National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has endorsed the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to win Nigeria’s presidential election. The group of Christian elder statesmen across the country, including former Army chief, retired General T. Y. Danjuma made the announcement on Tuesday. The eminent citizens urged security agencies not to take the reports that some regions were preparing to unleash violence lightly. NCEF called on Nigerians to vote candidates based on capacity, ability, integrity, and good health, noting that “a sick country requires healthy leaders”. The statement endorsing Obi, titled “Resolutions towards 2023 elections: Think new”, was signed…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received cash from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for election logistics. A national Commissioner of INEC disclosed this to our correspondent last night. There had been apprehension over the inability of INEC to get cash from the CBN even though its budget is a first-line charge. This was a result of the cashless policy introduced by the CBN with the support of the federal government. INEC Chairman, Mahmud Yakubu, during a visit to CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele said they needed cash rather than bank transfers to sort out many of their activities. The…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to vote for Bola Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria’s next president in Saturday’s polls. Buhari, in a special video message issued on Sunday, described Tinubu as “reliable”, adding that the candidate of his party is a true believer in Nigeria. The president said he is aware of the hardship that some government policies meant to bring development, have caused Nigerians. He asked Nigerians to exercise further patience while giving assurance that the government is making efforts to ease the effects. “Fellow Nigerians, I want to use…

Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of New Nigerian People Party (NNPP), has knocked All Progressive Congress (APC) governors criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over naira redesign policy. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which introduced the policy last year had fixed January 31 as deadline for spending old N200, N500 and N1000 notes in public. This had generated a huge controversy. After intense pressure, the apex bank shifted the deadline by 10 days. Some governors of the ruling party sought the intervention of the president, who told them to give him seven days to take action. But three days after meeting Buhari,…