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Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content
Principal players in the nation’s entertainment space, Nollywood, have intensified calls for government to make bundled broadband internet service widely available in its quest to diversify the economy and boost the emergence of local digital content.
Taraba APC governorship candidate decries spate of underdevelopment
Alhaji Sani Danladi, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba, says the state has yet to experience meaningful development since it was created in 1991.
Governor Ishaku, UDP, APC candidates shun Taraba peace accord signing
Taraba State Governor/governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Darius Ishaku; ex-Minister of Women Affairs/candidate of United Democratic Party, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan; and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Sani Danladi, on Thursday failed to show up at a peace accord signing ceremony.
Bye-election: Seven parties adopt APC in Kwara
Seven political parties on Tuesday agreed to work for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency seat of Kwara.
‘Mama Taraba’ loses 5,000 supporters to APC in Jalingo
The Taraba State All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, has received over 5000 party defectors from the United Democratic Party, UDP, in Jalingo Local Government.
2019: Kwarans are bedridden with poverty – UDP candidate
The governorship candidate for the United Democratic Party, UDP, Mr Adetunji Oyabambi, in Kwara State has said the people of the state were rocking in poverty.
UDP candidate pledges to tackle poverty in Kwara
Mr Adetunji Oyabambi, the governorship candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Kwara has pledged to fight high rate of poverty in the state if elected in the 2019 general election.
2019: List of presidential candidates and their political parties
On Friday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said a total of 79 candidates will be contesting the 2019 presidential election.
2019: UDP’s Ishola Balogun promises 25m jobs if elected
The Presidential candidate of United Democratic Party (UDP), Ishola Balogun, has promised to provide 25 million jobs to Nigerian youths if he emerges winner of the 2019 election.
2019: 50,000 APC members defect to UDP in Taraba
No fewer than 50,000 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have defected to the United Democratic Party, UDP, in Taraba State.
Aisha Alhassan: APC now the weakest party in Taraba
Following her resignation as Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has picked the gubernatorial nomination form of United Democratic Party (UDP) for Taraba State.
2019: Aisha Alhassan picks UDP guber nomination form
Aisha Alhassan, who resigned her appointment as women affairs minister and also dumped the APC on Saturday, has picked the United Democratic Party (UDP), nomination form to contest for the Taraba governorship seat.
Aisha Alhassan defects to UDP with Taraba APC exco members
Alhassan left the All Progressives Congress (APC) after she was disqualified from contesting the party’s governorship primary election.
2019: Coalition backs ex–Ebonyi SSG Bernard Odoh for governor
A coalition of 10 registered political parties in Ebonyi has endorsed Prof. Bernard Odoh, former Secretary to State Government (SSG) to contest for 2019 governorship election in the state.
Agency plans to freeze Senate, Senator Saraki’s accounts – NUP
National chairmen and other leaders of 45 opposition political parties on Thursday raised the alarm over an alleged plot by a government agency to freeze the bank accounts of the Senate and Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Ekiti goes to poll as electorate decide fate of 35 candidates
The people of Ekiti State will on Saturday queue behind their candidates for the governorship election scheduled to replace the incumbent Ayodele Fayose, whose tenure will end in November.
Gambia’s president announces major Cabinet reshuffle
Gambia's president has named a new vice president in a major Cabinet reshuffle that also integrates a minister who served under former leader Yahya Jammeh.
Labour Party, NCP, others disagree over 6-year single term proposal for presidency
Some political parties in the country, on Tuesday, disagreed over the proposed six-year single term for president and governors as a panacea to the country’s political problem.
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Adams Oshiomhole: APC‘ll maintain winning streak beyond 2023
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has expressed optimism in the ability of the party to maintain its winning streak beyond 2023, but conceded that with the spate of litigations against the party, it was not yet Uhuru in spite of its showings in the last general elections.
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President Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article in Washington Post
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the abolition of slavery in all modern forms in a opinion article he published in The Washington Post to mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Three prospective corps members caught with fake certificates
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Ongoing efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to provide qualitative healthcare services to Nigerians in all walks of life received a major boost over the weekend with the formal accreditation of the NNPC Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Asisat Oshoala injury scare for Nigeria ahead of Olympic qualifier in Algeria
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Rio Ferdinand: Comparing Harry Maguire to Virgil van Dijk is unfair
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Stock prices rise to two-month high
Following the inauguration and allocation of portfolios to federal cabinet members by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, yesterday, recorded its highest rally in two months. The benchmark index, All-Share Index, went up by 1.01 percent.
Kenedy exploring Chelsea exit
Although Premier League clubs can no longer make signings until January, they can still sell players, and Kenedy seems a name likely to make his way out of Stamford Bridge in the near future.