– To decide on zoning of position between South-west and South-east tomorrow – Age, knowledge of economy key criterion for nomination The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’ candidate […]
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By Reuben Abati There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice […]
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A human right activist, Femi Falana, has reproached the 36 states in Nigeria for failing to access access the N86.5 billion lying fallow in the in the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Account in the Central Bank as at April 30. Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, said the unaccessed matching grant was the reason why […]
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The four abducted members of a joint investigation team probing the cause of an oil spill at Agip’s facility in Azuzuama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have regained their freedom. Ibrahim Abdullah, spokesman of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, said on Wednesday in Yenagoa that they were freed following ”pressure […]
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– as senators consider Buhari’s concerns The revised amendment to the Electoral Amendment Bill on Wednesday passed a second reading at the Senate. While deliberating on the bill, the lawmakers put into consideration reasons President Muhammdu Buhari gave for rejecting the Bill. Buhari rejected the bill for the third time on September 3 due to […]
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A human rights organisation, the Save Lagos Group (SLG), has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC), to stop de-marketing the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over what it described as, “unfounded allegations of corruption.” The convener of the group, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, gave the […]
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– wants N242b taken from 2018 budget President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve N242 billion (242,445,322,600) as requested by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies for the 2019 elections. His request came in a letter dated September 19, and read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at […]
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The Federal Government has proposed N24,000 as the new minimum wage for federal civil servants. This is coming a few days after the Nigeria Labour Congress suspended its warning strike which was observed in part across the country. The NLC had initially proposed a N50,000 minimum wage for workers, a move opposed by many state […]
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Threats, especially through cyber vulnerabilities to mobile devices are on the rise in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries. This is because the region is increasingly becoming a choice target for cybercriminals, owing to improved regional growth and major investments. CheckPoint Software Technologies, a cyber-security firm, which disclosed this, noted that though the continent’s Internet […]
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Pressure is mounting on the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, over the party’s handling of recent primaries across the country. The exercise has been dogged by a series of complaints that the leadership of the party was not fair. During a protest in Calabar on Tuesday, a faction of the […]
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