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Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra state, is yet to fulfil his promise of publishing a detailed implementation plan of his manifesto within 30 days in office.  During the campaign, Soludo promised he would publish, within 30 days on assumption of office, a full agenda document coasted with timelines and delivery mechanism.  “What […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says he would have withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race if Abdullahi Ganduje, his Kano counterpart, was running for president. Wike spoke in Kano during a courtesy call to Ganduje, on Monday. He told Ganduje that he would abandon his presidential ambition if the Kano governor […]

The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision-making body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state, for a second term in office. Gboyega Akosile, spokesman to Sanwo-Olu, announced the development in a post on his social media handles on Monday. According to Akosile, […]

David Malpass, World Bank Group president, says 60 per cent of low-income countries are in debt distress or at high risk of it.  Nigeria is not among low-income countries. Low-income economies are countries with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,045 or less, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators. […]

Security challenges in the north, recent petrol scarcity across the country and the activities around the sit-at-home order in the south-east caused the hike in prices of foodstuffs in the first quarter of 2021, according to a report by SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence. This is contained in SB Morgen’s latest report titled ‘Jollof […]

The state governments have asked the federal government to refrain from deducting from funds accruing to them and all local government councils as liquidation for the alleged $418 million London/Paris Club loan refund-related judgment debts. The governors stated this in a letter dated April 4 as its response to a November 11, 2021 […]

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The Lagos state government has warned members of the public to desist from distributing footage of the pre-teen students of Chrisland School involved in what is now being alleged to be a case of rape. Source: Top Stories

The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) says it will sanction Sterling Bank over a controversial Easter ad likening the resurrection of Jesus Christ to Agege Bread. The advertising industry regulator announced this in a statement issued by Olalekan Fadolapo, its registrar/chief executive. In celebration of Easter, Sterling Bank had posted an […]