The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Thursday night broadcast as a farewell speech. Reacting to President Buhari’s characterization of the opposition in a nationwide broadcast, Atiku Abubakar described the president as a failed steward who has consistently distorted and twisted facts and events. Atiku, in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari addressed all Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday, making a last pitch on why he should be re-elected on Saturday. He urged Nigerians to choose between the old regime, where resources were squandered and his administration that has demonstrated prudence in managing scarce resources. He asked Nigerians to choose real infrastructure […]
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Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says though Atiku Abubakar is his friend, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will retire from politics on Saturday. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu said he could not find much good in the policies and programmes of the PDP to […]
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KPMG, one of the Big Four auditors in the world, says Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is breaching bank-client confidentiality and has gone draconian by giving fiats to banks to freeze accounts of suspected tax defaulters. In September 2018, Tunde Fowler, FIRS chairman, said the service was going after 6,772 tax defaulters, stating that they […]
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The Junior Eagles of Mali have qualified for the final of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations taking place in the Niger Republic. After playing 1-1 in regulation time, the Malians held their nerves to beat Nigeria 4-3 in the ensuing penalty kicks in the nervy semifinal match played Wednesday at the Stade General […]
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The World Bank has given a pass mark to Fadama III programme in Nigeria for the success recorded in the implementation of its programmes ahead of its Dec. 31, 2019 closing date. The World Bank Fadama III AF Project Task Team Leader, Dr Adetunji Oredipe on Wednesday told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja […]
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Trading on the nation’s bourse swayed southward on Wednesday to record its first depreciation in February, shedding 0.15 per cent. News men reports that this was due to losses suffered by some blue chips as investors embarked on profit taking. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 48.39 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 32,413.92 […]
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Pakistani authorities Wednesday vowed to carry out a “massive” crackdown targeting hate speech and extremism on social media, as a minister boasted arrests have already been made. Officials in Pakistan are frequently accused of muzzling the media and targeting individuals critical of the country’s powerful military establishment and have blocked hundreds of websites and social […]
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The Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Mr Abdulrazak Namdas (APC-Adamawa) says burning of card readers at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Anambra is unfortunate. Namdas in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said preventive measures should be put in place to forestall future occurrence […]
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The acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mohammed Adamu, has said that no security personnel would be allowed to carry firearms at polling centres during the elections. Mr Adamu stated this when the European (EU) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria delegation visited him on Wednesday in Abuja. He said while the elections would last, security personnel […]
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