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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places that seek bribes and demand 10 percent.” At the time, Nigeria was mostly funded by agriculture and solid minerals. Seven years […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri Branch, on Saturday impeached its Chairman, Dr. Mazi Udegbulem, following a dispute over the handling and expenditure of N100 million received by the Branch from the Imo State Government, TheNigeriaLawyer has gathered. The impeachment move, which took place during the Branch’s Monthly General Meeting, was reportedly triggered by concerns […]

Chinedu Agu, an Owerri-based human rights lawyer, poet and former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri Branch, has faulted the procedure adopted in the move to impeach the Branch Chairman, Dr. Mazi Udegbulem, insisting that the process did not comply with the mandatory provisions of the NBA Uniform Bye-Law for Branches. Agu, in […]

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the threat posed by opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. Briefing journalists at the conclusion of a three-day retreat in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Saturday, he said parties like the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress […]

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), through its Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Corrections JN Osuji, has confirmed the death of two inmates following a cholera outbreak at the Kurmawa Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kano State. Osuji, in a statement issued on Saturday, said laboratory investigations conducted by the Service’s medical team in collaboration […]

The figures were released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) in its latest public debt data published on September 25, 2026. The official DMO publication does not attribute the figures to a particular individual, so it is safer to attribute the report to the DMO, rather than saying its Director-General, Patience Oniha, personally announced them. […]

The Senator representing Osun East in the Senate, Olubiyi Fadeyi, on Saturday dismissed insinuations that his re-election bid had been ended by the last Thursday’s judgement of the Supreme Court. The Apex Court had upheld the appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission against the Court of Appeal judgment that voided parts of the […]

A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has recalled the case of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation who, he says, quietly refused an instruction from the Presidency to attack the novelist Chinua Achebe, and was dropped from the cabinet in the reshuffle that followed. In a […]

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has rejected claims that the Supreme Court’s judgment on provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 disqualified him from contesting the 2027 Delta Central Senatorial election. In a statement issued on Saturday, September 26, by his Special Adviser on Strategy and Communications, Mr Godwin Anaighe, Omo-Agege said […]

Long before Manchester City was charged by the Premier League with 115 alleged breaches of its financial rules, Portuguese computer enthusiast Rui Pinto had quietly assembled an extraordinary archive of confidential documents that would eventually place some of European football’s biggest clubs, players, agents and administrators under intense scrutiny. Pinto, a self-taught computer enthusiast and […]

1. The Dangote Refinery IPO At a Glance Price Per Share: ₦525 (approx. $0.40) Minimum Purchase: 10 shares (which costs ₦5,250, plus any minor transaction fees). After that, you can buy more in multiples of 10. Shares on Offer: Up to 4.1 billion ordinary shares (representing about 3.3% of the company). Shares Bought / Left: […]