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Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has accused his predecessor, Peter Obi, of denying the Labour Party (LP) the opportunity to freely campaign in the state when he was governor. Soludo spoke on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television. During the interview, the Anambra governor was asked to react to allegations from […]

Muhammadu Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has told Nigerians to avoid ethnic and religious bias when choosing who to vote for in the general election. Abubakar spoke on Thursday while addressing participants at the 29th regular meeting of the national council on water resources (NCWR) in Sokoto. The sultan said Nigerians need […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers says some of its supporters were injured in an “explosion” that occurred during its governorship campaign in the state.  On Thursday, the Rivers APC held its governorship campaign rally at Ojukwu field, Rumuwoji community in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Speaking with BBC, Darlington Nwauju, […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has inaugurated a committee tasked with planning a national conference which will proffer solutions to farmer-herder clashes. The destruction of farmlands have often led to clashes between farmers and herders across the country. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja during the inauguration of the committee, Ganduje said the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, had a separate meeting with Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the presidential villa. This is the first meeting between Buhari and the CBN governor this year. According to NAN, the duo had met twice today. Emefiele was part of a […]

Jacinda Arden has resigned from her role as prime minister of New Zealand. Arden made the announcement on Thursday at the annual caucus meeting of the ruling Labour Party, saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to lead. In an emotional speech, the 42-year-old said she had taken time to […]

The federal government, through the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, says it generated N14.59 billion in five years (2018 to 2022). Obadiah Nkom, director-general of NMCO, said this at the 63rd session of the state house ministerial briefing, organised by the presidential communications team in Abuja. He said the agency in 2018, 2019, […]

Kashim Shetima, vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the plethora of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country as “acts of terrorism”. Shettima spoke in Birnin Kebbi at the palace of Muhammadu Iliyasu-Bashar, emir of Gwandu on Wednesday. In December, INEC […]

City Power, an electricity distribution company in South Africa, has cut off power supply to the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg over “unpaid bills”. On Wednesday, the DisCo said the consulate was owing at least R600,000 (about $35,000). “We are on our 2nd day of revenue collection drive around Alexandra Service Delivery Centre(SDC). […]