Rumours about Tinubu’s allegedly deteriorating health started last week following his inability to attend a peace accord signing ceremony in Abuja.

With 99.6% of the votes tallied, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 48.3% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.3%.

To commemorate Nigeria’s Independence Day, millions of Obi’s supporters took to the streets of Lagos, London, Kaduna, Bauchi, Abia, Edo, Akwa Ibom, and Warri en masse.

There are nine other candidates, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and Lula, who recent opinion polls have given a commanding lead.

All ministers’ wives, all female senators, all female ministers and all APC deputy governors’ wives are members of the campaign team.

Machina emerged the winner of the primary election supervised by INEC officials. The senate president did not participate in the primary election.

The Comptroller General of Immigration said the NIS recently intercepted and confiscated voter cards from certain migrants.

Abdulsalami Abubakar, chairman of NPC, said the accord was to promote peaceful electioneering.

The Nigerian President said fake news and misinformation are threats to the country’s democracy.

Justice Osiagor also directed the Inspector General of Police and the Lagos State Police Commissioner to ensure compliance with the order.

However Rivers Governor Wike, Oyo Governor Makinde and Benue Governor Ortom were among those absent.

Simon Chelugi is the only minister who served under former President Uhuru Kenyatta to be extended by the new head of state,

He said anyone who wants to solve the nation’s economic crisis must carry the south east along.

However, in his clarification, he was curiously silent on the key issue, which is whether Ayu should go or not.

The US is preparing a new round of sanctions against Russia should it annex Ukrainian territory and a $1.1bn arms package for Ukraine.