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Wike meets Tinubu in France, may work against Atiku – Report Wike, Ikpeazu, Ortom, Davido, others spotted in France Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, is reportedly meeting with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Paris, France. Sources told TheCable that Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; …

Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has denied saying he will hand over federal universities to state governments if elected president in 2023. Speaking through his media aide, Paul Ibe, the former vice president clarified a statement he made on Monday at …

A civil society organisation, Vanguard for Transparency and Accountability, has described the recently launched Whistle-Blower Initiative of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, as an exemplary boost to the anti-corruption crusade, as it lauded the Ayodele Subair-led LIRS management for sustaining its pace-setting records in tax management reforms in Nigeria. The President of the anti-corruption …

•Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President-elect Yakubu Maikyau; All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima; NBA President Olumide Akpata; Chairman, Technical Committee on Conference Planning Tobenna Erojikwe; Guest Speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki; Social Democratic Party (SDP) …

The camps of two former governors of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau and Rabiu Kwankwaso have apparently thrown the New Nigeria People’s Party into crisis. Kwankwaso, who apparently has the upper hand in the contest to control the party’s machinery, appear not to feel disturbed about threats to decamp by the …

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members told Punch that the meeting will hold at the …

Wole Soyinka Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, has questioned the federal government’s decision to prescribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), but not Miyetti Allah. Speaking exclusively to Channels Television’s NewsNight, a pre-recorded programme that airs every Monday, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban the …

The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has said that the administration of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and himself, will replicate the achievements recorded by Tinubu in Lagos if they both win the 2023 presidential election. The former Governor of Borno State stated this at …

Statement from Emirates Airlines “Emirates has tried every avenue to address our ongoing challenges in repatriating funds from Nigeria, and we have made considerable efforts to initiate dialogue with the relevant authorities for their urgent intervention to help find a viable solution. Regrettably there has been no progress. Therefore, Emirates …

Daniel Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has commended SP Daniel Itse Amah, an officer who rejected $200,000 offered to him to bury a case of armed robbery. The police boss also commended two other officers from across the nation who have been exemplary in their line …