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THE CHAIRMAN’S ACCOUNT Tunde Ayeni, former Skye Bank chairman, was arraigned on 17 counts of allegedly diverting N15.6 billion of depositors’ funds, ten years after AMCON spent N786 billion rescuing the bank’s successor. FIVE DAYS LEFT Peter Obi...
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THREE PARTIES IN FOUR YEARS Peter Obi left the ADC and joined the NDC on Sunday, his third party in 47 months, as the litigation trail behind each party crisis remained untraced. THE TITLE ISN’T DECIDED United beat Liverpool 3-2 at Old Trafford with 39 percent...
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WHAT THE COURT CAN’T DO THE COURT DECIDED. NOW WHAT? Nigeria’s Supreme Court split 3-2 to void the PDP’s Ibadan convention and upheld David Mark’s ADC leadership on 30 April, handing both opposition parties their structures back ahead of...
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THE VERDICT The Supreme Court delivered its ruling on ADC and PDP leadership disputes on 30 April, as both parties faced a May 10 INEC membership register deadline ten days away. TWO NAMES Two Nigerians were killed in South Africa as xenophobic attacks intensified,...
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THE CLUB NIGERIA DIDN’T BUILD The UAE announced it would leave OPEC on Friday, removing the price floor that funds 90 percent of Nigeria’s foreign exchange while Abu Dhabi prepares to pump without quota restrictions. THE RALLY AND THE ROOM ...
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THE EIGHT STATES The Nigerian Senate considered suspending campaigns in eight northern states before 2027, citing insecurity in states that held elections which produced the governments that failed to secure them. THE FOOD BANK Nigeria’s First Lady opened the...