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Babangida Aliyu, former Niger governor, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is the best person the All Progressives Congress (APC) can present as a candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Aliyu said this on Tuesday at the 2022 annual lecture of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation held in Kano state. According to Punch, […]

Kaycee Madu, a Nigerian-born minister of justice and solicitor-general of Alberta, a province in Western Canada, has been asked to step aside from his ministerial position after he called the police over his traffic offence ticket. Jason Kenney, premier of Alberta, announced on Tuesday via a tweet that he has asked Madu to […]

Aisha Buhari, first lady, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that women occupy strategic positions in the party. Aisha said this on Tuesday at the maiden edition of the APC national women conference which held in Abuja. She said the future of Nigeria depends on the potentials of women, […]

Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, says he has been receiving threat messages for his refusal to support the presidential bid of Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu had recently expressed his interest in contesting the 2023 presidential election, describing it as a lifelong […]

Mai Mala Buni, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has confirmed February 26 as the ruling party’s convention date. TheCable had reported that the party was considering February 26 as the date for the convention. Buni made the announcement on Tuesday at the National Progressive Women’s Conference in Abuja. […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, says the anchor borrowers’ programme (ABP) increased rice milling plants from 6 to 50 in the last six years.  Emefiele added that the national output of rice production also increased from 5.4 million metric tons in 2015 to over 9 million metric tons in […]

Binta Nyako, judge of an Abuja federal high court, has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to change his clothes. Previously, Nyako had directed the DSS to allow the IPOB leader to have a bath whenever he wants to, change […]

The chief executive officers (CEOs) of some of the United States’ largest airlines have raised the alarm on a potential “catastrophic disruption” in the aviation industry if telecoms companies launch 5G services on Wednesday. In a letter sent to senior officials in the Biden administration on Monday, they warned that thousands of aircraft […]

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, has asked prisons officers to protect the integrity of correctional facilities by using maximum force to deter any form of attack. According to a statement by Sola Fasure, his media adviser, Aregbesola gave the order while inspecting the Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan, Oyo state. He said the […]