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N5bn Defamation Suit: Akpoti-Uduaghan asks court to order substituted service on Ebonyi senator

Nigeria, May 30 -- The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to permit her legal team to serve court processes on the Ebonyi North Senator, O... Read More


INEC swears in, deploys six RECs

Nigeria, May 30 -- The Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has sworn in six Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and assigned them to their states o... Read More


INEC announces date for Ekiti, Osun off-cycle elections

Nigeria, May 30 -- Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, has announced dates for the off-cycle governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti States. INEC Chairperson Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Frida... Read More


Enugu Ritual Killing: Immigration hands over arrested native doctor to police

Nigeria, May 30 -- Authorities of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have handed over to the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Onyeka Obu, a native doctor accused of ritual kidnappin... Read More


How BUA Group persistently violated its contractual obligations to Nigeria, By Hadiza Bala Usman

Nigeria, May 30 -- On Thursday, 29 May, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of the BUA Group, wrote an article riddled with falsehood by accusing an unnamed former Managing Director of the Nigerian Por... Read More


Enugu State vows to outdo Ogun as next National Sports Festival host

Nigeria, May 30 -- As the curtain falls on the highly-praised Gateway Games in Ogun State, attention is already turning eastward towards Enugu, the host of the 23rd National Sports Festival in 2026. ... Read More


Alleged N76bn and $31.5m Fraud: Former Union Bank chief testifies on Arik airline's controversial loan

Nigeria, May 30 -- Austine Obigwe, a former Group Executive Director of Union Bank Plc, has testified at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja in a trial of the bank and other defendants cha... Read More


Troops repel attack on Borno military base, kill 60 insurgents - Official

Nigeria, May 30 -- Nigejran troops killed at least 60 terrorists after repelling an attack on a military base in Bita, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The Nigeria Army disclosed this in a... Read More


Delta State asserts sporting dominance as Gateway Games 2024 concludes in grand style

Nigeria, May 30 -- The sprawling MKO Abiola Sports Complex in Abeokuta erupted in celebration on Thursday evening as the 22nd edition of Nigeria's National Sports Festival, dubbed the Gateway Games 20... Read More


Ending amnesty and empowering the military to crush terrorists, By Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi

Nigeria, May 30 -- The time has come to draw a firm line in Nigeria's protracted battle against insurgency. With thousands of the so-called "repentant" terrorists surrendering, getting rehabilitated, ... Read More