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  The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said that the five states that make up the South-East geo-political zone have clear expectations regarding the proposals in the ongoing 1999 Constitution review by the National Assembly.   He stated this in his remarks at the South East Zonal public hearing ...

  The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the ongoing constitution review process to demand greater accountability and transparency from the 10th National Assembly.   Speaking on Saturday at the Constitution Review Public Hearing in Owerri, the centre serving Imo ...

  The Social Democratic Party in South-West, on Saturday, dissociated itself from the recent coalition of opposition parties.   This was made known by the Chairman of Chairmen of the party in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Femi Olaniyi, popularly known as Ferrari, at the South-West ...

  The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old ex-convict, Mohammed Usman of Kofar Wambai Quarters, for allegedly deceiving and stealing mobile phones from women across the state under the guise of offering government assistance.   Usman was apprehended on July 14, 2025, after a woman from Ahmadiyya Brigade ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mrs Funmi Ogun, has expressed confidence that new developments in the party will compel those who have left to return.   Ogun, a former Works Commissioner in the state, said that all hands were on deck to reposition the ...

  Stock market investors traded 17.498 billion shares worth N500.762 billion in 142,082 transactions this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.   This contrasts with 5.390 billion shares valued at N107.811 billion traded last week across 134,390 transactions.   As a result, the transaction value on the Exchange ...

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Friday, paid tribute to late former President Muhammadu Buhari and personally conveyed the UN’s solidarity with the government and people of Nigeria.   Guterres, during his visit to Nigeria House in New York, described Buhari as a leader whose unwavering dedication to Nigeria, ...

  The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of four people who drowned in a blocked waterway at Zangon Kaya in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.   This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu ...

  Cuba had scrapped the maximum age limit of 60 for its presidential candidates as part of a constitutional reform approved on Friday by parliament.   The communist-ruled island’s restriction of two five-year presidential terms and minimum age of 35 for candidates were left unchanged.   The measure, approved by ...

  A legal practitioner, Funmi Adedoyin, has decried the “delayed trial” of some former domestic workers of ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan, who remain in detention at the Okaka Custodial Centre in Bayelsa State over stolen jewellery.   She said the case was recently adjourned twice—on 25 and 26 June—due to ...