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JUST IN: INEC chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, begins leave, hands over

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- A month to the expiration of his tenure as INEC Chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, has begun his pre-exit leave. Mr Yakubu, on Tuesday, also handed over the affairs of the c... Read More


INEC chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, begins leave, hands over

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- A month to the expiration of his tenure as INEC Chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, has begun his pre-exit leave. Mr Yakubu, on Tuesday, also handed over the affairs of the c... Read More


Certificate Forgery: Embattled minister's aide makes false bribery claim against PREMIUM TIMES

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Robert Ngwu, the spokesperson of the embattled Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has falsely accused PREMIUM TIMES of receiving N100 million in bribes from the Enugu S... Read More


AFRICMIL urges IGP to protect whistleblower arrested in Katsina

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to protect a Katsina-based whistleblower, Mubarak Bello... Read More


Akpoti-Uduaghan resumes plenary, takes seat she earlier protested against

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday resumed plenary and took the same seat she had earlier protested against. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan entered the Senate chamber a... Read More


Reps swear in three new members

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday swore in three newly elected lawmakers to fill some of the vacant seats in the Green Chamber. This followed a motion moved by the Majority L... Read More


Nigeria to tap climate funds to drive infrastructure, green energy jobs

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Nigeria is looking the way of climate funds to step up the expansion of infrastructure, green energy and jobs, and so is giving thought to unlocking international finance to actuali... Read More


Lagos judiciary orders coroner's inquest after Afriland Towers fire kills 10

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Lagos State judiciary has ordered a coroner's inquest into the deaths of 10 people in a fire that engulfed Afriland Towers on Lagos Island on 16 September. The move followed a ... Read More


NUPENG attacks Oshiomhole, says he's Judas Iscariot

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday berated Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, over remarks criticising ... Read More


Nigeria needs 27 million new jobs by 2030 to curb unemployment crisis - NESG

Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, requires at least an additional 27 million jobs in the formal sector of its economy by 2030 to stem the tide of unemployment as its working-... Read More