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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says ‘bad belle’ — a pidgin English term for ‘envy’ — thwarted the presidential ambition of MKO Abiola. MKO Abiola was the adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election which was annulled by the military government headed by Ibrahim Babangida. Speaking on Wednesday at the centenary […]

Edidem Ekpo Abasi Otu has been reaffirmed as the Obong of Calabar. The proclamation was done on Wednesday by the Etubom’s Conclave of the Obong of Calabar palace. The supreme court had on January 13 ordered the Etubom’s Conclave to conduct a fresh selection process for the throne of the Obong of […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says members who wish to get appointments and contracts in his administration must ensure the party wins in their polling units. The former vice-president spoke on Wednesday at a town hall meeting with stakeholders and members of the party in Abeokuta, the capital […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked the court of appeal in Abuja to set aside an order of a federal high court compelling his appearance in a $53 million judgment debt proceedings. The dispute stemmed from an alleged $70 million judgment against Linas International Ltd for the […]

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says if he is elected, his administration will “build a country everyone will be proud of”. Speaking on Wednesday in Kaduna at the flag-off of his campaign in the north-west, Obi said he will unite and secure Nigeria if he is elected. […]

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says the Labour Party (LP) is built on ethnicity and religion. Kwankwaso said this on Wednesday at Chatham House in the United Kingdom. The former governor of Kano also said unlike his party, LP does not have the national spread […]

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, says the Igbo prospered under Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), when he was governor of Lagos. According to NAN, Umahi spoke on Wednesday at Izzi LGA while flagging off the APC’s campaign across the 13 council areas of the state. The governor […]

The Edo government says seven persons, including two village chiefs, have been arrested over the train attack that occurred in the state. On January 7, gunmen kidnapped passengers waiting to board a train at the train station in Igueben LGA of the state, to Warri in Delta state. At least 30 people […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says he and his political associates will support a presidential candidate that has integrity.  Wike spoke on Wednesday at the flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally in Rumuji-Odegwe town, Emohua LGA of the state. The governor said the presidential candidate he and his allies […]