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The choice of Mr Baba-Ahmed by Mr Obi shows the Labour Party is looking for politicians without baggage. Datti Baba-Ahmed, 53, is perceived as one of the few politicians in Nigeria without much “dirt” in their political career, despite a controversial stint at the Senate that ended within a year after his election was upturned by the court. Peter Obi’s …

• Another Owo attack victim dies in hospital Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has signed into law the first amendment to the Ondo State Security Network Agency Law. The governor, who assented to the bill on Wednesday, noted that the new amendment became imperative in light of the heightened insecurity across the state. He assured the residents of the …

The INEC headquarters in Abuja, a few days ago, affirmed that Mr Akpabio is not the APC candidate in Akwa Ibom North West, and that the commission would not revisit the case. A former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio’s attempt to stop a retired deputy inspector general of police, Udom Ekpoudom, from being the senatorial candidate of the …

Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the Federal Government to immediately put up measures to end the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement he signed, yesterday, the lawmaker said incessant strikes by the lecturers could lead to poor quality of graduates. He called on both parties …

Mr Abacha, who connived with his family and associates, systematically plundered Nigeria between 1993 when the dictator seized power and 1998 when he died. The more than two decades international hunt for Nigeria’s billions stolen and stashed in various banks across the world by late dictator Sani Abacha and his family and associates yielded its latest result in early May: $23.5 …

An official said Nigerians in diaspora were free to come back home with expired or non-expired Nigerian passport. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Mr Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American …

The raid bore all the hallmarks of the Islamic State group. After dividing themselves into three squads, more than a hundred gunmen stormed a Nigerian prison, using explosives to blast though a wall and free dozens of jailed jihadists. But the assault did not take place in some remote town in the country’s violence-torn northeast. Instead, the raid unfolded just …

*”We reported this observation in Ekiti to INEC.” The Independent Corruption Practices and other related offences Commisssion has said it would prevent incidents of vote-buying at Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. Azuka Ogugua, the ICPC spokesperson, said the commission would work with INEC and security agencies to prevent the practice. Mrs Ogugua spoke Wednesday during a Twitter Space organised …

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed Commanding Officers of the Corps across the nation to join hands with the Nigeria Police Force to enforce the ban on the spy number plate. The PUNCH reports that The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by …

Edo State Government has commenced an intensive training program for youths and women in the three oil and gas-producing local government areas of the state. The training programme tagged “2022 Aguakpa Ghe Igbama,” was organized by the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC). The youths and women were trained in several vocational skills including welding and …