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Please Godwin When the National Assembly forwarded the amendment bill to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for presidential assent, one provision immediately dominated public discourse. It wasn’t about tougher penalties for traffic offenses or broader reforms in road safety administration. This concerned the proposed restriction on preaching, street vending and trading within moving commercial vehicles. Predictably, social media exploded. …

This year’s Nigerian Football Federation Elective Congress, scheduled for Saturday, September 26 in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, has now been postponed by 24 hours. The elective Congress will now take place on Sunday 27 September in the same city which will introduce the members of the NFF Executive Committee for the next four years. At an extraordinary general …

Almost eight years after the gruesome murder of Delta State University undergraduate, Elozino Ogege, the Delta State High Court, sitting in Ogwashi-Uku, has sentenced two men to death by hanging for their roles in the crime. The court of first instance, chaired by Justice Ngozi Azinge, convicted the two defendants after finding them guilty of the kidnapping and murder of …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has set November 2, 2026, to rule in a case challenging the emergence of Donald Duke as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party for the 2027 general elections. Justice Mohammed Umar reserved the matter for judgment on Tuesday after lawyers representing the parties adopted their written submissions. Abdullahi Muhammad appeared for the …

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By Victor Osula, Abuja The federal government has delivered its strongest diplomatic rebuke yet to South Africa for persistent attacks on Nigerians, declaring that the killing of its citizens must stop immediately after revealing that at least 98 Nigerians have died from mob violence and hatred in the country over the past four years. The stern warning was issued in …

*See names of officers shot dead *The Danjuma, Garba connections In Nigeria’s political history, the fate of two military officers – one dead, one still living – was decided by a specific date. The first officer was 41 years, 10 months when he became the Head of State. Six months later, he was removed in a bloodbath. His successor was …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday overturned a ruling ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The other parties are the Action Peoples Party (APP), the Action Alliance (AA), the Accord Party (AP) and the Zenith Labor Party (ZLP). The Court of Appeal, with a unanimous …

The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Bolaji Abdullahi, has warned that President Bola Tinubu will be held responsible if anything happens to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who is currently facing legal battles. Abdullahi, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, made this claim by arguing that el-Rufai’s continued detention was politically motivated and designed …

By Ayo Kehinde Brent crude prices fell more than 5% on Monday after the United States and Iran suspended attacks over the weekend, easing concerns about potential disruptions to global oil supplies and raising expectations that diplomatic efforts could help contain the conflict. Brent crude futures fell $4.89, or 5.05%, to $91.89 a barrel by 0009 GMT, after briefly slipping …