The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA-Africa), on Friday in Abuja said it would deploy 561 observers ahead of the Osun governorship election to monitor pre-election environment and the election. A statement by Mr Moshood Isah, the Media officer, YIAGA Africa, said the group’s “WatchingTheVote (WTV) project’’ was making adequate arrangement to monitor […]
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A torrential rainfall that hit Dambatta local government area of Kano state, on Thursday claimed the life of one person and destroyed over 40 houses. The heavy rain was reported to have started around 4:00 p.m and lasted for four hours, destroying properties worth millions of Naira. The local government Councillor (Danbatta East), Abdullahi Sani […]
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If you worry that you, or your children, spend too much time on social media, worry no more as Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday said they want to help you take control. In a statement, the social media giants — which are both owned by Facebook — announced: “new tools to help people manage their time” spent on […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will begin another round of vacation from Friday, August 3, 2018. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adesina said Buhari would be away for 10 working days. He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be […]
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Pan-African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) who recently clinched the Euromoney awards as the Best Digital Bank in Africa, is once again asserting itself as a pace setter, moving in leaps and bounds in unchartered territory. UBA’s chat banker, Leo has launched in pilot mode on WhatsApp and will be fully available to […]
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The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, says a full blown military government is better than the current administration. Speaking on Wednesday at a dinner to welcome those who left the All Progressives Congress (APC), Secondus alleged that the ruling party has foisted on the country “a kind of military democracy”. Senate […]
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A controversial member of the house of representatives from Kano state, Abdulmumin Jibrin, President Muhammadu Buhari has highest electoral value in Nigeria and that is the reason at least four governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 election. The lawmaker said the governors have […]
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On Wednesday, Eighteen out of the 30 members of the Sokoto state house of assembly defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Salihu Maidaji, speaker of the assembly, announced this hour after news broke that Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, had returned to the PDP. Maidaji is among the 18 […]
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Manchester United’s winger, Anthony Martial, has reacted to reports that Manchester United would sanction him for not returning to the club’s preseason training. Reports emanating from England suggets that Martial could be fined two weeks wages for going AWOL from the club’s tour in the United States. The player earns around £90, 000 per week […]
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Communities of Unguwar Dan-Baki, Sabon-Layi village in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, yesterday were attacked by armed bandits. The armed bandits stormed the village around 7.00pm where they killed three people and abducted five men. They also kidnapped two nursing mothers and an infant of eight days old. An eye witness, Garba Tanko […]
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