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Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu spoke on Monday when he addressed a group in Kano that worked for the presidential bid of Osinbajo. In the build-up to the APC presidential primary, there had been varied reactions […]

The US government has issued a security alert warning its citizens about the possibility of terror attacks in South Africa. In the alert posted on its embassy website on Wednesday, the US said it received information that terrorists may be planning to attack large gatherings of people in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Saturday. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says students account for the 40 percent of newly registered voters. The total number of newly registered voters in Nigeria is 9,518,188, according to Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman. Speaking on Wednesday at the commission’s 2022 third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja, Yakubu said youths […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is 93 million. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this on Wednesday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties. Following the suspension of continuous voter registration (CVR) on July 31, the number of persons who completed their […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has redesigned some new naira notes. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said this at a press conference on Wednesday. Emefiele said the new design and issues will be effective from mid-December 2022. According to Emefiele, the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000. He advised […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has commenced the deduction of taxes at transaction points from online betting and gaming operators. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to the FIRS chairman, said this in a statement released on Wednesday. He said Muhammad Nami, FIRS chairman, directed that […]

A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia state, has ordered the federal government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya. Kanu was extradited from the East African country to Nigeria in June 2021. The court also ordered the government to pay Kanu N500 million as […]

Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, has distanced himself from the presidential campaign of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard bearer. Ortom said he has no input in the composition of the campaign council and as such he will remain on his own. The governor spoke on Tuesday in reaction to […]

The United States (US) has authorised the evacuation of “non-emergency” employees and their family members in Nigeria. The US state department announced the approval in an update on its Nigeria travel advisory on Tuesday evening. The update noted that the US embassy in Abuja will have “limited ability” to provide emergency assistance […]