The Federal Government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate for an election, his endorsement, however, does not guarantee victory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke on behalf of the government on Monday in Abuja, said Obasanjo’s candidate for the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has presented its flag to its governorship candidates in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States ahead the 2019 general elections. The candidates are Mr Ladi Adebutu for Ogun, Seyi Makinde for Oyo State and Mr Jimi Agbaje for Lagos State, who was represented by Mrs Oluwayemisi Busari. The PDP National Chairman, […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babajide Raji Fashola, has disclosed that over 50,000 Nigerians are now engaged in 77 works and 50 housing construction sites across the country while only 277 foreigners are working in the sites. According to him, the figures are contained in the ‘Inception Report’ the Ministry of Works, […]
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The Federal Executive Council(FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja has approved the 2019 Executive Budget Proposals. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, who briefed State House correspondents after the extraordinary FEC, said the proposals would be sent to the National Assembly. The minister, however, did not […]
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Ejike Mbaka, spiritual head of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi, his running mate, might “end in shame” with the way they are going. The Catholic priest said this after Obi failed to make donations at the ministry’s 2018 harvest and bazaar […]
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The President of Nigeriam Muhammadu Buhari, has broken his silence on the allegation that he had died and one Jubril from Sudan had been impersonating him. The rumour first surfaced when the president returned to the country after spending three months in the UK, treating an undisclosed ailment. Supporters of the president had dismissed it, […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan says he cannot take responsibility for the kidnap of 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014. Jonathan had been accused of not doing enough to secure the release of the students. Speaking in an interview with BBC, the former president said Boko Haram should […]
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Senator Dino Melaye and former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, have been appointed directorate heads in the Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party made the disclosure on Friday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. In the statement, the council […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is ready for a debate with him ahead of the 2019 elections. Mr. Abubakar told Buhari this on Thursday at the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council in Abuja. He also said he is dedicated […]
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The reconciliation committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC), headed by immediate past Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, had been advised not to waste its time persuading Senator Magnus Abe to return to the mainstream of the party in Rivers State as he has gone too far in his […]
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