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FOLLOWING the stinging naira and fuel scarcity, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has suspended his governorship campaign until further notice. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, the governor stated that due to the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes, he would be identifying …

THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has conferred the title of Ambassador-in Situ to 115 foreign officers for their contributions to the nation’s development and economy. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, presented the letters of conferment on behalf of the President to serving officers who have attained …

THE National Emergency Management Agency brought back 1,003 Nigerians stranded in Niger Republic and Libya into Kano in 2022. The Coordinator of its Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Saturday that the exercise had the backing of the International Organisation for …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would ensure that women vote and are voted for in the 2023 general elections. According to INEC, it takes gender issues seriously adding that it has been working hard to ensure that no gender is suppressed when it comes to voting and …

THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Rivers State, has denied reports on social media that it’s structure had been collapsed into the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The social media was awash on Wednesday with reports that APGA in the state, led by Dr. Ken Wobo, collapse it’s structure into …

FORMER Secretary of All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Chief Nick Ovuakporie, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, tells DELE OGUNYEMI the reason for his action What exactly motivated your defection to the Peoples Democratic Party? My defection to the PDP was on principle.  It was for patriotic reasons, …

The Director-General of the Labour Party Kaduna State Governorship Campaign Council, Tsahiru Bako, on Saturday, said only God can stop the party’s governorship candidate, Jonathan Asake, from winning the March 11 governorship election in the state. According to the DG, Asake is on a divine project, noting that the LP …

THE country home of Dr Nnaemeka Obiaraeri, the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State House of Assembly candidate of the Labour Party, was in the early hours of Saturday attacked by unknown gunmen. His house, cars, and those of his father and uncles were burnt and destroyed by the …

Mock accreditation conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission is currently ongoing in the Federal Capital Territory. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the commission had taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines for the election which had been tested to ensure its functionality, hence the need …

ISLAMIC cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, tells ALEXANDER OKERE why the plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria to curb kidnapping in the country through the redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes will not be effective With less than four months to the end of the regime of the President, …