President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are expected to speak on restructuring at the “Handshake across Niger” summit ahead of 2019 general election. Buhari is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while Abubakar is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Also expected to speak […]
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The Peoples Democratic party senatorial candidate in Oyo central Chief Bisi Ilaka has expressed deep appreciation to his campaign coordinators, all members of Peoples Democratic Party, particularly chairmen of the party across Oyo Central senatorial district, for their unflinching support and successes recorded in the recently concluded party primaries. While also emphasizing the need for […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who was screened out of the APC governorship primaries in Oyo state last month for not having the mandatory NYSC certificate, has sued the National Youth Service Commission, NYSC, claiming he was never invited for service after he graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU in 1978. Adebayo Shittu who filed the suit […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday alleged that the “Presidency has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to incarcerate, indefinitely,” the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP claimed that the “information at the party’s disposal and […]
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender, released DNA test results Monday confirming her Native American ancestry and challenged Donald Trump to donate the $1 million he promised if the results proved her claim. The 69-year-old Warren, a leading progressive voice, has been derisively called “Pocahontas” by the president and accused of […]
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Sprint legend Usain Bolt says he’s stunned after being handed a drug testing notice despite retiring from athletics and having no professional contract as he bids to launch a football career in Australia. The 100m world record-holder quit athletics last year and is yet to be offered a deal by Australia’s Central Coast Mariners, where […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it stands by its statement that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamfara. INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this on the sideline of the opening of a two-day validation workshop titled “Study on the cost of elections in ECOWAS […]
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The gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in Oyo state, Engr Seyi Makinde has promised that the soccer club in the state, Shooting Stars SC will move back to the Nigerian Professional Football League and play continental competitions within two years of his assumption of office as the governor of the state next year. Makinde said […]
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Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and foremost pro-democracy activist, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has said that former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar was the right man to win the 2019 presidential election. Agbakoba told the Sun that what Nigeria needed was a good president irrespective of where he comes from. Agbakoba who is also […]
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scandalous video has been published appearing to show Governor Umar Ganduje pocketing a vast wards of American dollars in what was said to be bribe payments from public works contractors. The Kano State governor could be seen collecting the dollars before rolling them into his white dress, “babanriga,” in one of a series of questionable […]
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