Armed Attack On Peter Obi, Oyegun’s Gate Riddled With Bullets In Benin
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Sports
Martínez Ruled Out Of Man United’s Everton Clash With Calf Problem
Lisandro Martínez will not feature for Manchester United in their Premier League fixture against Everton on Monday evening after the Argentine defender was ruled out with calf discomfort, adding another injury concern to a campaign that has already been significantly shaped by his availability.
Lifestyle
Tinubu, Jonathan Among Dignitaries At NASS Worship Centre Unveiling
Abuja will host a gathering of Nigeria’s political and religious elite next Sunday as the Christian Legislators Fellowship of the National Assembly commissions a new 750-capacity chapel, a project born out of longstanding calls for equal religious spaces within the legislative grounds
Africa & the World
80% of ECOWAS Court Decisions Not Implemented, Goncalves Tells CJN
Eighty percent of the judgements handed down by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States cannot be enforced a damning statistic that the court’s own president laid bare before Nigeria’s highest judicial officer in Abuja, underscoring a deepening compliance crisis that has long undermined the legitimacy and operational effectiveness of one of West Africa’s most important regional institutions.
Justice
El-Rufai Takes ICPC To Court Over Abuja Home Raid, Demands ₦1bn In Damages
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approached a Federal High Court seeking ₦1 billion in damages against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and three other respondents, challenging what his legal team describes as an unconstitutional invasion of his Abuja residence carried out under a fundamentally defective search warrant.
Education
‘Don’t Punish Students For System Failures’: Peter Obi Challenges Jamb Over UTME Crisis
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to take immediate and compassionate steps to ease the mounting registration crisis confronting candidates seeking to sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, warning that young Nigerians must not be penalised for institutional shortcomings they played no part in creating.
Business
CBN Cuts Interest Rate to 26.5% in First Policy Easing Since 2022
Nigeria’s central bank has reduced its benchmark lending rate for the first time in years, signalling a cautious but consequential shift in monetary policy direction as the country’s economic managers begin to ease the aggressive tightening that defined much of the past two years.
