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As the world welcomes the New Year, 2023, Africa did so differently as there have been key notable dates in the year earmarked to usher in new governments in 24 countries of the continent. According to Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, countries like Nigeria, Gabon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Somaliland, Sudan, and Zimbabwe will be …

• Deficit financing to hit N12tr amid unending borrowing• Fuel scarcity may worsen over future of subsidy, ban on Russian crude With a rising debt profile and fiscal deficit, Nigerians will, this February, decide the future of subsidy at the polls, after many years of expensive spending that crossed the N3 trillion-mark last year alone, just as inflation continues to …

MTI, a market research organisation, has been operating in Nigeria and other African countries for over 30 years. The agency is also skilled in both qualitative and quantitative studies. A fresh survey conducted by Market Trends International (MTI) on all presidential candidates in the 2023 election has placed Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples …

Atiku’s spokesperson, Daniel Bwala, says former president Obasanjo is seeking a third term by proxy through his endorsement of Peter Obi’s presidential bid. A spokesperson of the Atiku Abubkar presidential campaign council, Daniel Bwala, has described Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a “stylish” attempt by the former president of a third term in …

• Stop wailing over endorsement, you all lobbied, LP PCC tells APC, PDP• S’West group cautions against shipwreck over ex-President’s backing• Obi warns, says 2023 critical to Nigeria’s survival The Presidency, yesterday, came down hard on former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a frustrated and jealous leader on a mission to discredit President Muhammadu Buhari’s record on national development …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has again defended his fitness, saying no ailing person can successfully perform seven trips as he did at Umrah. Tinubu made the statement in an interview with Kano’s premier independent radio station, Freedom Radio, in Saudi Arabia shortly before he returned to the country. Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to …

• Security agencies to pick up ineligible voters during election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to apprehend underage voters and their parents if they attempt to vote during the 2023 elections. Its National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, stated this, yesterday, during an interview on a live television programme monitored in Lagos. “They will appear …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged religious leaders in the state to pray for the state’s development. Obaseki made the charge during a prayer session held in Government House, Benin City. Religious leaders present at the occasion include the General Overseer of Covenant Gospel Church (CGC) Rev. Felix Omobude; General Overseer of Christ Apostolic Church God Mission Inl’t …

The former governor was said to be returning from a visit alongside two of his children, when the gunmen attacked him. Gunmen, on Monday, bombed the convoy of a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim. The incident happened in Oriagu, a community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state. Mr Ohakim escaped the attack, but four police officers …

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is in critical condition after collapsing on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, the NFL said in a statement. Hamlin fell on his back just moments after getting up from an open field tackle of Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, the CNN reports. Within ten …