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(1) In today’s Nigeria, there is no way that a Lateef Jakande would get elected into office. Jakande never gave out one bag of rice, gari, elubo or tin of palm oil to anyone to get elected

(2) Jakande was a man of modest means and did not have the millions with which to bribe party delegates

(3) Jakande also did not have an army of thugs at his beck and call with which to intimidate political opponents

NIGERIAN government officials have warned protesters planning to hold demonstrations at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza in Lagos State that they will be dealt with decisively if they attempt to hold another version of the #EndSARS protests.

EMIRATES Airlines has suspended all flights from Nigeria to Dubai for two weeks until February 28 as the ongoing disputes between the carrier and the federal government looks like it is escalating.

HEAVILY-armed Fulani herdsmen are reported to have carried out a bloody raid on the Owode Ketu community in Ogun State early this morning in response to the recent actions of Yoruba rights campaigner Sunday Adeyemi popularly known as Igboho.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has told Ahmed Musa that he needs to sort out his club career ahead of next month's African Nations Cup qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho if he wants to be part of the squad.

FORMER Lagos State governor Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande credited with developing the state's infrastructure during the Second Republic has passed away this morning at the ripe old age of 91.

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AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has warned that the continent desperately needs debt relief and fair access to one of the coronavirus vaccine if it is to overcome the economic fallout of the pandemic.

CHINA has revealed that Nigeria remains ones of its largest cash cows globally after pointing out that trade between the two countries was valued at a staggering $19.27 in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic struck.

DEMONSTRATORS who stood against the government on the issue of police brutality last year have won a major legal battle today after an Abuja high court ordered that the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters should be unfrozen immediately.