New dawn in Bauchi as more women come into governance; Cash withdrawals from govt accounts to end March 1-NFIU; Police arrest 61 for political thuggery in Kano; 18 Borno passengers burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash; FG releases N13.89bn for retirees’ pension payment; 7 die in auto crash after attending APC rally in Kano; NUEE seeks power sector reform despite FG’s N3tr intervention; Passing LG autonomy bill, biggest challenge to constitution amendment – Omo-Agege; Buhari to security agencies: Eradicate oil theft before I exit office; Police kill scores of bandits, recover 2 rifles in Bauchi; Recruitment: Beware of scammers, NSCDC warns applicants; Illegal detention: Businessmen demand N100m damages from police, others; …arrest 6 for robbery, recover arms, vehicles in Anambra; INEC devolves PVCs collection to wards, registration areas * Inaugurates collation centre, situation room c’ttees; I’ll unite Nigeria, end hunger, poverty – Obi * Ogun LP factions resolve crisis; Tinubu: Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi poison for Nigeria; APC Govs. not in secret deal with Atiku – Nasarawa Gov.; INEC warns against manipulation of BVAS; Appeal court to decide on Zamfara PDP gov’ship candidacy today; Campaigns: Rivers PDP pays N95m for use of state facilities; We’re confident Atiku will deliver on campaign promises –Theodore Orji; Kogi ex-speaker, others dump APC for PDP; NNPP vows to sack APC in Katsina, end insecurity; Re: Buhari’s pay rise; Need for drug use prevention programmes in schools, workplaces; Dearth of town planning in Nigerian cities; 5-day-old boy risks amputation over doctor’s ‘negligence’ in Kano; Harmattan: Jos residents worry as freezing weather persists; Robbery suspect killed in gun duel with police; Ogun couple, 6 others ‘kill’ woman, sell heart, legs for N80,000; Go after killers of Ogun couple, Abiodun tells police; Akeredolu imposes 24-hour curfew on troubled Ikare-Akoko in Ondo; Edo to arrest parents of pupils hawking during school hours; Ban on okada, tricycle beyond 6pm stands in Kwara – Police; Etsu Kwali’s death, a reminder — FCT minister; Abductors of couple at late Jere emir’s residence demand N30m; Foundation pays SSCE fees for 1,049 indigent students; 2 suspects supplying guns to bandits in FCT border communities arrested; 1,232 drug suspects arrested in Kaduna last year; Customs seized N13.91bn goods in 12 months; NNPC denies illegally exporting 17.8m barrels of crude oil; Consumers decry high electricity cost as DisCos hike tariff; Azman Air lauds Saudi Arabia, NAHCON for raising quota for Nigerian pilgrims; Why Nigeria must accelerate efforts in attracting FDIs; Air Peace airlifts 55m passengers, targets London, Israel; NDE empowers 10 graduates with carpentry, tailoring tools in Borno; Controversy trails proposed NITDA Bill; Premium Pension hits N1tr assets mgt; May & Baker grows revenue by 27%; How APC guber candidate, Radda, continues to woo voters in Katsina; Katsina’s PPP yielding results; Auto brands that hit Nigerian roads in 2022; Nigeria rebounds as OPEC oil production rises 120,000 bpd in Dec; NECA worries over new taxes in Finance Bill; NMDPRA seals 14 erring filling stations in Kano; Top ways to save money as a young adult; NDE empowers young entrepreneurs in Benue, Kaduna; Mum ‘banned from the pub’ for having too many face tattoos; World condemns Israel minister’s visit to Aqsa Mosque; Educate your children on dangers of quick wealth, cleric charges parents; Ahmadiyya urges Nigerians to shun vote buying, other malpractices; Kaduna fixes N1.5m as first deposit for 2023 Hajj; Bauchi emir replaces Bello Kirfi with Ahmed Kari as new Waziri; Kebbi boat mishap: 14 bodies recovered, 6 still missing; Technical education crucial to Nigeria’s future—NASENI; Military government more sympathetic to lecturers – ASUU president; Police rescue 15 captives from Zamfara forest; Pump price: NMDPRA seals 22 fuel stations in Kano, Osun; Babangida’s endorsement of Peter Obi was from a parody twitter account; Kano stripped of National Youth Games hosting right; Gusau warns referees, match commissioners against corrupt practices …As IMC doles out N200m to 20 NPFL clubs; Djokovic survives Halys scare to reach Adelaide quarters; Hamadjam, Police Inspector win Opobo marathon; Chelsea sign French International defender Badiashile; The Sahel and the return of the military; Knee injury forces top-seed Cilic out of Pune Open