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NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala could be named as the next president of the World Bank as she has become the front runner for the job following the sudden resignation of the incumbent Jim Yong Kim.

NIGERIA'S presidency has warned the US and United Kingdom not to interfere in the country's domestic affairs after both governments expressed concern about the recent suspension of the chief judge of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen in the run-up to elections.

NEWLY appointed acting chief judge of Nigeria Justice Tanko Mohammed is facing a mutiny among Supreme Court judges as they have refused to recognise him and made their feelings known by boycotting his recent inauguration of election petition panels.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has chided the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saying the party failed to mobilise their members for President Muhammadu Buhari's recent visit to Enugu State indicating that it was very weak across the southeast.

FORMER vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described the recent suspension of the chief judge of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen as anti-democratic act related to the forthcoming elections.

INTERNATIONAL election group the European Centre for Electoral Support (Eces) has advised Nigerian security agencies to display highest sense of professionalism in handling matters during the forthcoming general elections taking place next month.

BAYELSA East Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Ben Bruce-Murray has attacked former presidential aspirant Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili's criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari's recent suspension of the chief justice of Nigeria labelling her stance hypocritical.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been given seven days by the Coalition of Lawyers Against Corruption in Nigeria (Colac) to reverse the suspension of the chief justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen or face legal action.

POLITICAL opinion is divided across the southeast geo-political zone after the pan-Igbo organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo endorsed the candidature of former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in next month's presidential elections.

KWARA State has banned the movement and use of vigilante groups on polling days ahead of next year's polls as part of an attempt to stamp out thuggery and hooliganism in a quest for free and fair elections.