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A leading Northern politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo could be the next President of Nigeria. In a special interview from Kano Thursday, Yakassai told The Interview that, “there may be an unwritten understanding that when President Muhammadu Buhari finishes, the Vice President will likely …

Rt Hon Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. This followed the conclusion of collation of results of the supplementary governorship election which was conducted in 44 polling units in 14 local government areas of the state on Thursday. …

  Reno Omokri, former spokesman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take a cue from what happened to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the party. He alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC leadership “used” …

As part of UBA’s commitment to support the savings culture in Africa, the bank is rewarding its loyal customers for saving towards their goals. So far, twenty customers have been rewarded with N1.5 million each has since the promo began in September 2018. At the second draw happening in April, …

The Senate has advised the Federal Government to invest more in preventing corruption than fighting it. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide, made the call when the Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Anthony Ayine, appeared before the committee to defend the 2019 budget of his office …

THE three tiers of government – federal, states and 774 council areas —yesterday shared N619.857 billion as Federal Allocation for  February. A communiqué issued by the Technical  Sub -Committee of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of its February meeting, indicated that the gross statutory revenue received …

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has chided the Executive led by President Muhammadu Buhari for constantly blaming the Legislature for delays in the passage of the country’s annual budgets. In his opening address at the national budget hearing organised jointly by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of …

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said only the decision on the party’s preferred candidate for the position of the Senate President for the 9th Assembly had been taken. It said the zoning formula for the remaining positions in the Senate and those in the House of Representatives was …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismisses a suit challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude, collate, and announce the governorship election results from Tafawa Balewa Local Government in Bauchi State. In his ruling on Monday, the presiding judge Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said its candidate, Abba Yusuf, is the rightful winner of the Kano State governorship election, adding that any declaration that does not reflect such cannot stand. The party stated this on Sunday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, following g the …