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The presidential election petition tribunal session on Friday was eventful as always with lawyers debating the appropriateness of playing a video evidence tendered by the Labour Party (LP), among other issues. Here are five takeaways. LP PRESENTS REPORTER AS WITNESS At the resumption of proceedings, the LP presented a journalist from […]

The Zamfara state government says it has recovered over 40 official vehicles from Bello Matawalle, the immediate past governor.  According to a statement issued on Friday by Suleiman Idris, the governor’s spokesperson, the vehicles were recovered after a raid of Matawalle’s residences in Gusau and Maradun LGA — his hometown.  Idris said […]

On February 20, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was in the middle of an allegation by Sanusi that over $20 billion of crude oil revenue was not remitted to the federation account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). […]

Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, appointed acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, is not your typical banker.  The CBN deputy governor (operations) trained as a mechanical engineer, went into marketing, moved into information technology — and became a central banker. […]

Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former senator, says President Bola Tinubu was shocked at how Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor of Kano, managed the affairs of the state. Ganduje had said he would have slapped Kwankwaso over the demolition of some properties being carried out by Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano. Yusuf had […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past governor of Kano, says he could have slapped Rabiu Kwankwaso, his predecessor if he had met him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ganduje spoke on Friday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on the security situation and the ongoing demolition exercise in Kano. The former governor said […]

President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) announced his suspension. Willie Bassey, director of information, SGF office, in a statement issued on Friday, said the suspension is with immediate effect. […]

The Labour Party (LP) has asked two house of representatives members-elect — Amobi Ogah and Obi Aguochaby — to tender an apology for their comments after meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Speaking after a meeting of the members-elect with Tinubu at the presidential villa on Thursday, Ogah, who will represent Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency […]