NIGERIA's presidency has welcomed the planned defection of the Ebonyi State governor Dave Umahi to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in what is seen as the first step in his bid to run for president in 2023.

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(1) Independent National Electoral Commission
(2) Nigeria Police Force
(3) Department of State Security
(4) The three branches of the armed forces
(5) Central Bank of Nigeria
(6) National Judicial Council
(7) Nigerian Governors Forum
(8) Nigeria Immigration Service
(9) Supreme Court of Nigeria
(10) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

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(1) We are committed to bridging the educational gap between northern and southern Nigeria over the next 15 years. As a result, every governor will spend at least 20% of his annual budget on education

(2) Every governor will ensure that there is at least one technical college in each local government area of his state. The goal is to achieve 100% vocational skills training by 2030

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(1) Nigeria is willing to offer Pfizer land to build a factory that will produce 100m doses of this new coronavirus vaccine annually

(2) In conjunction with Air Peace, Nigeria is offering to distribute the vaccine across the African continent

PRESIDENT Donald Trump is planning to hold a series of nationwide rallies over the coming weeks as part of his ongoing fight against the recent election results which showed he lost to former vice president Joe Biden.

SELF-acclaimed socio-cultural group representing young people across northern Nigeria the  Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has thrown its weight behind new US president-elect Joe Biden saying his assumption of office will be good for Nigeria.

AMERICAN pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has successfully developed a Covid-19 vaccine in conjunction with life sciences company BioNTech which it says has proven to be 90% effective and has already been endorsed by Joe Biden and Boris Johnson.

ANTI-Sars protester Modupe Odele has had her international passport returned to her by the Nigeria Immigration Service after it was illegally confiscated at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos when she was about to travel.

NIGERIA'S African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone taking place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin on Friday October 13 will take place behind closed doors with the media not even allowed to attend as part of the Covid-19 restrictions.

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(1) First of all, many Inec officials would have obeyed his instructions to stop counting the votes immediately the president called for it

(2) Leaders from his ethnic group would have held meetings and declared their unalloyed support for him

(3) Troops would have been dispatched to seize all those ballot papers at the counting centres