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GENERAL Sani Abacha's oldest surviving son Mohammed has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari in next Saturday's presidential elections and has promised to mobilise 2m people in Kano State to vote for him.

Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, himself a Kano State governorship candidate who is standing on the platform of the Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance (Apda), said he decided to support the president based on his achievements since he came into power in 2015. He added that

ISLAMIC body the Muslim Rights Concern (Muric) has lashed out at the US and the European Union (EU) over what it described as their strange utterances against the Nigerian government ahead of next weekend's general elections.

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has denied media reports that former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar offered it a $1m bribe ahead of next weekend's elections.

ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Rt Reverend Justin Welby has waded into the tense political situation in Nigeria asking the presidential candidates to accept the outcome of Saturday's polls once the results are declared by the Independent national Electoral Commission (Inec).

PAN-cultural Igbo organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo's youth wing has promised that its members will turn out en mass for Nigeria's forthcoming elections because it has mobilised 20m Igbos nationwide to vote for the Atiku/Obi presidential ticket.

ELEVEN people have been sentenced to three years imprisonment each by a Warri federal high court after they were found guilty of a two-count charge of illegal dealing in petroleum products.

NIGERIA'S economic prospects are looking up again after crude oil prices hit a 2019 high of $65 a barrel in response to the production cutbacks initiated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and a partial shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s biggest offshore field.

NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials have appealed to corps members to shelve the idea of boycotting the general elections following the challenges they encountered last weekend before the polls were cancelled.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military and law enforcement agencies to deal ruthlessly with anyone caught trying to disrupt the rescheduled February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections.

STREATHAM member of Parliament Chuka Umunna has led six other MPs to break away from the Labour Party and form a new association known as The Independent Group which will campaign for the UK to remain within the European Union (EU).