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The authoritative Oxford English Dictionary said it has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to the dictionary. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from Nigerian languages, or unique Nigerian coinages that have only begun to be used in English in the second half of the twentieth century, mostly […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of the “strategically important” states of Kano and Plateau would have been a “major blow” had the Supreme Court verdict, which affirmed the elections of Governors Abdullahi Ganduje and Simon Lalong gone otherwise. “I am glad this tortuous journey has ended in favour of the party and our […]

Thousands of protesters, most of them dressed in black, ignored the olive branch extended by Imo Governor; Hope Uzodinma and took to the streets of the state capital Owerri, on Sunday, to show their dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court judgement that replaced Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with Uzodinma of the All […]

The United Kingdom’s exit of the European Union is now all but certain. Only the passage of time will reveal what their new relationship shall be. But with this new arrangement, I – like many other Commonwealth leaders – also seek a new settlement: not only of closer relations between the UK and my own […]

After spending sleepless nights in mosques and consulting witch-doctors to intercede on his behalf, the incumbent governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammad, reportedly suffered a panic attack and is recovering in Britain, where he was evacuated as he awaits the outcome of Supreme Court verdict on the governorship election, to be delivered on Monday, January […]

Ex-convict and former Delta State Governor, James Ibori had about 17 bank accounts linked to him in different countries across the world, including the United States, Britain, Austria, Ghana and Guernsey. The British Crown Prosecutor, Jonathan Kinnear, who made the startling disclosure at the Confiscation of Assets hearing of the two-time governor in Courtroom Three […]

A socio-cultural organisation, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday called on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to stop playing the ostrich and speak up on the raging controversy surrounding the new security initiative, Operation Amotekun, recently launched by the Southwest governors, and declared illegal by the federal […]

As criticism continues to trail the Federal Government’s declaration of Operation Amotekun illegal, another spanner was thrown into the works after angry reactions trailed Miyetti Allah Kaute Hore’s warning to Southwest governors to disband Amotekun, saying that failure to do so may affect the geopolitical zone’s chance of producing the next president in 2023. Miyetti […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Supreme Court under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad of having been compromised by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. The main opposition party also demanded a review and reversal of the Supreme Court judgment on the Imo State governorship election that […]

Kano State Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has described claims by former leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buba Galadima that Supreme Court’s expected verdict on the state’s governorship election is causing tension as baseless and lacking merit.   Galadima yesterday declared that the Supreme Court verdict that removed Emeka Ihedioha as governor […]

Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning says the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase from 5% to 7.5% will take effect from Feb. 1. Ahmed said this during the inauguration of the Chairman and Board members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja on Thursday.   “We […]

The West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Convergence Council has expressed concern over the recent decision of the Ivorian President, Alassane Quattara, to unilaterally rename the CFA Franc as “Eco” this year. Rising from an extra-ordinary meeting of ministers of finance and governors of the central banks of the WAMZ on the ECOWAS single currency programme, […]