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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), says he would not “victimise or witch hunt” previous government if elected into office in the 2023 presidential election. Speaking with journalists on Friday after unveiling Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder of Baze University, as his running mate for the poll, Obi said he is only interested […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., says he is terminating the $44 billion Twitter deal, adding that the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts on the platform. Musk said this on Friday, according to Reuters. The development comes after Twitter allowed Musk access to its […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, says Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has agreed to pick a Muslim as running mate. Ganduje said this on Friday during a prayer session with clerics ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.  “We advised him to pick a Muslim deputy. He has agreed,” Ganduje said. […]

A gripping wave of horror and panic traversed the federal capital territory (FCT) on July 5 when unknown gunmen attacked the Kuje correctional facility for more than two hours without any obstruction from security agents. Residents of the FCT and, in fact, Nigerians at large woke up the next day with the shocking […]

Anyaobi Michael and Bola, his wife, have narrated how a fire at their home in Lagos killed four of their children. Aside from Esther, their daughter, four other children — Prayer, Trust in God, Jeremiah, and Ebube — died in a “mysterious” fire that gutted their house on June 25. Speaking with […]

Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, says the gunmen who attacked the correctional facility in Kuje council area of the federal capital territory (FCT), came with superior weapons. The correctional facility was attacked on Tuesday night and many inmates — including “all Boko Haram suspects” — escaped. One of the soldiers at […]

Three governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently at a meeting with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers. The governors — Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos — are at the residence of the Rivers governor, who is a member of the […]