Former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg launched a video ad Sunday to formally announce his campaign for president in the 2020 U.S. election. The minute-long campaign ad portrayed the 77-year-old media mogul as “jobs creator, leader, problem solver.” The announcer said in the ad that Bloomberg, who runs as a Democrat, will let the wealthy pay more in Read More
Two –time African champions Nigeria will begin their campaign at this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals in Paraguay when they clash with world number two Portugal in Asuncion on Friday. This year’s finals will hold at the ‘Los Pynandi’ World Cup Stadium – named after the Paraguayan national beach soccer team – and located at the headquarters of Read More
Few hours after Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello was declared as governor- elect by Independent National INEC, crises erupted at Ochadamu in Ofu local government area of the state that led to the death of the Woman Leader of Wada/Aro Campaign Council Mrs Acheju Abuh on Monday. Confirming the incident through a statement, the Police Public Relation Officer, Kogi Read More
The Archbishop of Kaduna Anglican Province, Buba Lamido, has apologised to Governor Nasir el-Rufai for the social media campaigns that tried to turn the issue of the redevelopment of Sabon Gari, Zaria market into a religious matter. A statement issued on Tuesday by Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, said Bishop Lamido expressed regret over the manner which the Read More
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa is up and running again after he scored a brace to open his goals’ account for the season and help Al Nassr thrash Afief 5-1 in a King’s Cup tie. This should bode well for the country, who open their 2021 AFCON qualifying campaign this week against Benin in Uyo. Musa was sidelined by injury Read More
The ancient city of Kano was agog last week when the APC campaign train stormed the state amidst earlier insinuations that the party would ignore the state over some developments in the recent past. BASHIR MOHAMMED writes that the president used the visit to thank the people.At the time President Muhammadu Buhari started his presidential campaign across the nation, there Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari expressed sadness over the death of his supporters in Jigawa state in an auto accident on their way to attend campaign events.Four persons reportedly died and six others were injured in an accident involving party supporters who were going to attend the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in Jigawa.The President also expressed condolences to the families of two Read More
All Progressives Congress (APC) governortorial candidate in Yobe state and former APC National Secretary, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has pledged to bring developmental projects to the state if elected as governor come March 2, 2019. He made the pledge on Tuesday while flagging off his maiden zonal campaign at Gashua the headquarters of Bade local government. Buni, said Governor Gaidam Read More
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has shown that it is too shallow to return to power at the centre on February 16, according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO). The group said this it is obvious from the way and manner PDP leaders have been focused on President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign itinerary rather than articulate what their Presidential candidate Read More
National Orientation Agency NOA has called on electorates in Yobe to come out in en-mass to elect leaders with good intentions, programmes, patriotism, zeal and spirit of service to humanity at the 2019 general elections. These were the words of the Director-General NOA, Garba Abari while declaring open a one day Zonal Voter Education campaign at the IBB secretariat in Read More
As a way of curbing growing political intolerance, Ebonyi state government said it would embark on a three-day sensitization campaign against ongoing destruction of campaign posters and billboards of candidates ahead of forthcoming general election. The state recently witnessed massive destruction of billboards and campaign posters of candidates in some local governments’ areas. To this end, the government decided that Read More
Financial analysts have said that the Monetary Policy Committee decision to retain policy rate will support the attainment of domestic economic growth projection of 1.75 per cent. The growth rate had slowed down to 1.50 per cent in second quarter of this year from 1.95 per cent in the first quarter of 2018. The committee last week retained Monetary Policy Read More
Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi has commended the Federal government for capturing Southeast in their railway projects but insisted that South-East Governors are working for the project to be pushed to the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Umahi who said that one of the risen southeast governors visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday was to talk about the much adorned second Read More
The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, has raised 14 posers for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC saying that the government and the ruling party have abandoned governance and taken up the full duty of hurling insults at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The campaign organisation in a statement on Wednesday among others charged the government and Read More
Nigeria’s women basketball team D’Tigress will take on the United States of America in their quarterfinal clash of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup today (Friday) The team led by Otis Hugley have put their names in the history books following their impressive form which has seen them advance to the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Group of Companies Limited, Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, has donated two operational Innocent Vehicles Motors (IVM): a bus IVM 500A and a Special Utility Vehicle (SUV) IVM G5 to the Buhari-Osinbanjo 2019 Campaign team. Donating the vehicles Thursday to Members of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbanjo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at Lagos House in Abuja, Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, has stated that the party will not impose any candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti State. The National Chairman, who dispelled the rumour of alleged plot to impose a particular candidate on the party, said the APC will conform to rules in respect of the selection of sellable Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said Nigerians in the areas affected by Boko Haram insurgency are in the best position to provide correct assessments of the changes that have taken place since he assumed office in 2015. Receiving a delegation from King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Presidential Villa, the President said the administration was mindful of Read More
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, will flag off the 2018 Measles vaccination campaign today, March 8, 2018. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia state Programme Coordinator, Margaret Onwu, said the vaccination exercise will take place in the 17 local government areas of the state, and will last till March 20, 2018. Onwu called on parents and caregivers to bring Read More
In an effort to tackle the menace of causalities and deaths from road accidents, Wapic Insurance Plc has launched ‘Safety-on-Wheels’ campaign in the country. The Managing Director of WAPIC, Yinka Adekoya, who made the disclosure at a media parley in Lagos, noted that accidents on the nation’s roads, had taken more lives than the deadly malaria disease. According to Read More
Former Regional Manager (North) of the Nigerian Brewery, Malam Mohammed Shuaibu Tete, has volunteered to provide alternative leadership to people of Kogi state as governor in 2019. Tete, who believed that all is not well with the education, health and social infrastructure in the state, said he could not afford to be a passive observer when the state is going Read More
Kuje area council has called on parents in the community to bring out their wards to be immunised against measles for the 2018 immunisation campaign exercise. Wife of chairman of the Council, Hajia Amina Abdullahi Galadima, made the call while flagging off measles and Polio campaign in Kuje at the weekend. According to her, measles is one of the Read More
By Bashir Mohammed Kano Security operatives in Kano State have warned candidates and political party leaders against resort to violence in the forthcoming Local Government elections billed for this Saturday. Speaking at the Inter-security Agencies Forum, held at the Police Officers’ Mess, in Kano, yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Rabi’u Yusuf, said politics is not about violence and thuggery Read More
By Bashir Mohammed Kano Kano state government has expressed its determination to complete the ongoing projects it had embarked upon since the assumption of office of governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje administration. Speaking to newsmen on the preparations on ground for the continuation of projects in the pipeline for the year 2018, the State Commissioner for Information Comrade, Muhammad Garba said, Read More
Stories By Lekan Olaseinde Abuja Head Coach Salisu Yusuf yesterday released his final squad of the Super Eagles B for the 5th African Nations Championship starting in Morocco next week, with goalkeeper and skipper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, midfield Trojan Rabiu Ali and marksman Anthony Okpotu listed. Ezenwa is joined for the goalkeeping duties by Oladele Ajiboye and Theophilus Afelokhai, and defensive Read More
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