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The 2023 Labour Party presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, on Friday said he would be willing to contest alongside Peter Obi in 2027. Baba-Ahmed stated that he would consider running with Obi if Nigeria’s electoral system improves. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said: “If Nigeria is still around and there is an electoral system to follow, my love …

PDP WILL ADDRESS WIKE ISSUE THIS TIME AROUND, GRACE PERIOD HAS EXPIRED – GEORGE Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has revealed that the leadership of the party is set to take decisive action regarding the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike. According to George, the PDP has tolerated Wike …

INTERPOL REJECTS EFCC WANTED ALERT AGAINST ATIKU’S SON-IN-LAW, BASHIR HASKE The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has rejected a wanted alert issued by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Lagos businessman, Bashir Haske, describing the move as ‘politically motivated’. In a statement on Friday morning, the France-based security body said it would not lend its network to advance …

15M CHILDREN STILL OUT OF SCHOOL IN NIGERIA –ACTIONAID Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu has disclosed that despite efforts by various stakeholders, at least 15 million children are still out of school in Nigeria. Mamedu said the out-of-school figure and other statistics show that the crisis in the education sector is not due to lack of effort, but “weak …

GOVERNORS, STOP SQUANDERING FUEL SUBSIDY WINDFALL – DAILY TRUST Since May 2023 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed subsidy on petrol, Nigerians have been groaning from the pains inflicted on them by the decision. The subsidy cut led to massive increase in the costs of transportation, food, consumer goods, house rents and other essentials for daily living. On the flipside, …

NIGERIA’S JUDICIARY DEEPLY COMPROMISED – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday expressed concern that Nigeria’s judiciary has become “deeply compromised”. Obasanjo noted that corruption among judges has turned Nigerian courts into “court of corruption rather than courts of justice”. The ex-President made the assertion in his new book, ‘Nigeria: Past and Future’, published by the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library. …

OVER 500,000 NIGERIANS PRE-REGISTER AS INEC BEGINS VOTER REGISTRATION SENSITISATION The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that more than 500,000 Nigerians have completed their online pre-registration for the Continuous Voter Registration exercise within just five days of its relaunch. This was revealed on Friday in Abuja during the official flag-off of INEC’s nationwide sensitisation campaign aimed at boosting public …

IGBOS ABROAD REMIT $60B TO NIGERIA EVERY YEAR – IGBO DIASPORA LEADER ANAKWENZE A United States of America, USA, – based medical practitioner and the Traditional Prime Minister of Abagana in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has said that Igbo people in the diaspora remit more than $60 billion to Nigeria every year. Anakwenze, who …

U.S WARSHIP CATCHES FIRE, BURNS 12 HOURS, INJURED TWO SAILORS IN JAPAN A fire burned aboard a 🇺🇸 US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors …

CVR: VOTER REGISTRATION AGE REMAINS 18 – INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has restated that the approved voter registration age remains 18 years.lINEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Yobe state, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the clarification this on Thursday when he paid an advocacy visit to the Emir of Bade, Alhaji Abubakar Umar- Suleiman, in Gashua. The REC …