The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday following his involvement in an auto crash om the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. Although details of the crash were sketchy, his media aide, Lere Olayinka, made this known on his twitter page @olayinkalere on Wednesday afternoon. “Immediate past Governor of Ekiti […]
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Mr Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) […]
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Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, on Saturday urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari to his words on the conduct of a free, fair and credible general election in 2019. Abubakar made the statement at the 2018 second general meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) youth wing summit. “President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to ensure […]
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Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has inaugurated National Peace and Reconciliation Committees for each of the six geo-political zones. The committees are to reconcile all aggrieved members of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. Oshiomhole, while inaugurating the committees on Wednesday in Abuja, said its members were expected […]
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Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), plans to establish a soft loan bank for small traders and artisans, called the People Moni Bank. The People Moni Bank is an offshoot of the People Moni Scheme, which aims to house the Trader Moni, Market Moni, and Farmer Moni schemes, with plans to […]
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Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and Morocco qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday while Libya scored eight goals to keep alive their hopes of also featuring at the finals. Nigeria drew 1-1 with South Africa in Soweto, Uganda edged Cape Verde 1-0 in Kampala, Mali beat Gabon in Libreville and Morocco went through […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will kick-off his campaign for the 2019 polls with a launch of his policy document. The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation said this is in a statement on Saturday. The organisation said Abubakar will launch his policy document via a Facebook address at 12 noon […]
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The Atiku Campaign Organisation has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately covering up unemployment figures to protect his re-election bid. In a statement on Thursday, the organisation accused the Buhari-led administration of deliberately not providing funds for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to release the report which is long overdue. Yemi Kale, the statistician-general […]
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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says it is less likely for President Muhammadu Buhari to be defeated in the 2019 election. The organaisation said this in a report it released on the forthcoming general election. USIP said the report is based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors. The report, which analysed […]
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Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has agreed to work against the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode said the IPOB leader told him this in a telephone conversation on Saturday. The former minister identified with Kanu when he was in detention. When […]
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