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*As Police, SSS Take Over Venue Crisis on Friday rocked the planned election of the Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch, forcing the indefinite postponement of the exercise. The election, which was scheduled to hold at the NBA House in Port Harcourt, was disrupted following disagreements over the electoral process, particularly the handling and publication […]

The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to establish the Federal College of Fisheries Technology and Marine Engineering in Ngo, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The bill, which passed third reading during Thursday’s plenary, seeks to provide a statutory framework for the creation of a specialised tertiary institution dedicated to fisheries […]

Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo over fresh allegations that he bribed the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, to commence impeachment proceedings against him. Atiku described the allegation as unfair, […]

The pound-to-naira picture on Thursday, July 23, 2026 remains a two-market story for UK-based Nigerians sending money home. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) publishes the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market rate separately from the parallel market, and the gap still matters if you are checking how much your family will actually receive before you […]

The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has discharged the order freezing 124 bank accounts linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu and corporate entities associated with her, holding that allowing an interim ex parte order to remain in force for more than 15 months amounted to an abuse of court process and a subversion […]

The Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Literature has unveiled the longlist for the 2026 edition of the award, with 11 poetry collections selected from 223 entries submitted for this year’s competition. The longlist was announced on Thursday by the Chairman of the Advisory Board, Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, who described the selection as a […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has handed over ₦108 million recovered during an investigation into an alleged fraud involving two former employees of Greenwich Planet Sun King Nigeria Limited. The recovered money was handed over to the company in bank drafts on Wednesday by the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2. The Commission disclosed this […]

The Senate on Thursday concurred with three bills transmitted by the House of Representatives seeking to expand the Federal Capital Territory judiciary, restructure the regulation of inland waterways and strengthen the legal framework for tobacco and nicotine products in Nigeria. The bills approved by the Senate are the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory […]

*Explains the Cyberattack, and Rejects Claim This Was the Worst NBA Election Ever The President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, the first woman elected by direct vote to lead the association in its 93-year history, has committed to subjecting the electoral process that produced her to a post-election audit and to resigning […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it has strengthened its capacity to combat emerging financial crimes, assuring Nigerians that it has the technology, expertise and investigative tools required to counter increasingly sophisticated criminal schemes. The Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, stated this on Thursday at the inaugural Town Hall Meeting of the […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and the recruitment of 28,000 additional personnel as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture. The approval was disclosed on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who said the move […]

Travellers entering the United Kingdom may bring certain personal goods into the country without paying tax or customs duty, but strict limits apply to alcohol, tobacco and the value of other purchases, while prohibited or restricted items must be declared or accompanied by the required permits. Under updated UK government guidelines, personal allowances apply only […]