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The federal government has released the final list of persons nominated to receive the national honours.

The federal government is set to amend a list of persons nominated for national honours, TheCable understands.

The Nigerian government amid backlash has decided to amend the list of people nominated to be awarded with various national honours after denying that the list which leaked and was reported by media organisations. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government denied the leaked list, describing it as fake news reported by inquisitive journalists. However, TheCable reports that a source revealed that an adjustment of the list would be done following concerns over inconsistencies, e...

The federal government appears to have a knack for causing drama when it issues a list of persons.

Nigerian lawyer, author, and human rights activist, Reno Omokri, is urging Africans to give their children African names. | Pulse Ghana

The country’s military is over-stretched and few trust the political class but its financiers are projecting power like never before, As the race for next years presidential elections heats up, two political outsiders have been named as contenders with support by some in the top ranks of President Muhammadu Buharis government. They are African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina and Chairman of Transcorp and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Tony Elumelu. Insiders say they have both ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a leading independent global infrastructure investor, today announced that Bob Callahan, Lucy Chadwick,...

And Capitol Police take a man into custody outside the Supreme Court.

How Robert Reffkin went from being a C-average student to the founder of Compass I believe that to be truly successful, you can’t have a Plan B. In April, real estate tech company Compass forged ahead with its initial public offering and is now valued at several billions of dollars. This week, I caught up with Reffkin on a whole other topic: his path to entrepreneurship as a child raised by a disowned single mother whose father had died homeless. Reffkin is so passionate about inspiring other...