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Kwankwaso, Others Made Ganduje’s Commissioners List

Kwankwaso, Others Made Ganduje’s Commissioners List

November 4, 2019 7:17 am

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has forwarded list of nominees for commissioners to the state house of assembly for screening.

Kano State House of Assembly Speaker Rt. Honourable Abdulazeez Gafaza who confirmed the list at the plenary on Monday said the house will commence screening of the nominees Tuesday.

Among the nominees who were former members of Ganduje cabinet are Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, Murtala Sule Garo, Barrister Ibrahim Muktar, Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim Getso and Mohammed Garba.

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Others are Engr. Muazu Magaji, Nura Mohammed Dakadai, Shehu Na’Allah kura, Dr. Mohammed …

‘PDP Not Decided On 2023 Presidential Candidates’

‘PDP Not Decided On 2023 Presidential Candidates’

November 4, 2019 7:08 am
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday debunked the rumour that it had reached a conclusion on which part of the country its next presidential candidate would come from.
PDP alleged that politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who had become jittery of its rising political fortunes were at work in planting seeds of disunity among its members.

At a press conference yesterday in Abuja presided over by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States were its main priorities at the moment.

According

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Lyon Blasts Dickson Over Epileptic Power Supply, Insecurity

Lyon Blasts Dickson Over Epileptic Power Supply, Insecurity

November 4, 2019 7:02 am

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa election, David Lyon, has lambasted Governor Henry Dickson and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for willfully promoting insecurity in the state.

Lyon also condemned the epileptic power supply that has enveloped Yenagoa and its environs.

The APC candidate who stated this when he visited the Ibenanaowei of Gbarain Clan, King Gabriel Akah, at his palace as part of his electioneering campaign tour of the Kingdom, said PDP has taken many steps and enthroned policies that have destroy the state.

He said: “The PDP has ruled this state since the …

Wada, Enemy Of Kogi, Says APC Campaign Council

Wada, Enemy Of Kogi, Says APC Campaign Council

November 4, 2019 7:02 am

The APC governorship Campaign Council in Kogi State has described the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),  Musa Wada as an enemy of the state. 

Speaking with journalists in Lokoja at the weekend , spokesman of the Campaign, Kingsley Fanwo said the statement attributed to Wada that he will reverse the Staff Verification Exercise, has further exposed him as a “sponsored renegade against the anti-corruption system in the public service”.

He said Wada was on a “macabre dance on the grave of confusion”,  accusing the PDP candidate of trying to return the civil service to “the era of stinking …

South-South APC Demands Return Of NDDC To Presidency

South-South APC Demands Return Of NDDC To Presidency

November 4, 2019 5:14 am
  • Accuses Akpabio of using NDDC to play personal politics *Some govt officials frightened by planned audit, says former gov

The South-south chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the return the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) under the presidency.

The  APC’s National Vice Chairman, South-South, Prince Hilliard Eta, made the call in a statement issued yesteday, where he said that the recent crisis in the commission was causing embarrassment to the party in the zone.

He also accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Seabtor …

Bayelsa Guber Poll: APC Recruiting Bandits To Rig Election

Bayelsa Guber Poll: APC Recruiting Bandits To Rig Election

November 4, 2019 3:43 am

Ahead of Bayelsa State governorship election scheduled for November 16, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths have alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was recruiting herdsmen to cause mayhem and rig the election in its favour.

Expressing concern over this development, the PDP youths under the aegis of PDP South-south Youth Vanguard accused APC of not supporting the Ijaw struggle, but advised the party to desist from any form of violence during the election.

The youths, in a statement by their National Chairman, James Efe Akpofure, alleged that the only interest of APC was the oil in Bayelsa State, …

UBA Restates Commitment To AfCFTA

UBA Restates Commitment To AfCFTA

November 4, 2019 3:42 am

The United Bank of Africa (UBA) has affirmed its commitments to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), just as it pledged to deepen its support for micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the continent.

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO), UBA Africa, Mr. Victor Osadolor, stated this at the opening ceremony of the 33rd Lagos International Trade Fair, with the theme: ‘Connecting Business, Connecting Values,’ at held in Lagos at the weekend.

He stressed that the would remain a role model for African businesses by creating superior value for all its stakeholders, adding that, “we have over the …

Dickson Moves To End Feud With Jonathan

Dickson Moves To End Feud With Jonathan

November 4, 2019 3:42 am

*  Says he visited ex-president 15 times before the primaries

The Senator Bukola Saraki National Reconciliation Committee may have recorded a breakthrough with its recent shuttles to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, with the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, indicating yesterday that he would formally present the candidate of the party, Douye Diri, and his running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor, to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Dickson stated that it was a mark of respect for the former president, noting that the visit  would take place at the earliest convenience of the former Nigerian …

PenOp: Pension Transfer Window Takes Off June 2020

PenOp: Pension Transfer Window Takes Off June 2020

November 4, 2019 3:40 am

The umbrella body of Pension fund administrators, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), has revealed that the long -awaited pension transfer window will commence in June, 2020.

PenOp, however, said the exercise would depend on the ability of both the pension fund administrators (PFAs) and the regulator, the National Pension Commission(PenCom), to fine-tune issues relating to total cleaning of contributors’ data which had constituted delay to the take-off of the transfer window over the years.

Disclosing this at a one-day seminar organised by PenOp for the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO), in Lagos, at the weekend, …

DHQ: Operation Positive ID Will Track Fleeing Terrorists

DHQ: Operation Positive ID Will Track Fleeing Terrorists

November 4, 2019 3:39 am

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) at the weekend rallied support from the public for the controversial Operation Positive Identification, saying it was launched to track fleeing terrorists and not to violate human rights of Nigerians.

Besides, it is optimistic of a quicker end to the insurgency in the North-east following the acquisition of helicopter gunships, which will give it a monopoly of aerial power over the insurgents and change the tide in favour of the military.

It also described the killing of the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, by US Special Forces …

Over A Dozen Killed In Car Bomb Near Turkey-Syria Border

Over A Dozen Killed In Car Bomb Near Turkey-Syria Border

November 3, 2019 3:03 pm

At least 13 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in a Syrian town on the border with Turkey, according to the Turkish defence ministry.

The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters.

“Based on first findings, 13 civilians were killed and around 20 others injured” in the explosion, Turkey’s defence ministry said in a statement.

The northeastern town has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting since the Turkish military launched an operation in northeast Syria last month against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is spearheaded

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Algeria Presidential Election: Five Candidates Announced

Algeria Presidential Election: Five Candidates Announced

November 3, 2019 2:38 pm

Algeria’s electoral authority has said the country’s presidential election next month will be contested by five candidates – all part of the political establishment that has drawn the ire of months-long protests demanding the departure of the ruling elite.

The contenders are former Prime Ministers Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Ali Benflis, former Culture Minister Azzedine Mihoubi, former Tourism Minister Abdelkader Bengrine and Abdelaziz Belaid, head of the El Mostakbal Movement party.

Mohamed Chorfi, the head of the electoral body, told reporters in the capital, Algiers, on Sunday that the final list of candidates for the December 12 poll will be passed

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