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Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will interact with religious leaders in Southern Kaduna as well as visit emirs palaces. The Labour Party Presidential Candidate would also hold rally at Ahmadu Bello Stadium and also meet students of various institutions and party loyalists to canvass supports for his party. Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesman of the Presidential Council, disclosed this at a news briefing in the state, Daily Trust reports. He also said Obi would visit the Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, and Emir of Jema’a in Kafancan town in Southern part of the state. Dr Tanko also said…

The Senate on Tuesday said it would next week adjourn plenary to enable lawmakers to carry out campaigns for the forthcoming general elections. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this on the floor during plenary in Abuja. Lawan said the break would enable lawmakers contesting for various offices during the general elections to carry out necessary campaigns in their various constituencies. He however said the Senate may possibly close shop this week if it is able to deal with urgent issues requiring its attention so it does not have to sit next week. “We are prepared to sit up to Friday…

Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the wife of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has cried out that her husband is on sickbed after eating a “concoction” from one of his female aides, Bunmi Ademosun. In a leaked audio file, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu accused Ms Ademosun, the special adviser to the governor on Multilateral and Inter-Governmental Affairs, of “sneaking” to give her husband (Akeredolu) the local herb to drink. According to Peoples Gazette, the governor’s wife specifically warned the female aide to ‘stay away from her husband’, noting that her persistent closeness is weakening Mr Akeredolu’s health condition. “I have a message for Ademosun (Bunmi) and I believe…

Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has broken his silence on the whereabout of Prof Uche Ikonne, the PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general election which has been an issue of interest. Ikpeazu, while speaking as a guest on Flo Fm Radio audience participatory program ( The People’s Parliament) in Umuahia on Monday, disclosed that Ikonne took ill after the PDP flag-off campaign in Umuahia which was held on November 24, 2022. According to the governor, Ikonne “is a little bit indisposed at the moment but he’s recovering gradually and progressively.” He revealed that the PDP governorship candidate had left…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the resumption of its governor, Godwin Emefiele. The governor flew out of the country late last year amid reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) was plotting to arrest him for allegedly sponsoring terrorism. The apex bank, in a statement on Monday evening, said the governor was back with renewed vigour. “The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Mr. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023.” “The Governor resumed with renewed vigour to…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that its operatives invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to arrest the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday afternoon. In a terse statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of DSS, Peter Afunanya, he described the report of the invasion as fake news and misleading. “The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to the false news making the round that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria and arrested its Governor, today 16/1/23. This is fake news and…

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over corruption allegations. The campaign also issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Conduct of Conduct Bureau (CCB), to arrest the opposition leader. The spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, in a petition dated 16 January, asked the anti-graft agencies to arrest the former vice president on offences of money laundering, breach of the Code…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, delivered a speech at Chatham House in London. The former Anambra governor spoke on ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Vision for Policy Change and Institutional Reforms’. Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate; Pat Utomi, professor of political economy, and Julius Abure, LP chairperson, were also in attendance. Below are photos.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said 16 persons died and 83 sustained various degrees of injury in the truck accident involving PDP supporters in Plateau. The FRSC said that the truck was conveying 99 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, when it crashed on Saturday evening at Jwak, Panyam District of Mangu Local Government Area of the state. Peter Longsan, the FRSC spokesman in Plateau, disclosed this in statement on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the PDP supporters were returning from the party’s zonal rally held in Pankshin. ”It was a lone crash…