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Former National Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North West, Salihu Lukman, said on Wednesday that Nigerians will elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The former Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) stated this when he appeared on Channels Television’s program, Politics Today. He said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had failed Nigerians and was not …

Tier-one bank GTCO Plc has raked in account maintenance fees of N15.6 billion in the first half of this year. This amount is higher by N5.2 billion compared to the N10.4 billion recorded by the bank in 2023. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), account maintenance fees are charged on current accounts only in respect of debit transactions …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday urged the government in the state to stop hiding behind opposition to the security situation in the state. APC State Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, made the call in a statement in Gusau. Idris said the people of the state were dissatisfied with the way the government was handling the challenges. He regretted that …

Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian today began a three-day visit to Iraq. The visit aims to deepen already close ties with the neighboring country on his first overseas trip since taking office. The three-day trip comes amid chaos in the Middle East caused by the war in Gaza, which has drawn Iranian-backed armed groups around the region. This issue also …

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offenders Court serving in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, convicted an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, of a $1.2 million EB-5 visa fraud. The judge also convicted him of a separate fraud of $368,698.24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Ramirez along with his companies, USA NOW LLC, Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP, …

Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday compared the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to former US President and Republican candidate for the 2024 US elections, Donald Trump. Ajayi made the comparison in a post on X following the US presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate, Vice President …

The Bauchi State chapter of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has written to the state Accountant General seeking permission to scrutinize the government’s financial activities, including debt profile, financial interventions, mandatory allocations and expenditure. The letter signed by the party’s Secretary in the state, His Excellency Abdulazeez Haruna, was based on the Freedom of Information Act which requires public bodies …

Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production rose to 1.35 million barrels per day (bpd) in August. This comes despite Nigeria retaining its position as Africa’s largest oil producer, surpassing Algeria which produces 910,000 barrels of oil per day, and Congo in third place which produced 270,000 barrels of oil per day in August according to the oil alliance. That’s according …

Former US President Donald Trump said yesterday that democratic rhetoric about him may have inspired a failed assassination attempt on him during a July campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Remember that Matthew Crooks shot Trump in the ear, wounded two bystanders and shot dead local father and firefighter Corey Comperatore. Trump made the remarks during a presidential campaign debate with …

Billionaire businessman and chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu has pointed out that the development of any country is impossible without access to reliable electricity to drive industrialization. Elumelu said this on Tuesday while delivering the keynote address at the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) in …