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FORMER Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has pulled out of the race to become Adamawa State governor in protest at the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refused to hold direct primaries.

EBONYI State governor and chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum has warned that Ndigbo delegates to the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will only vote for a candidate who agrees to pick an Igbo running mate.

WATFORD striker Isaac Success appears to have revived his international career after Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr called him up for Nigeria's forthcoming African Nations Cup qualifier against Libya later this month.

SOKOTO State governor Aminu Tambuwal is so confident of becoming the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate at its annual convention next weekend that he has refused to put himself forward for a second term in office.

MEMBERS of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are poised for a divisive showdown as the party decides at a convention later today on who its gubernatorial candidate will be in next year's elections amid heightened political tension.

BOKO Haram have executed one of its senior commanders known as Ali Garga for acts of treachery after he sought to lead 300 captives to freedom by releasing them to the Nigerian military in Borno State.

EUROPEAN Union (EU) observers will monitor the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential primary elections due to take place next weekend in Port Harcourt to ensure that the process is credible and meets up to international standards.

COMMUNICATIONs minister Adebayo Shittu has said he may still partake in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme after being barred from running for Oyo State governor because he skipped the service.

WOMEN affairs minister Hadjia Aisha Alhassan has resigned her membership of the federal executive council and quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the party's recent decision to drop her as the Taraba State governorship candidate.

GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode's supporters are confident that their principal will coast to victory tomorrow when the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) holds its gubernatorial primaries as Lagosian Igbo groups among others are behind him.