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In my experience of presidential elections in Nigeria, I must necessarily admit that 2023 is the most dramatic so far — and something tells me I have not seen anything yet. I am not talking about the drama of candidates winning or losing in unexpected places. That is lovely. That is what I live […]

The Obi-Datti campaign team says Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will not debate with Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate. The campaign team said Baba-Ahmed rejected Soyinka’s offer for a debate “not out of cowardice, but for cultural and political reasons”. BACKGROUND On March 22, Baba-Ahmed, in an […]

Dangiwa Umar, a former military governor of Kaduna state, says he prays that the UK court honours the letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo seeking pardon for Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president. In June 2022, Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested and charged in court for allegedly bringing a child to […]

The Republic of Chad has ordered Gordon Kricke, German ambassador, to leave the country owing to his “lack of respect for diplomatic customs”. In a terse statement on Friday, the Chadian government asked Kricke, who has been serving as Germany’s ambassador to Chad since 2021, to leave in 48 hours. Communiqué du […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the recent spate of violent attacks in Benue state. On Wednesday, at least 46 people were killed after gunmen attacked Umogidi community, Entekpa-Adoka, Otukpo LGA of Benue. In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, on Saturday, Buhari condemned the “use of terrorism” as a tool […]

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has admonished Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious strife for the country to attain prosperity faster. The president-elect, in his Easter message to Christians on Saturday, called on Nigerians to “love our neighbour, regardless of tongue, faith and tribe”. In the wake of the 2023 elections, ethnic slurs […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on Nigerians to avoid instigators who are trying to sow division across ethnic and religious lines in the country. In his Easter message posted on Twitter on Saturday, Atiku urged citizens to “collectively own our problems and collectively find solutions to […]

Muazu Dansarauniya, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state, says the senate president of the 10th national assembly should be from the north-west geopolitical zone.  Speaking with journalists on Friday in Kano, Dansarauniya called on the APC to zone the position to north-west. Recently, Abdulmumin Jibrin, member-elect of the house […]