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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says despite the court ruling asking Nigeria to return the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya and pay him 500 million Naira as compensation, the Federal Government is not inclined to free him based on several factors. Malami in an interview yesterday said that the rendition of Kanu could not be used […]

A Federal High Court in Enugu presided over by Justice Umar Mohammed Garba has adjourned the hearing of a suit seeking to sack the former Deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu from the Senate, until November 9, 2022, Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting. At the hearing of the […]

The Enugu State Waste Management Authority ESWAMA has informed the general public that this month’s Sanitation clean-up exercise will hold on Saturday, 29th October 2022, between the hours of 6 am-10 am. As usual, the movement of people and vehicles during the exercise is prohibited. ESWAMA also disclosed that they have observed the circulation of fake demand notices and receipts and wished to appeal to the public that payment is […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has disclosed that it would redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes in order to take control of the currency in circulation and help address some of the nation’s security threats, especially kidnapping and terrorism. Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, who announced this today during a special press briefing in Abuja said the new design and issues would be effective from December 15, 2022, adding […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC yesterday announced that it would conduct the governorship elections for Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states on November 11, 2023, in fulfillment of constitutional provisions The National Commissioner Festus Okoye in a signed statement at its weekly meeting held yesterday approved the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States’ Governorship elections. The tenure of the incumbent Governor of Imo State […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon that Nigeria is experiencing the negative fallout of climate change seen in the flooding in different parts of the country as well as encroaching desertification and drought in northern Nigeria. Buhari who made the comment at an audience granted Ban Ki-Moon on the sidelines of the First World Bio Summit 2022 in Seoul, South Korea, expressed delight […]