The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Africa is insisting that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the February 16 presidential election. On Friday, EIU Africa said the margin of victory is getting narrower as the election approaches, but Atiku and his political party will win the historic election. “#NigeriaDecides2019 […]
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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has been warned not to divert the money meant for its Social Investment Programmes (SIP) to finance its 2019 general elections. The Executive Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, gave the warning on Monday in Benin, while speaking at an event […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says there was no time it went after the sons of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. It said this in a series of tweets on Monday, hours after a report emerged that EFCC operatives raided a building occupied by two sons of […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has promised to create three million jobs every year if he is elected as president in the 2019 election. This is one of the key points in the policy document released by the PDP flagbearer today (Sunday), which details a seven-year timeline in which […]
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The Federal Government will over the next five years invest N500 billion to bridge the housing deficit through the Family Homes Fund (FHF). Mr Adeyemi Dipeolu, the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters said this while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the second Nigeria Housing Finance Conference in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
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Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso on Monday sneaked into the ancient city of Kano where he addressed his supporters at his Milla Road residence in Kano metropolis. The former Governor had recently endorsed his son-in law, Abba Kabir Yusuf as his choice for 2019 governorship seat, an action that irked some of his followers. However, Kwankwaso appealed […]
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The Presidency says the global banking giant, HSBC, has no moral justification whatsoever to project that a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari “raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration.” Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja […]
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Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president, is innocent of the N29.9m bribery allegation peddled against him. Bako Kyari, who said he is a nephew to the chief of staff, had accused Kyari, during a recent radio programme on Berekete […]
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The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday picked the presidential nomination form. Tambuwal stormed the Wadata Plaza headquarters of the opposition party in Abuja with his supporters about 6pm on Thursday, and left about an hour later. He […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday avoided journalists after holding a private meeting with the former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) at his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Sen.Saraki arrived IBB’s residence at about 4.10p.m.and left at 5.50 p.m. for Minna international Airport, shunning journalists who […]
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