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FOUR Nigerians have been listed among the world's top 13 black billionaires recently published by Forbes magazine in its latest survey of the wealthy with Africa's richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote topping the list with an estimated value of $10.9bn.

NATIONAL Youth Service Corp (NYSC) managers have withdrawn corpers from certain parts of Anambra State ahead of Saturday's governorship and state house of assembly elections amid fears that they could be in harm's way.

LAGOS State's Action Democratic Party (ADP) gubernatorial candidate Babatunde Gbadamosi has hailed the recent decision by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) to endorse him as confirmation that he is the only one who can turn the state around.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the south-south geo-political zone have presented a set of demands to President Muhammadu Buhari including a request that one of their legislators be elected as the senate president when the National Assembly reconvenes.

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has appealed to the members of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) not to attack non-Yorubas during next weekend's governorship elections.

ACCESS Bank's acquisition of troubled Diamond Bank mover a step closer yesterday after the shareholders of both institutions approved the merger at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of both banks held in Lagos.

BREAKAWAY Boko Haram faction Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) is reported to have dropped its leader Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi and replaced him with Abu Abdullah Ibn Umar Albarnawi in a move that has left security officials guessing.

EDO State's Governor Godwin Obaseki has threatened to deal with All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders whose activities led to the defeat of the party in the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections.

FORMER Anambra State governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate has warned those trying to intimidate Igbo voters in Lagos State to desist from doing it as nobody has the right to force anyone to support their candidates.

NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared that only members of the electorate whose permanent voters cards are accepted by Smartcard readers will be allowed to participate in this weekend's gubernatorial elections.