Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed are to be presented as northern consensus candidates ahead of the People’s Democratic Party presidential primary. The decision was a part of the recommendations of a committee set up by four major northern presidential aspirants in PDP to form a consensus among themselves. Sokoto […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is yet to decide whether or not to yield to pressure by different groups urging him to contest the 2023 presidential election. He said this on Friday in Abuja when his committee of friends and some youths from across the country visited him at his Foundation office in Maitama, […]
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News on Wednesday of the cost of All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination forms triggered condemnation. But while some party faithful has continued to mourn the development, others appeared anxious to generate the funds. The party announced its presidential ticket would be sold for N100 million, governorship (N50 million), Senate (N20 million), House of Representatives (N10 […]
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Nigeria’s immediate former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan may soon declare his interest to reclaim the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. He dropped the hint while addressing hundreds of youths from across the country who trooped to his Maitama foundation office to call for his return to power on Friday. “Yes you […]
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A presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why he did not meet Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki when he visited the State last week. Wike, who was in the Edo State capital as part of consultation for his presidential aspiration, neither met with Obaseki nor […]
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The duo of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have both emerged the most preferred presidential aspirants in the general elections scheduled for February 2023. The result was drawn from a survey conducted by Nextier, a multi-competency advisory […]
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These are not the best of times for President Muhammadu Buhari. This is the time he should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s as he enters the twilight zone of his political career. But he finds himself warding off a barrage of criticisms in respect of his apparent failure to discharge the single […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has foreclosed the possibility of adopting a clean float foreign exchange management approach as long as the supply shock remains. It, however, promised to continue to engage relevant stakeholders, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on best approaches to stabilising the market. The assurance comes […]
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The train attacked on the Abuja-Kaduna Railway at Rijana Kagarko LGA, in Kaduna. The release of kidnapped victims of train bombing could only be secured by the use of Private Military Contractors (PMCs), stakeholders have explained. President of Private Security Practitioners, Wilson Esangbedo, told said that kidnapping and banditry had eaten too much into the […]
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72 surrender in Borno, military recovers 517 arms Activist slams Buhari, APC as Ishaku tasks security operatives Terrorists have killed over 12 residents and injured two others in Geidam, Yobe State. A guesthouse was also attacked in the border town, while a school and other properties were destroyed. Confirming the incidents, yesterday, in Damaturu, Police […]
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