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Tribunal declares PDP’s Ombugadu winner of Nasarawa guber, sacks APC’s Sule

The election petition tribunal in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has nullified the victory of Abdullahi Sule as governor of Nasarawa, and declared David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...

Amos Dangut succeeds Patrick Areghan as head of WAEC

‘She’s a flight risk’ — UK court grants Diezani £70k bail in bribery case

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, has appeared at the Westminster Magistrates Court in the UK over an alleged £100,000 bribe. Michael Snow, the district judge, granted...

INTERVIEW: Annual passport issuance was 700k before COVID — but now 2m, says immigration comptroller

Tony Akuneme is the comptroller of the federal capital territory (FCT) command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and also the special adviser to Caroline Adepoju, the acting comptroller-general...

17 determined, 11 to go… how governorship tribunal delivered judgment across states

It is judgement season in Nigeria and governorship election petition tribunals are issuing their long-anticipated verdicts that will shape the governance of states. Governorship elections were held across 28...

Scientists behind mRNA COVID vaccines win Nobel Prize for medicine

The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, the scientists who developed the technology for messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine....

My husband is not a magician, says Remi Tinubu

Oluremi Tinubu, the first lady, says President Bola Tinubu would not wave a magic wand and solve all of the country’s problems in a flash.  The first lady said...

Beyond The Data: NBS says vehicle imports rose by 708% — but stakeholders disagree

In Nigeria, owning a car is regarded as a luxury that is often out of reach for the average citizen. The cost of new cars is exorbitant, and the...