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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday, launch Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework for Sustainable Development on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the United States. This comes two years after Nigeria officially kicked off the design process as an INFF pioneer country…

The Debt Management Office has disclosed that Nigeria’s total public debt stock has increased from N41.60tn as of March 2022 to N42.84tn as of June of the same year, showing an increase of N1.24tn in three months. This is according to a press statement published on the DMO’s website on Monday. The statement read in…

The Labour Party candidate for the Oyi constituency at the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Obinna Okafor, has accused the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, of sponsoring the “attack” carried out on the supporters of Peter Obi. The police had dispersed Obi’s supporters during a solidarity march in Abakaliki on Saturday. Okafor, who spoke…

Justice Baba Gana Ashigar of a Federal High Court in Birnin Kebbi has nullified the election of Haruna Garba Argungu as the Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Argungu/Augie federal constituency. He declared Sani Yakubu Noma as the party’s candidate and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise him. The judge gave…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday dismissed resumption notices by University authorities directing students to appear for lectures amidst the seven months old strike. The union said its strike remain unshakeable as those institutions were still under lock and key. The Vice President of ASUU and its former branch chairman at the University…

As the remains of the late Queen Elizabeth II were interred in the United Kingdom on Monday, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, says he had tremendous respect for the late Head of Commonwealth of Nations. Obasanjo described her as a personality with great human relations, whom he equally had perfect relationship with. The former President said…

Lawmakers at the Imo State House of Assembly, Monday afternoon, sacked their Speaker, Kennedy Ibe. The lawmakers immediately elected Emeka Nduka as their new Speaker. Nduka, who represents Ehime Mbano constituency in the state, was immediately sworn in by the Clerk of the Assembly, Chinelo Emeghara, and was congratulated by the deputy Speaker, Amara Iwuanyanwu,…

The health of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has worsened as he had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal disorder following persistent heartburn, his lawyer and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said on Monday. According to him, despite the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the…

The Kwara State Police Command has dispelled the rumour that the National Association of Nigerian Students in the state has planned to shut down the Ilorin International Airport to protest the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. NANS, in the state, had said that it was set for a showdown with…

The Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum,  Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has applauded the Northern Governors Forum and Northern Traditional Rulers Council’s call for the immediate establishment of state police to address the continued insecurity challenges in the country. Akeredolu, who has been calling for the establishment of state police said the…