Awka, Anambra state – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set N40 million as the price for the form for the Anambra governorship election. Legit.ng recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the Anambra governorship election will hold on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, explained that the date … Read more
United States President Donald Trump has raised concerns over what he describes as large-scale fraud in foreign aid distributed by previous U.S. administrations to various nations across Africa, Asia, and Europe. Speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Trump criticized the spending of hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on projects and contracts … Read more
The Naira continued to strengthen against the dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has yet to update the official rates again, more than 16 hours after the market closed. At the black market, the Naira gained N20 against the dollar to trade … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump has cast billionaire Elon Musk as a crucial figure in his administration, highlighting his role in enforcing the flood of executive orders issued since Trump’s return to the White House. During a joint Fox News interview, both men heaped praise on each other while brushing aside concerns over Trump’s aggressive … Read more
A member of the House of Representatives, Terseer Ugbor, yesterday raised the alarm over the outbreak of fresh attacks by Fulani militia in Benue State, insisting that the killings were escalating to an international dimension. Ugbor representing Kwande/Ushongu Federal Constituency of Benue State and Chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Students Loans in Nigeria, said … Read more
A fire outbreak in the early hours of Tuesday ravaged at least eight shops at the bustling Oka-Asamu Market in the Kosobo area of Oyo East Local Government Area, Oyo State. Sources revealed that the inferno, which erupted around 2 a.m., was triggered by a high-voltage electricity surge. The blaze resulted in the loss of … Read more
The Edo State House of Assembly has approved a bill that amends the Kidnapping Prohibition Amendment Law of 2013 and addresses related issues. During its second reading, the bill required that properties used in kidnapping be seized and demolished, and it stipulated that kidnappers would be executed. Naija News understands that it was approved after … Read more
The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has said that his style of governance is one that is people-oriented. Fubara said he is not interested in running the Biblical Babylonian style of leadership but believes in the adoption of Jesus’ style of leadership. The governor said this while inaugurating the newly constructed one-storey twin-building Labour … Read more
The South-South Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated its Acting Zonal Secretary, George Turnah, following the suspension previously imposed by the Bayelsa State Working Committee. In a statement titled “Lifting of Suspension of Acting Zonal Secretary of the PDP South South Zone George Turnah By the Bayelsa State Working Committee,” … Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said the removal of Benue State Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Ikpambwese, was unconstitutional. Naija News reported that the state’s House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution directing Governor Hyacinth Alia to remove Justice Ikpambwese, who was accused of financial mismanagement. In a statement on Tuesday, signed by its … Read more