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The Director of Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the comment by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, about how the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, turned the fortunes of the state from a rotten state to a bad one was a slip of the tongue. Mr Tinubu, the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, gave a speech on his plans for Nigeria at the Kaduna Economic and Investment summit on Saturday. Mr Tinubu who said he was confident he was going to win the election next year, asked Mr El-rufai to abandon any plans to retire from public service after his tenure as governor.

CHANNEL........ Festus Post Nigeria Festus post Nigeria NEWS.....Obasanjo hands over seat to Peter Obi [Video]Published on October 14, 2022By Wale Odunsi Former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave his seat to the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi at a function in Abuja this week. Social media users are ascribing political annotations to a video of the scene now trending. Obasanjo, Obi and other dignitaries were at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja for a gathering organized by Fidelity Bank. The event celebrated the national honour given to Professor Benedict Oramah by President Muhammadu Buhari. Oramah is the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). In a Twitter post, @OluwaseunP, the master of ceremonies, narrated how Obi walked in while Obasanjo was making his speech. The 2023 LP flagbearer took a seat at the back of the hall after refusing to take one of those reserved for VIPs. “OBJ noticed & told them, “leave him alone o”. He then went himself to bring Obi to the front & gave him his own seat. Then said, “my job is done”, the tweet added. The video has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, with some describing Obasanjo’s action as “symbolic” and “an endorsement”. FESTUS POST gathered that some former Nigerian leaders were tactically supporting the former Anambra governor. Obasanjo, in particular, is believed to be rallying other former Heads of State, influential retired Generals and powerful Northerners, including monarchs, for Obi. There are speculations that the jet Obi has been using in recent times was offered by shipping and oil magnate, T. Y. Danjuma. The 83-year-old former Chief of Army Staff served as the first Minister of Defence under the Obasanjo administration.

China has banned the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on the industry. The new rules mean vapes that have flavourings other than tobacco – such as those that taste fruity or sweet – cannot be sold on the domestic market. But they can still be manufactured in China to be shipped around the world, including to the UK, where Chinese-made brands such as Elfbar, known for its range of flavoured disposable vapes, are popular. The ban, which comes into effect this month, follows a tightening of other rules relating to e-cigarettes, including a ban on selling them online and an order for packaging to include warning labels that say they are harmful to health and must not be used by schoolchildren. It comes in response to concerns

This week, Lil Baby is back with his highly-anticipated album, It’s Only Me, which features a standout collaboration between him and Young Thug, entitled, “Never Hating.” Stormzy also came out with new heat with his single “Hide and Seek,” which captures the perfect vibe as we get further into the fall season.

Liz Truss, British prime minister, sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, the country’s chancellor of the exchequer on Friday. The development comes just 38 days into his appointment, making him the second shortest-serving chancellor since 1970. The chancellor of the exchequer is the British government’s chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing, and controlling overall government spending. Last month, the United Kingdom government unveiled historic tax cuts funded by the biggest increase in borrowing since 1972.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be discharged and acquitted. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017. However, the Court of Appeal on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.