), barely 10 months after he announced that the tournament would move to a four-year cycle. The possible reversal has sharpened questions about his leadership, with claims surfacing this week that…
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has ordered the fumigation of the Igbokoda River and the distribution of nose masks and health kits to residents, nine days after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft plunged into the waterway and killed all 25 people on board. The directive was announced on Wednesday in a statement signed by…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in the appeal by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project against a ₦100m defamation award won by two officials of the Department of State Services. The decision will settle, at least at the appellate level, one of the most closely watched legal contests between a…
The National Universities Commission will begin monitoring universities after their programmes have been accredited and will check whether institutions are admitting more students than they can accommodate, its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, has said. Ribadu announced the measures on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the commission’s 2026 retreat with vice-chancellors…
The All Progressives Congress has named three politicians from rival parties as state coordinators for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, barely two months after one of them defeated the APC at the polls. Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke appear in the party’s…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday mocked Rotimi Amaechi’s claim that Atiku Abubakar has already won the 2027 presidential election, saying the town hall meeting where the prediction was made drew fewer than 200 people. Wike spoke at his media chat while responding to a suggestion that the African…
The Federal High Court in Abuja will decide on November 20 whether former Vice President Atiku Abubakar can amend his suit seeking to disqualify President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the 2027 presidential election. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Tuesday after lawyers for Atiku and his party, the African…