Nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court validated the presidential election petition tribunal’s affirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s election, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has aired his reservations. At a press conference on Monday, Obi said though he lost in court, “This end is only another beginning in our quest for the vindication of the hope of the common man for a better country.” Read the transcript of Obi’s speech below. Protocols, Fellow...

…ministers to sign performance pact President Bola Tinubu has said that he would not hesitate to fire any member of his cabinet over incompetence. “We can’t complain and give excuses,” Tinubu said at a retreat for ministers, presidential aides and other top government officials in Abuja, on Wednesday. The President reminded the ministers of their responsibility to serve the people who entrusted their mandate to him. “We have to give hope to the near hopeless,...