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Mr Sowore says there is no justification for the payment of money to governors and others as security votes because they are not protecting anybody. The presidential candidate of the African Action Alliance (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised to end payment of security votes to governors and federal agencies, if elected president. Mr Sowore also vowed to end sponsoring of pilgrims …

Service along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor was halted due to a terrorist attack on 28 March, which led to the loss of lives and the kidnap of some passengers. The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has denied the rumour in some media outlets and social media platforms which said the Abuja-Kaduna rail service will resume on 24 November. The Managing Director of NRC, …

Sponsoring fake news against me won’t help Atiku, Obi –TINUBU The campaign teams of the presidential candidates of the three leading political parties – All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakr; and Labour Party,  Mr. Peter Obi, were, yesterday, locked in bickerings over fake news and hate speech. Tinubu’s campaign fired the first salvo; …

•Interest rates trending higher •Customers are now resisting loans —Bankers   For the first time in three years, banks reduced consumer loans by 17 per cent (N400 billion), in one month, following a decline in money supply triggered by the inflation-fighting measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.   Consumer loans are lendings by banks  to one or more individuals for household, family, …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Sunday evening, following a two-week visit to London, the United Kingdom (UK) for routine medical checkup. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity confirmed this in a tweet today. “President Muhammadu Buhari just landed in Abuja. Alhamdu Lillahi,” he tweeted. President Buhari left Abuja on Sunday, …

All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has cautioned the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, against sponsoring fake news to malign his reputation, saying such actions would not help their ambitions. Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has seized no fewer than 97 property from different individuals in the past four years. The list of seized assets includes 33 buildings, plots of land and a factory forfeited to the Federal Government by a former accountant with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Dr Jimoh Olatunde. The anti-graft agency …

*Museum houses world’s largest online repository of Benin artefacts Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has described the recently launched Digital Benin website as a platform with the largest digital collections of Benin artefact. Obaseki said this during the launch of Digital Benin, which is part of the events marking Alaghodaro 2022 Summit, at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said there is a need for governments to partner with the private sector to meet the educational needs of Nigerians. He also called on the regulators of the sector to ensure they sustained standards so that Nigeria and the African continent would not be disconnected from the rest of the world. He stated these on …

Despite complaints of poor funding, the Senate, yesterday, insisted that the N30b National Assembly building renovation project be completed on schedule. But the Site Engineer of the company handling the project, Tajudeen Olanipekun, demanded for more mobilisation funds in the presence of the Executive Secretary of Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Shehu Hadi Ahmad, during the projects’ on-the-spot assessment by …