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Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will be disastrous to give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) another chance. Tinubu spoke on Saturday at a rally held at Mallam Aminu Kano Triangle in Dutse, capital city of Jigawa state. The former governor of Lagos said the PDP […]

Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, was fined by the Lancashire Police on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt in the backseat of a moving car.  In a post on Twitter, the police said it became aware of the offence after a video of a 42-year-old man circulated on social media. […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says only his party can restore peace in Niger state. Atiku spoke on Saturday at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Minna, the capital of Niger state. In the past few months, the north-central state has recorded frequent attacks by bandits who […]

Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) respectively, were absent at a peace accord meeting. The meeting was held on Friday at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in the federal capital territory (FCT). While Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP vice-presidential candidate and governor of Delta, […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), says it is not opposed to the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Aminu Tambuwal, interim chairman of NGF and governor of Sokoto, in a communique issued on Thursday, said the forum received a briefing from Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN, on the naira […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says he will cancel the approval given to the PDP presidential campaign to use Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium if the venue is accessed before the approved hour. The governor said the stadium can only be accessed two days before the rally, adding that members of the campaign did not […]

Chimaroke Nnamani, senator representing Enugu west senatorial district, has kicked against his suspension by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Friday, the PDP national working committee (NWC) suspended Nnamani and eight others over alleged anti-party activities. In a statement issued early Saturday morning, the former governor of Enugu said his suspension came […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a cash swap programme in partnership with super agents and deposit money banks (DMBs). The apex bank said this in a circular on Friday, jointly signed by Haruna Mustafa, director, banking supervision department; and Musa Jimoh, director, payments system department. The circular was addressed […]