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Foreign

‘A Girl Is Not a Mother’: Brazilians Rally Against Restrictive Abortion Bill

Mfon Ekanem - June 14, 2024

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Thursday to protest against a controversial bill currently under debate in Congress. The bill proposes equating abortion with homicide and imposing prison sentences of up to 20 years for terminating a...

Politics

Federal High Court To Hear Suit on Ganduje’s Removal

Mfon Ekanem - June 14, 2024

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled a hearing for June 26, 2024, to consider a lawsuit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo disclosed this decision...

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Court frees Binance executives Gambaryan, Anjarwalla

Mfon Ekanem - June 14, 2024

The Federal High Court in Abuja has acquitted Tigran Gambaryan, a 39-year-old American and director at Binance, along with Nadeem Anjarwalla, who has been in hiding, of accusations related to tax evasion. Both individuals held significant executive positions at...

Judiciary

Appeal Court orders lawmakers in Rivers State to uphold the existing State of Affairs

Mfon Ekanem - June 14, 2024

The court of Appeal has ordered lawmakers in Rivers State to maintain the current status quo and postpones proceedings until June 20th. During a virtual session conducted via Zoom on Friday, the Court of Appeal in Port-Harcourt delivered its judgment...

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Binance Reveals Nigeria Drops Some Charges Against Jailed Executive

Mfon Ekanem - June 14, 2024

Binance Holdings Ltd. has reported that Nigerian authorities have dropped certain criminal charges against one of its executives, who has been detained in the country since April. According to a spokesperson from Binance, Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service amended the...

Economy

Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production Falls to 1.25 Million Barrels Per Day in May, Reports OPEC

Mfon Ekanem - June 13, 2024

Nigeria's crude oil production fell to a record low of 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd) in May 2024, according to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The OPEC monthly oil market report for June, reviewed by Channels Television,...

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Airlines cancel, delay flights over heavy downpour

Mfon Ekanem - August 4, 2022

Heavy rainfall in Lagos and Abuja led to the cancellation and delay of numerous flight operations by airline operators on Friday, affecting flights to other states as well. Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, had to cancel several flights on Friday...

Economy

BREAKING: NLC, TUC Differ on Minimum Wage Demand: “Not N250,000”

Mfon Ekanem - May 8, 2022

In the midst of the ongoing discourse surrounding the establishment of a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers, organized labor has underscored their flexibility, stating that they are not rigidly adhering to a specific numerical value. The recently concluded...

Foreign

Niger, a Landlocked Nation, Halts Oil Supply to Benin Amid Dispute

Mfon Ekanem - May 7, 2022

Nigerien public television has reported that the taps feeding a pipeline carrying oil from landlocked Niger to Benin for export have been shut off, intensifying the diplomatic conflict between the two neighbors. Relations have been strained since last year’s coup...

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