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Renowned Nigerian statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has passed away at the age of 97.Clark’s demise was announced in a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark for the family and Mr. Penawei Clark for the children.According to the statement, Clark passed away on Monday, February 17, 2025.The statement reads, “The Clark-Fuludu ...

The National Assembly has rescinded some items in the 2025 Appropriation Bill passed by the Senate and House of Representatives last week after detecting errors in the line items under capital and recurrent expenditure.Although the budget size remains at N54.99 trillion, the capital expenditure has been reduced by more than N500 billion, while the recurrent expenditure was increased by the same amount.At p...

The Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Saturday’s Local Government (LG) and Councillorship election held across the 34 LGs of the state....

The Nigeria Police have neutralized 14 criminals – nine, which include seven suspected Eastern Security Network (ESN) members in Imo and five terrorists in Kebbi states, recovering 23 arms and assorted ammunition. ...

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has faulted the recent comments by a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr Babachir Lawal, regarding the 2027 Presidential ambitions of President Bola Tinubu....

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against its planned March 1 shutdown of telecommunication services in response to the recent 50 per cent tariff hike.The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria similarly pushed back against the NLC’s planned boycott of teleco...

The Federal Government has raised concerns over the deportation of its nationals from the United States, calling on Washington to uphold international conventions for a dignified repatriation process.On his first day in office as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed several executive orders aimed at tightening immigration policies.These include ending birthright citizenship for chil...

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to mandate the President and state governors to address the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly, respectively, every six months.The proposed legislation aims to institutionalize the State of the Nation and State of the State addresses, ensuring regular engagement between the executive and legislature...

No fewer than 201 Nigerians are in the immigration camps set to be deported home from the United States in line with President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.Eighty-five of them have been cleared for immediate eviction from the country.According to the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Richard Mills Jr., among the first batch of deportees are those serving jail terms in U.S. prisons.The...

Binance top official, Tigran Gambaryan, on Saturday insisted that the $150m bribery allegation he made against three Nigerian lawmakers is factual.He added that his post on Friday was nothing but the truth of what took place in Nigeria.Recall that Gambaryan had taken to the micro blogging site, X, on Friday to name Philip Agbese, Ginger Onwusibe and Peter Akpanke, all members of the House of Representative...