El-Rufai claims NSA Ribadu ordered his arrest, cites intercepted call

A former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that the national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, ordered his arrest, claiming

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Elumelu hails Tinubu reforms, says FX scarcity ‘effectively sorted’

Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and a member of the Presidential Economic Council, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s economic

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Senate threatens to block accountant-general’s 2026 budget over unpaid contractors

Nigeria’s Senate has threatened to withhold approval of the 2026 budget proposal for the office of the accountant-general of the

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Defection: paperweight politicians make the loudest noise – Governor Fintiri

Adamawa state governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has dismissed a recent statement attributed to a member of the opposition All Progressives

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Row erupts in Nigeria’s parliament as minister defends 3.4tn naira roads budget

Nigeria’s minister of works, David Umahi, has said he will resign if the ongoing Abuja–Kaduna–Kano highway project is found to

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Nigerian opposition figure urges Senate to scrap manual result transmission amid electoral law row

A senior figure in Nigeria’s opposition has urged lawmakers to scrap provisions allowing manual transmission of election results, warning that

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Tinubu vows to defeat insurgency as Nigeria launches new development plan

Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, has pledged that his government will overcome the country’s long-running security crisis, saying terrorism and armed

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Nigerian appeal court upholds Senate’s suspension of opposition lawmaker

Nigeria’s court of appeal has ruled that the Senate acted within its powers when it suspended the senator representing Kogi

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Nigeria Senate denies blocking electronic transmission of election results

Nigeria’s Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has said the upper chamber did not reject the electronic transmission of election results, but

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Wike plays down role of governors in Rivers mobilisation for Tinubu’s 2027 bid

The minister responsible for Nigeria’s federal capital, Nyesom Wike, has said supporters of President Bola Tinubu in Rivers state do

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