The US government has announced a visa ban on some Nigerians “for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian election”. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken SecBlinken says the action is in support of democracy in Nigeria. More here:
Bola Tinubu's supporters say he transformed Lagos when he was governor thereNigerians have questioned why presidential candidate Bola Tinubu is making claims that powerful people are trying to sabotage his electoral chances.
Speaking to a crowd on the campaign trail in Ogun state on Wednesday, Mr Tinubu said that a fuel shortage in the country as well as moves by authorities to ban old naira notes as legal tender, in favour of newly designed notes, at the end of the month were covert attempts to stop him from becoming president.
Mr Tinubu then accused authorities of"hiding" the fuel and the naira notes, but said his supporters would still vote and so he would win.In previous Nigerian elections there have been cases of politicians paying people to vote for them. "We have 18 presidential hopefuls. Why is it only the APC presidential candidate that is worried about the redesigning of the naira and saying that it is an act to sabotage his campaign? That's a question that he must answer."
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