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…as Nigeria calls for speedy activation of a regional standby force   The  Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from the body’s decision-making bodies with immediate effect, the regional body said Tuesday.   The action was in response to a military coup on Tuesday that toppled the government of that country. […]

About 500 people have signed a new petition asking the Nigerian Bar Association to remove Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the list of speakers in the upcoming Annual General Conference of the NBA, Punch has reported.   This is just as some lawyers called on the NBA leadership to remove el-Rufai from the list […]

The soldiers who ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta say they plan to set up a civilian transitional government and hold new elections, according to the BBC.   The spokesman for the soldiers said they acted to prevent the country from falling further into chaos.   President Keïta resigned on Tuesday night saying he did […]

The African Union, France, and leaders of West Africa have condemned the reported arrest of Mali’s president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta by soldiers on Tuesday after storming the West African country’s capital.   Malian soldiers detained the president of the National Assembly and the finance minister, according to local journalists. Troops also closed public squares and […]

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the 30-job slot allotted to each member of the House for their respective local government areas, in the recruitment exercise for the Federal Government’s Public Works Scheme.   Ndudi Elumelu, Minority Leader of the House,  said in a statement on Tuesday that the 30 out […]

  Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, a non-governmental organization, has sued the National Identity Management Commission over the agency’s plan to replace the plastic national ID cards with digital identification.   Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, formerly known as Know Your Constitution Initiative, on Monday approached the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, to […]

Ghali Umar Na’Abba, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said that a misunderstanding of the words he used in an interview on television was the reason the Department of State Services invited him for questioning.   He said this late Monday after he was let go by the DSS, after being interrogated […]

Nigeria will resume international flights on August 29, 2020, Hadi Sirika,  Minister of Aviation, has said.   “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020. Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption,” Sirika said Monday on his verified Twitter handle.   “ Protocols […]

  The Nigerian government has said it may be compelled to report Ghana to the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court), if it’s found to have breached of the sub-regions Protocol of free movement of peoples, in closing shops belonging to Nigerians resident in that country.   […]

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri.   The Justice Mohammed Sirajo-led three-man panel ruled that the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party and its candidate, King George, from the November 16, 2019 governorship election, the New Agency […]

 … CPs to identify, isolate, disarm, arrest and prosecute offenders   As part of preparations toward the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States, Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a clampdown on the proliferation of prohibited firearms in the country.   The Police Chief gave the order to Commissioners of […]

Mr. Agboola Ajayi, the Ondo State Deputy governor and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, who has held membership of three parties this year, on Sunday chose Mr. Gboye Adegbenro, a former Commissioner for Works, as his running mate for the October 10 gubernatorial election.   This has heightened the simmering war between governor Rotimi […]