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The former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, has said he is not “desperate” to become Nigeria’s president. The former PDP stalwart said this on Friday during an interview with Channels Television. The former governor had, on Thursday, resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Friday, Obi announced his decision to join the Labour Party, saying the party is a route to make Nigeria a production country. Reacting to...

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Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has explained that “recent developments” within the Peoples Democratic Party were responsible for his resignation from the opposition party and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for the end of May. Obi was one of the 15 PDP presidential aspirants cleared by the Senator David Mark-led Presidential Screening Committee last month. However, the ex-governor, in a statement addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, explained that the...

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The Indigenous People of Biara (IPOB) has suspended its earlier announced May 26 sit-at-home. According to the group, the cancellation followed the postponement of the court case of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, which was scheduled for Thursday. The group made this known in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. It called on the people to maintained restraint and “keep their eyes on the ball”. Powerful said the announcement...

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The Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Titus Uba, has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state. Uba emerged the winner of the exercise conducted on Wednesday at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, the state capital. He polled 731 votes to defeat the incumbent Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, who raked in 81 votes. Reacting, the Speaker thanked the delegates and party leadership for trusting him with their mandate....

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has given the reason why its personnel laid siege in the Abuja residence of the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and arrested him on Tuesday. The anti-graft commission revealed that its action followed the refusal of the former governor to honor invitations after jumping the administrative bail earlier granted him by the Agency. The EFCC gave the explanation in a statement shared on its Facebook page...

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ABUJA — The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unanimously voted to raise the Monetary Policy Rate by 13 percent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this on Tuesday while briefing reporters at the end committee’s meeting at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja. It is the first time in two and a half years that the policy-setting committee of the nation’s financial regulator would increase the MPR, which measures...

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has met behind closed-door with three governors and former governor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital ahead of the 2023 presidential Primaries of the party. The three Governors included Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River. It was learnt that the governors arrived at Obasanjo’s Residence at the...

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ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arrested the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after lying a long siege to his residence in Maitama, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday. The officers of the anti-graft agency whisked away from the embattled Senator at exactly 06:48 pm in their vehicle after breaking into his living room. Minutes before his living room was broken, Okorocha came on a live...

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the approval of a $1.5 billion emergency programme to alleviate the effect of worsening food insecurity as a result of the Russia/Ukraine War, this was revealed by its director on Monday. About 20 million farmers on the continent will benefit from the fund as Africa faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tonnes of food, especially wheat, maize, and soybeans imported from Russia and Ukraine. “The US$1.5...

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LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command has revealed the identity of a 22-year-old motorcyclist who allegedly doused a sound engineer, David Imoh, with petrol as he was lynched in the Lekki area of the state. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the number of suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of David had risen to seven. The PPRO mentioned the seventh suspect as 22-year-old Usman Abubakar....

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