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Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Garki has dismissed allegations of false asset declaration levelled against Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court also barred the Department of State Services (DSS), the police, and Code of Conduct Bureau …

Zainab Ahmed Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the federal government spent a total of N5.24 trillion on debt servicing between January and November 2022, out of its N6.5 trillion retained revenue for the same period. The minister disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday during the …

Polaris Bank Ltd Building The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to the claims of fraudulent transactions in the sale of Polaris Bank formerly known as Skye Bank to Fairview Acquisition Partners. Recall that in October 2022, CBN in a press statement announced the completion of the sale of shares …

Alleged attack by the Minister of Interior and Former Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 2023 General Elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been described  as fake news and a creation of the imagination of jittery politicians …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device attack that occurred near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State. The DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunnaya disclosed this on Wednesday, noting that the key suspect, Abdulmumin Ibrahim Otaru …

A week after the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, converged to take a decision on which presidential candidate to support, Nigerians are yet to be told of their candidate. But the Benue State governor and Chairman of the group has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday warned of the dare consequences if members of the G-5 Governors are expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the party would collapse if such action was ever carried out, saying nobody could force them out …

IGP Usman Alkali Baba The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has streamlined the investigation processes in the Police Force with a view to checking duplication through indiscriminate transfers of cases. The IGP said the departmental system of investigating cases has led to the duplication of the process which has been …

Femi Fan-Kayode and Ex-President Obasanjo A former Aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the endorsement of Labour Party’s Peter Obi by his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing the action as the biggest mistake of the former president. Obasanjo had in a four-page letter endorsed Peter Obi, and …

INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) again cautioned Nigerians against a purported portal for the recruitment of ad hoc staff 2023 general election. INEC said this in a short message by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi on Tuesday in Abuja. Oyekanmi …