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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to support his bid for the presidency. Obi said this on Thursday during the inauguration of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. The LP candidate said he will ensure better opportunities for […]

The Action Alliance (AA) says there is an attempt to frustrate the disqualification case filed against Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In June, the AA asked the court to disqualify Tinubu on grounds of alleged forgery. In a statement on Thursday, Dennis Ubani, the party’s national publicity […]

Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the number of governors on the agency’s watchlist for alleged money laundering has increased. On November 4, a Daily Trust publication had reported that the EFCC boss said three serving governors are being monitored over their alleged moves to launder stashed […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the criticism trailing the irregularities in the preliminary voters’ register. On Saturday, the commission published the preliminary register of voters’ for the 2023 elections across LGAs and on its website. Since the release of the voter register, some Nigerians have taken to social […]

The Bank of Ghana says it will no longer provide foreign currency (FX) support for importers of “non-critical goods”. The goods include rice, poultry, vegetable oils, toothpicks, pasta, fruit juice, bottled water and ceramic tiles. The central bank said the forex restriction is in accordance with the directive issued by Nana Akufo […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor. Multidimensional poverty encompasses deprivations experienced by poor people — such as poor health, lack of education, inadequate living standards, and living in environmentally hazardous areas, among others, according to Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. The NBS […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will win at least 25 states and will host a victory party in the presidential villa in 2023. Ayu said this on Wednesday while receiving members of the PDP special reconciliation committee for Lagos and Osun. He said the […]

In a few days, the 2022 World Cup will kick off in Qatar with the usual glamour and glitz that accompany the Mundial every four years. The forthcoming tournament has its peculiarities and controversies which have spurred swathes of protests across the globe. But the first World Cup in the middle east […]

Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, says all parties have agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal to facilitate Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern ports. Guterres, who welcomed the agreement, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. In July, Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements with Turkey and the United Nations […]

Amazon, an American multinational technology company, has confirmed that it has begun laying off employees. Dave Limp, senior vice-president of devices and services at Amazon, said this in a company blog post on Wednesday. The development comes days after multiple outlets had reported that Amazon was planning to sack about 10,000 of its workforce. […]