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The gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Oyo state, Mr. Michael Folorunso Lana has announced that he is not interested in stepping down for Governor Seyi Makinde. Lana, a former commissioner for justice […]

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi is going into the February 25 election as a frontrunner doing good numbers in polls, months after his ambition was dismissed by those who now see […]

A 44-year-old Nigerian medical doctor with extensive experience supporting developing countries in tackling infectious diseases, Obinna Onyekwena, has been appointed as a deputy director in disease advocacy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in […]

A civil society organisation, Journalists for Open Government and Inclusion, has called on the Federal Government to act responsibly and urgently to prevent the anger over naira scarcity from snowballing into uncontrollable civil unrest. JOGI […]

A 32-year-old woman, Shema’u Labaran, died along with her nine-month pregnancy at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, reportedly due to the inability of her husband to pay medical bills in the new naira notes […]

International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has raised the alarm over what it called critical areas that may most likely mar the 2023 general election. The group alleged the voters’ register […]

Churches across Kaduna State on Sunday prayed for credible and peaceful elections in the state. At the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry, Barnawa, the Assembly Pastor, Sunday Joseph, led the congregation in prayer for […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied raiding the home of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Sunday in […]

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere, has approved the immediate reposting of 41 senior officers ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The spokesman for the service, Tony Akuneme, said this […]

Many commercial drivers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have increased the cost of transportation amidst the persistent scarcity of new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that most of the drivers requested […]

A middle-aged woman, known as Mama Dada, has reportedly set herself ablaze in her rented apartment over her inability to offset a loan of N70,000  she took from a microfinance bank popularly known as LAPO. […]