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Ahead of the 2021 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, stakeholders in the state are divided along growing calls for the merit-based selection process and need to sustain the zoning principle enunciated by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013. It would be recalled that at the twilight of his second and final term in […]

The ambition of the Bayelsa State candidate in the November 16 governorship election, Senator Diri Duoye, to succeed incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson, received a major boost at the weekend when former President, Goodluck Jonathan, emerged from a closed-door meeting with governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) states, and endorsed Duoye. At the meeting which […]

The judiciary has resolved to keep a lid on the members of the Supreme Court panel who will hear the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The appeal is […]

The startling revelation by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Shippers Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, that Kano State has been unable to do anything tangible about developing its dry port at Zawaciki came to many observers as a very rude shock, given the enviable status of Kano which prides itself as the commercial nerve center […]

It’s a sweet baby boy for Superstar singer Davido (David Adeleke) as he welcomes his first male child with fiancée, Chioma Rowland. The baby came just 31 days to his 27th birthday. Announcing the birth on his Twitter and Instagram handles, the pop star called his fiancée, Chioma, a strong wife. Visibly excited Davido posted […]

President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja after actively participating in the three-day Russia – Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, with about 40 Heads of State and Governments in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina be remanded in prison custody. Maina was arraigned in court for alleged fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren in a statement said Maina was being prosecuted on a […]

The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the 2019 gubernatorial election. The apex court, in a judgment delivered by a panel of three justices, upheld Wike’s appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal which reinstated the petition of the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) […]

All the materials for the great combustion are now present in Edo State as the political events unfolding in the State point to an imminent conflagration between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor and national chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. At issue is the clash of vested economic and […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Thursday completely prohibited individuals and local firms from investing in both its primary and secondary Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions. The central bank’s directive was contained in a circular titled: “Re: Open Market Operations Auctions,” dated October 24, 2019, and signed by its Director, Financial Markets Department, Dr. Angela […]

Ostensibly to curb medical tourism and halt the disturbing brain drain in the health sector, Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said yesterday that Nigeria would employ the services of medical experts from Europe and America. The minister, who stated this during the 2020 budget defence session, said the move would strengthen the nation’s health sector. The […]

Stakeholders yesterday disagreed over the higher ranking of Nigeria by the World Bank in its 2020 Doing Business Index (DBI). The global bank, in its report which was released yesterday, ranked Nigeria 131 out of 190 countries, up 15 places from 146th position last year. The report also named Nigeria as one of the top […]