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GOVERNOR Hassan Dankwambo has come back from the political wilderness securing the nomination as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Gombe North Senatorial District after the nominee Mohammed Usman Ribadu stood down for him.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed yesterday's endorsement of his opponent former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as an irrelevance that will not affect the outcome of next February's presidential elections.

PRESIDENTIAL Amnesty Programme coordinator Professor Charles Dokubo has revealed that he is facing increasing pressure from members of the elite in the Niger Delta to share out funds set aside to rehabilitate former militants.

FORMER minister for women's affairs Hadjia Aisha Alhassan is confident that she can win the Taraba State governorship contest next year despite leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying that her new party has attracted 120,000 members over the last fortnight.

NIGERIA's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set for a head-on clash with the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) after the body told the party that it will not be allowed to field candidates in Zamfara State having missed the deadline.

FORMER Department of State Services (DSS) director-general Lawal Daura has been released from detention and is being lined up to perform a major role in President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election campaign.

OGUN State governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun has threatened to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the party refuses to uphold the candidacy of his anointed governorship candidate Adekunle Akinlade.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - 64

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist and the first female minister of finance, having served two terms in the post between 2003-2006 and 2011-2015 under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan respectively. She was the managing director of the World Bank between 2007 and 2011) and chairs the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and the African Risk Capacity.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have set up a special team to interrogate Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State when his term of office expires next week and his immunity lapses.

YORUBA socio-cultural group Afenifere has lashed out at All Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his recent comments in which he backed called for the conversion of unused land into grazing reserves for Fulani cattle herdsmen.