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After months in political exile, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central has returned to the Red Chamber. Reprieve came to Akpoti-Uduaghan’s path after her office, located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, was unsealed on Tuesday morning by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Assembly, assisted by security personnel. Recall that her office had been under lock and key since …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday asked a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to foreclose his prosecution for alleged procurement fraud following the absence of the prosecution in court. Emefiele is being prosecuted before Justice Hamza Muazu, sitting at Maitama, Abuja, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, in …

In what has been described as an unusual diplomatic nod, United States President Donald J. Trump has showered praise on Nigeria’s Labour Party flagbearer in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, expressing optimism that Nigeria’s future could be brighter with leaders of his mold. Trump, speaking at an event in Washington over the weekend, said he was “impressed by …

Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai has stated that when he was posted to Abuja as FCT minister, he carried out an analysis of residential land allocations. He said the findings showed that three indigenes of three states in Nigeria owned 62 percent of all the residential plots in the Federal Capital Territory. In a video, El-Rufai said this worried him because …

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday night revealed how a false bank-loan allegation derailed former President Muhammadu Buhari’s initial plan to appoint Chief Audu Ogbeh as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Speaking during a Night of Tribute held at the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja, El-Rufai narrated a behind-the-scenes encounter shortly after …

American billionaire businessman, Bill Gates has raised alarm about the high child mortality rate in Northern Nigeria. Gates stated on Monday, September 22, that “a child born in northern Nigeria has a 15% chance of dy!ng before the age of five”. He then urged governments to reverse global health funding cuts. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, …

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu says over N20 billion has been raised so far towards the completion of the National Library project in Abuja. The First Lady disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, noting that the initiative was part of her 65th birthday celebration held on September 21, 2025. Earlier, she had appealed to well-wishers to …

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance, has disclosed that former President Joe Biden of the United States, US, refused to meet President Bola Tinubu during last year’s United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Gambaryan also disclosed that President Donald Trump doesn’t care about meeting Tinubu, hence the Nigerian president refusal to attend. He explained that Biden refused to meet Tinubu during …

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has pressed for special attention to Enugu State, given its place in Nigeria’s colonial and post-colonial history. He made a case for more accommodation of Enugu State in the 2026 budget and greater speed in the ongoing federal road projects connecting the state. Mbah made the appeal weekend when he received the Joint National …

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was today received by jubilant supporters as her Senate office was finally unsealed, ending more than six months of restriction from her legislative duties, News360 Nigeria reports. Deputy Director of the Chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabo Adedeji, flanked by security personnel, officially reopened Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, her designated office. The development followed the expiration of her …