“There is no empathy, no compassion…and so we are not on the same page as long as I’m concerned.”

“Because the CBN is trying to sort that out, the capacity to intervene to stabilise the market has been constrained significantly.”

He commended AFCON’s organising committee for ensuring the comfort of players in Cote d’Ivoire.

“ECOWAS is being turned into a confrontational field between Russia and the United States.”

It also arrested a Brazil returnee who excreted 60 wraps of cocaine.

In his acceptance speech, Ododo said the time has come to entrench power rotation in the state.

“It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot the runway. There was no casualty,” a NAMA official said.

The tech company is also building chargers for electronic vehicles to ease transition from fossil fuels to electric vehicles.

“It is not up to me to assess his character, it is up to the army to decide whether they have promoted an officer beyond his competence or capability.”

He said that if Obaseki had done well and brought a “well-known” candidate, it would have been difficult to challenge him.

Attorney General Madein said a lot of taxes are still left uncollected and there is need to expand the current base.

He is due back in Nigeria first week of February.

He claimed that the judgement from the Supreme Court in Mutfwang’s case had also annulled the Appeal Court’s sack of the lawmakers.

He is being arraigned by the EFCC over allegations of money laundering.

“I think it’s the hand of destiny, I think it’s a calling, we can move Nigeria from the third world to the first world,” he said.

A source at the EFCC said Obiano moved his security votes into different accounts using his former principal private secretary.

“This is a place of extraordinary innovation, extraordinary dynamism…”

“Within the short period of his headship of the Nigerian Army, we all witnessed tremendous progress in the security situation, largely in the North-West.”

“We believe this partnership will be strengthened to add mutually-beneficial value.”

Blinken is expected to hold talks on deepening democracy in West Africa and strengthening trade relations.