The National Assembly Complex’s ongoing rehabilitation will cost N30.222 billion, according to Malam Musa Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT. He stated this on Thursday when the Senate Committee on FCT carried out an oversight visit to various project sites being constructed by the Federal Capital Territory …

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is asking a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking his disqualification for nominating his campaign manager, Doyin Okupe, as his placeholder. Last week, the Peoples Democratic Party had asked the court to bar Obi from replacing Okupe …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday arraign a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others on charges of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109.4 billion. Idris will be arraigned with Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman, and …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday,  said there was no dispute between the state government and the Palace of the Oba of Benin, His Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, over the return of looted Benin artefacts. Obaseki, who addressed participants at a stakeholders’ engagement and …

The Governor-elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, warned Governor Gboyega Oyetola and members of his cabinet against diversion and looting of government assets and public property. Adeleke alleged that the incumbent governor and his allies were making clandestine moves to convert the public property to private ownership and …

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has cautioned the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against causing disaffection and disunity in the country. The MMWG, on Thursday while reacting to a statement credited to the Vice President of CAN, Reverend Joseph Hayab, that the Christian priests that were present …

Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has won a record fifth African Women’s Player of the Year Award. Oshoala, who plays club football for Barcelona, beat Grace Chanda (Zambia/BIIK Kazygurt) and Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon/Inter Milan) to the award. The win sees her overtake her compatriot Perpetual Nkwocha as the player …

Sadio Mane was crowned African Player of the Year in Rabat on Thursday for the second time. The Senegal forward first won the honour in 2019 while he was at Liverpool. The 30-year-old left the Premier League club last month after signing a three-year deal with Bayern Munich. “I am …

Police in Lagos State say they have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission registration centre in the state. In statement on Thursday, the state Police Command also disclosed that the operators of the fake centre has been arrested. The command said the operators were arrested by men of the Rapid …