A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Joseph Adebayo has been confirmed dead after drowning in Gubi dam, about 20km from Bauchi capital. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi Command, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar said he died on Thursday evening. Joseph Adebayo, was, until his death, an indigene of Ogun State […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of lobbying the United States Government to lift the alleged travel ban placed on his former vice, Atiku Abubakar, now the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. “We have come across credible reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made moves […]
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Friday promised to name his cabinet before six months, unlike President Muhammadu Buhari that took months to name his. He disclosed this through his official Twitter handle @Atiku. Atiku, Peter Obi should be steadfast in restructuring Nigeria–Afenifere His statement reads: If Nigerians elect […]
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Friday picked the former governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi as his running mate. Since PDP elected Atiku as its Presidential candidate, reactions on whom he is going to pick as his running mate in order to […]
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has promised to reward the 11 aspirants who contested the sole ticket with him, if he is elected President of Nigeria in the 2019 general elections. Atiku who stated this in Abuja at a meeting with members of the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, charged […]
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The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) fighting against the Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria, has released 833 children from its own ranks. The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), which made this known on Friday said some of the children are as young as 11 years-old. UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac, said the task force is […]
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Friday said that he was contesting for the office of the President as a Nigerian and not as an Igbo man. Moghalu, who was a former deputy governor of the CBN, said that Nigeria’s problem was not about tribes, but socio-economic problems […]
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Leading professional services firm, PwC Nigeria, last week, hosted its fifth annual capability enhancement workshop for journalists, where it discussed the importance of investigative journalism in unraveling hidden and untold stories that are of interest to the public. The one day workshop, which held in Lagos, had as participants from across both traditional and new […]
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The Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said yesterday, that Governor Ayodele Fayose was free to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, if he wishes. At a press conference addressed by the Committee handling the preparations for the inauguration ceremony in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors, […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned political parties and their presidential candidates for the 2019 elections against publicly campaigning before November 18. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, issued the warning, Monday, while speaking at a workshop for election professionals from the Commonwealth Africa region. Yakubu said the approved time for campaign, according to the timeline […]
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Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Tuesday lampooned the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that the party was at the moment, wallowing in total confusion and disorganisation. According to Saraki, rather than concentrate its energy on him as an issue of discourse, the leadership of APC should look forward to how to […]
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The All Progressives Congress APC has congratulated Alh. Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party PDP 2019 presidential candidate, but told him in clear terms that the seat of Nigeria’s president is not for the highest bidder. In its first formal reaction to Atiku’s emergence, APC in a statement by its acting […]
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