President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 General Elections. This information is contained in a statement issued by Festus Keyamu, Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council, in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Keyamu said the event would take place at the International Conference Centre, […]
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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says security will top his administration’s priority list in 2019 to ensure the state is stabilised before, during and after the general elections scheduled to hold this year. The governor made this known when he received the outgoing 4 Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen Ibrahim Garuba and his successor, Brig.-Gen Greg Omoregbe […]
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Soundcity MVP awards returned for the third edition on Saturday, January 5, 2019. The awards watched by over 50 million people across the African continent took place at the Eko Convention Centre of Eko Hotels in Lagos, Nigeria. Burna Boy was the star of the awards show which saw him clinch four awards including the […]
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Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has tasked women and youths of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming Presidential election. She made the call on Saturday during the launch of the APC Zonal Campaign Rally for the North-West held in Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, Kano. […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny to moderate dust hazy weather conditions over most parts of the country and early morning mist/fog conditions over the coastal south on Sunday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Saturday in Abuja predicted moderate dust hazy conditions over the central region with day and night temperatures of 27 to […]
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Amina Zakari, a national commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied being a blood relation of President Muhammadu Buhari. In an interview with BBC, Zakari said she is not Buhari’s cousin nor niece. Her appointment to head the INEC committee on collation centre has generated controversy. The PDP had alleged she is […]
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Following the release of a documentary titled ‘Surviving R.Kelly’, John Legend, an American singer, has tagged the subject of the film as a “serial child rapist”. ‘Surviving R.Kelly’ highlights alleged sexual exploitation of young girls by R.Kelly, a famous R&B singer who has faced a number of pedophilia and sexual misconduct allegations but has never […]
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Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says President Muhammadu Buhari and Amina Zakari, a national commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), do not share blood relationship. The presidential spokesman said this in a statement on Friday. Zakari’s appointment to head the INEC committee on collation centre has been generating a controversy. The PDP had alleged […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to participate in the 2019 general elections. The electoral commission made this known in a post on its official Twitter handle on Friday. There has been confusion in the past few weeks as to whether ASUU members, […]
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Eight days after being held up in his house, Senator Dino Melaye, on Friday finally surrendered to the police. He left his house with some lawmakers from the National Assembly who paid him a solidarity visit. They went to the police in company of Melaye’s lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome. Melaye had been invited by the […]
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