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Tinubu confirms Friday presentation of 2026 budget to National Assembly

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- President Bola Tinubu will on Friday present the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, despite the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fisca... Read More


Four Rivers Reps defect to APC

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Four members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State have defected from their respective political parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening t... Read More


'If you can't win on the pitch, don't try to win from the back door' - DR Congo fire back at Nigeria's FIFA petition

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The fallout from Nigeria's painful exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has taken a sharp legal and political turn. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has forcefu... Read More


Senate confirms ex-INEC chair Mahmood Yakubu, Fani-Kayode, Omokri, others as ambassadors

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed 65 ambassadorial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees comprise 34 career and 31 non-career ambassadors. They were conf... Read More


2026 FIFA World Cup: The billions Super Eagles will miss out on by not qualifying

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Nigeria's failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is more than a sporting setback. It is a major financial blow, one that could cost the Super Eagles and the Nigeria Footba... Read More


Court rejects former attorney-general Malami's bail request, gives reason

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on Thursday lost a bid to secure bail for his release from the custody of the Economic and F... Read More


Court frees Ngige on bail after six-day detention

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who is facing N2.2 billion f... Read More


What the Catholic school kidnapping tells us about Nigeria's security crisis

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The abduction last month of more than 300 children and staff by gunmen from an elementary and secondary school in Nigeria's north-central Niger State was dramatic in scale, but it ... Read More


Ogun govt stops Awujale succession, orders Fusengbuwa Ruling House to restart process

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Ogun State Government has stopped the ongoing succession process for the Awujale of Ijebuland, directing the Fusengbuwa Ruling House to restart the exercise after identifying p... Read More


Awujale: Kwam 1's Fidipote ruling house writes govt, seeks Fusengbuwa's disqualification

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The controversy surrounding the selection of a new Awujale of Ijebuland in Ogun State deepened on Wednesday, as the Fidipote Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode sought to disqualify the Fuse... Read More