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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Independent National Electoral Commission has excluded no fewer than 124 political groups from participating in the 2023 general elections. This resulted from the commission's registration exercise which was carried out in 2020. By implication, only the 18 parties survived it In reaction to a Freedom of Information request, Olayide Okuonghae…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrancis Arthur Nzeribe, Former Nigerian Senator is dead.  The late lawmaker was 83 years old. He died on Sunday morning. According to the source, Nzeribe was declared dead at a foreign hospital following an undisclosed ailment.  “He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,”…

Reading Time: 2 minutesNo fewer than 50 persons were killed on Friday afternoon when bandits attacked three villages in the Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The gunmen attacked Sabon Garin Damri, Damri and Kalahe villages, around 2:30pm on Friday.   A former councillor said , “I was in the main town when…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA growing number of women are showing interest in running for executive positions, particularly the seats of president and state governor. Under pressure to embrace the option of consensus, some of the women are resisting the effort to force them out of the race, supposedly for more qualified men. A number…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Sunday said they are not backing down on its decision to suspend operations in response to the astronomic and continuously rising cost of JetA1 despite various interventions in the last 24 hours. In a statement jointly signed by Shehu Wada – Executive Director,…

Reading Time: 2 minutesPresident Muhammadu Buhari has been sued by The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for granting pardon to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame. Dariye and Nyame were investigated, prosecuted, and convicted for stealing N1.16 billion and N1.6 billion respectively from their state…

Reading Time: 2 minutesp The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stressed that no tariff adjustment has been approved for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The commission allayed the fears of telecoms subscribers over the recent agitation by mobile network operators for tariff increase, saying it requires empirical studies. The telecom regulator said,  it has taken…

Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother traditional ruler in Oyo State, the Onijeru of Ijeru land, Oba Elijah Olaniyi Popoola is dead. Oba Popoola  dies at the age of 85 after a brief illness coming on the heels of the death of some prominent traditional rulers in the state. It was gathered that the Onijeru of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes, Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, has lamented the spate of insecurity, poverty and nepotism in the country, saying all hands must be on deck to solve the problems Bala  who stressed the need for dialogue on the way forward noted that various insecurity challenges being faced in the country…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOver  20 princes from the Owoade Ruling House have indicated their interests in the vacant stool of the Alaafin of Oyo. Prince Adediwura Owoade the family’s head  disclosed that the Owoade family was one of the two ruling families under the Agunloye Ruling House. According to him, the family had opened…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe House of Representatives has called for an emergency plenary session on Monday. Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the House’s Clerk, the session, which is scheduled to commence at 2pm, is “particularly intended to discuss critical issues of national importance “The House regrets any inconvenience this short notice would have caused.” The…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalman ageing Saudi Arabia King has been admitted to hospital for unspecified tests, state media reported Sunday. The kingdom has generally sought to quell speculation over the health of the 86-year-old monarch, who has ruled the top oil exporter and the Arab world’s biggest economy since 2015. He entered King…