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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to generate and release a registration access code to the Chief Akin Rickett-led leadership of the All Democratic Alliance within 72 hours, clearing the way for the association to continue its bid for registration as a political party. Justice Peter Lifu…
Nigerian fixed-income investors should prepare for a prolonged stretch of elevated interest rates, with market analysts warning that any meaningful reversal in Federal Government bond yields is unlikely before the final quarter of 2026. The caution comes from Coronation Asset Management, whose June 2026 Economic Note projected that a mix of sticky inflation, a…
Morocco knocked the Netherlands out of the World Cup on Monday night, winning a tense penalty shootout 3-2 in Guadalupe near Monterrey after the round of 32 tie finished 1-1 following extra time, sending the Atlas Lions into a last 16 meeting with Canada in Houston on Saturday. Ismael Saibari scored the decisive goal…
A coalition of lawyers has dragged Ghana before West Africa’s top human rights court, accusing the country of unlawfully receiving and onward deporting refugees and protected migrants who were expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s expanding third country deportation programme. The lawsuit was filed Monday at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice…
Petroleum marketers in Nigeria have come under fresh pressure from the Federal Government to lower pump prices, with the authorities insisting that falling crude oil costs must reach ordinary consumers rather than enrich operators in the deregulated downstream market. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, issued the directive in Abuja…
Soldiers of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued 10 of the 11 National Examinations Council candidates and teachers abducted by suspected ISWAP fighters who stormed a school in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, while pupils sat for their examinations. The Acting Military Information Officer, Captain Mohammed Goni, said in a statement on…
The Federal Government has approved the most far-reaching overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps since the scheme was created in 1973, extending the orientation programme from three weeks to six weeks, scrapping military drills and parades, and replacing the traditional Passing Out Parade with a graduation ceremony. The decision was taken on Monday, June…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has dismissed as fabricated a viral video suggesting that its officers endorsed Peter Obi’s presidential bid, saying the footage was manipulated to push a false political narrative and that an investigation into its origin is underway. In a statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Josephine Adeh,…
A fresh round of power struggles has broken out inside Nigeria’s major political parties as the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination portal opened for the 2027 general elections, with rival factions and state chapters fighting over who controls candidate uploads before the submission deadline. The flashpoint is the Peoples Democratic Party. The faction backed…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it has uploaded the name of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination portal, even as the party fights a Federal High Court ruling that voided the order behind its registration. The party’s National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa West, disclosed this…
