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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a stay order made by a Rivers High Court, against the conduct of All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in the state. Delivering the ruling on the interlocutory appeal, Justice Centus Nweze,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has approved a US$50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Fidelity Bank Plc to support small and medium-sized, and women-owned enterprises in selected transformative sectors. The credit will also accommodate close to 100 SMEs in manufacturing, health and education. According to a statement...

  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said in a broadcast on Sunday that he has returned fully and is “coming back with hell.” “I have returned full-time and I am coming home and I will bring hell with me,” Nnamdi Kanu said in...

Former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says politicians are using her name for political capital. In a statement issued by her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, in Abuja on Sunday, the former minister said the use of her name to give credence to particular...

Kaduna state government on Sunday declared 24 hours curfew on Kaduna metropolis and environs to forestall breakdown of law and order within the metropolis. A terse statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan said the curfew is with immediate effect....

The  All-Share Index and Market Capitalization on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated by 1.19 per cent last week to close the week at 32,841.69 and N11.990 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of the NSE-Main Board Index, NSE Consumer Goods index, NSE Oil/Gas Index,...

Chief Gbenga Daniel, Director General, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, says the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) will go to the South-west if Mr Abubakar wins the presidency. Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State, made the declaration at an interactive session with journalists on Sunday...

The Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) in the country have invested N1.49 trillion in Treasury Bills. The monthly report released by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) on Sunday, in Abuja, by the commission’s spokesman, Mr Peter Aghahowa, disclose this. The commission also disclosed that the PFAs invested N4.22 trillion in Federal...

  ……flags in all courts to fly at half mast The Judiciary has declared seven days of mourning, to honour a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, who died in a hospital in London on Saturday. The incumbent CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Sunday, directed that...

The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO) has described the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, as the high priest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) cult of liars. This may not be unconnected to the news story on a national daily of Saturday, October 20, 2018, with the headline ‘2019:...