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Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, has noted that the opposition to Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023 is not necessary, as according to him, competence, capacity and capability in terms of delivering good governance to Nigerians should be placed ahead of religion.   The Kaduna governor who was the first governor in the state to pick a fellow Muslim as running ...

Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor has emerged as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections.   Tinubu defeated other aspirants, including Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president; Ahmad Lawan, senate president; Yahaya Bello, Kogi State governor; Rotimi Amaechi, former Rivers State governor; Ben Ayade, Cross River State governor and David Umahi, ...

The former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been announced winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections.   The Asiwaju of Lagos garnered half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.   About 2,322 delegates from across the country had stormed Eagles Square, ...

Employees of Keystone Bank Limited recently supported 352 underprivileged individuals by enrolling them on annual health insurance plans.   The beneficiaries who are residents in Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ilesha, Nyanya and Yenagoa were also impacted via medical counselling sessions.   The initiative tagged, “The Health Insurance Project” was executed under the bank’s Employees Volunteering Scheme (EVS). The project addressed the need ...

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has endorsed a power shift to the South in 2023.   The president made this known at a dinner with All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants in Abuja.   His decision is coming hours after northern APC governors also backed power shift the south in national interest   Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa State, has withdrawn from ...

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the north have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to look toward the southern presidential hopefuls when considering his successor. The governors released a statement to this effect after a meeting on Saturday. They asked the northern presidential hopefuls to withdraw from the race in national interest.   Meanwhile, Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa ...

Another explosion has occurred in Kano, at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refiling shop in the state. The incident that happened on Thursday led to the razing down of many shops, while not less than 20 people were injured. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the scene of the incident reported that the incident i ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of a private university – NOK University, Kaduna, including every structure in it – allegedly acquired unlawfully by a former Director of Finance and Accounts at the Federal Ministry of Health, Anthony Hassan.   Some of the identified structures in the university include the Senate building, the ICT building, ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a presidential aspirant and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud.   He was granted bail on Tuesday by Justice Inyang Ekwo in the sum of N500 million and a surety in like sum.   Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while ruling on ...

  His Eminence Samuel Uche, the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria abducted by gunmen, on Tuesday said N100 million was paid as ransom before he was released.   Uche who spoke at a press conference in Lagos, said the monies were arranges in five sacks of N20 million.   He said the funds were raised by the Methodist ...