The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Idris, winner of the Kebbi State gubernatorial election. Idris was declared the winner by the Returning Officer for Kebbi State on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. The APC candidate defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Maj-Gen. Aminu Bande (rtd.). Nasiru polled 409,225 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bande Aminu, who scored 360,940 votes.

The Chairman of Titan Trust Bank Limited, Tunde Lemo, and two others have revealed that they would not appear for interrogation today before the Special Investigator probing the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Other Related Entities, Jim Obazee. Naija News reports that the trio made this known in a letter on Wednesday to the investigator by their counsel, Prof. Gbolahan Elias (SAN). The other invitees are the two largest ultimate investors in Titan Trust Bank Limited and Union Bank Plc, Cornelius Vink and Rahul Savara.

The controversy trailing the academic qualifications of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, has taken another twist as the Army has dissociated itself from claims that Buhari’s school leaving certificate was never in its records. READ ALSO: Army Speaks On Buhari’s Education Certificates According to Sahara Reporters, military sources have claimed that the Nigerian Army spokesperson who addressed a press conference yesterday, January 20, 2015, to announce that the army could not find General Buhari’s school leaving certificate, had already been redeployed from that post.

Boko Haram/ISWAP have killed eight persons in a revenge attack in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday night. The terrorists had stormed Mandaragirau and Ghuma villages in Biu Local, where they slaughtered eight residents. it was gathered that the insurgents also left an unconfirmed numbers of persons injured. According Zagazola Makama, nine terrorists on three motorcycles, stormed the villages of Mandaragirau and Ghuma, to wreck havoc, after accusing the locals of disclosing information of their plans to plants mines against the military in the road.

George Stephanopoulos’ salary vaults him into the list of highest-paid TV hosts, but how much does the ‘Good Morning America’ anchor earn per year? Source: Getty ImagesAs an anchor of Good Morning America, the host of This Week, and the moderator for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s town hall, George Stephanopoulos has been working hard during the 2020 election season … and earning a pretty penny while he’s at it. In fact, George’s salary puts him in the pantheon of best-paid TV hosts.