PDP’s Wike, Makinde, APC’s Fayemi, Omisore met in London to discuss areas of collaboration.

In a swift reaction, Kachikwu said he remained the presidential candidate of the party.

The US also disclosed that in the last year it had committed $7bn for food security and humanitarian assistance to African countries.

Candidates vying for the governorship position in the state will pay N5m.

PDP’s National Caucus and NEC meetings were called off three weeks ago because stakeholders tried to remove Ayu on allegations of bias.

He also said he had no intention of joining issues with Wike over demands for his resignation.

The EFCC accused Jang of using part of the alleged misappropriated state fund to repay N250m personal loan to a bank.

Bwala argued that as a former national capital and a former colony, Lagos already had the trappings of a developed city.

The suit is seeking the disqualification of Atiku as standard bearer of the PDP on the grounds of alleged irregularities.

“When we started PDP, these children were not around. We will not allow any individual to destabilise our party,” he said.

Of the eight candidates on INEC’s list, three have marked themselves out from the lot, and they have since dominated the turf.

They are targeting small contributions from supporters largely from the grassroots to help the LP set up more structures across the country.

Atiku criticised the APC federal administration for increasing the national debt burden.

He said some politicians canvassing for votes to win the 2023 presidential election did not mean well for the country.