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Some aggrieved residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday trooped to major roads protesting over the hardship imposed on them by the new naira-notes and persistent fuel scarcity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, in their hundreds, blocked the Iwo Road Interchange, frontage of the State Secretariat at Agodi and…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will not win the presidential election. He believes that the opinion polls showing Mr. Obi's lead are not accurate and unreliable, as the sample size was too small. Governor El-Rufai claims that a more reliable poll conducted by…

Organised labour has come against the Federal Government over the continued scarcity of fuel and naira notes, stating that the informal economy is the worst hit.

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, made headlines in Ibadan on Thursday as he formally presented the party’s flag to several party members, including Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, the Ogun governorship candidate of the party; Olukayode Joshua Popoola, the Oyo governorship candidate, and Otunba Jim-Kamal for Lagos. The presentation…

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are "beyond imagination", as it battles a spiralling economic crisis. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation landed in Pakistan on Tuesday for last-ditch talks to revive vital financial aid that has stalled for months. The government has…