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Ahead of the May 29 handover to the next administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council. The development was announced on Thursday in a statement by Willie Bassey, director of information in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The presidential […]

Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says he and his colleagues took the federal government to the court over the naira redesign policy to save the country. Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states had filed a suit against the federal government at the Supreme Court seeking a restraining order to stop the Central Bank of […]

The supreme court has affirmed Ikechi Emenike as the Abia governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election. A five-member panel of the supreme court led by Tijani Abubakar on Thursday affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal delivered in December 2022. BACKGROUND The Abia APC […]

Kayode Ogundamisi, a political commentator, says he reported Adeyinka Grandson, convener of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF), to the UK authorities over his incessant hate speeches.  Ogundamisi spoke in a recent interview with Rudolf Okonkwo, host of 90Minutes Africa. In August 2019, TheCable reported that Grandson, a UK-based Nigerian of Yoruba descent, […]

The federal government has directed the closure of universities across the country for three weeks for the conduct of the coming elections. The National Universities Commission (NUC) broke the news in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors and directors of inter-university centres. Chris Maiyaki, NUC’s deputy executive secretary (administration), said the directive followed […]

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says if elected, he will ensure peace returns to Yobe state. Speaking on Wednesday at the PDP presidential campaign rally in the state, Abubakar said women and youths will be empowered to become entrepreneurs. He said he will also boost efforts […]

The federal government has asked the supreme court to dismiss a suit filed by three states challenging the February 10 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to end the use of old naira notes. In a preliminary objection filed on Wednesday through his lawyers, Mahmud Magaji and Tijanni Gazali, the […]

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he will ensure that the Ajaokuta steel plant is “resuscitated” if he is elected. The former Lagos governor said this on Wednesday during the party’s presidential campaign rally in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi. “Hope is here. Ajaokuta resuscitation will […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding its Twitter account liking a post relating to a presidential candidate. On Wednesday, INEC’s official Twitter account liked a post in which Seun Kuti, son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, criticised Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). […]