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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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Suspected cultists have killed two corps members and critically injured another during an attack on their residence in Bayelsa.
EU, TI launch anti-money laundering tracker for Nigeria, others
In a bid to tighten the noose on money laundering and illicit financial flows, the European Union (EU) and Transparency International (TI), in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) on Thursday, in Abuja, launched the anti-money laundering tracker for Nigeria in particular and West Africa in general.
EFCC docks alleged vote buyer in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 21, 2019 arraigned one Abdulkadir Abdulsalam before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on a two-count charge bordering on bribery.
NCC begins campaign against cybercrime in Ekiti
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun a sensitisation programme for telecommunication consumers in Ekiti State on safety measures aginst cyber fraud.
Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text
Facebook stored passwords for hundreds of millions of users in plain text, exposing them for years to anyone who had internal access to the files, according to Krebs on Security. User passwords are typically protected with encryption (a process known as hashing), but a string of errors led certain Facebook-branded apps to leave passwords accessible to as many as 20,000 company employees.
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APC: Atiku Abubakar, PDP are hallucinating on election victory claim
The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) said on Wednesday that claims by the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar that he won the Presidential election by about 1.5 Million votes is a clear indication that the former Vice President has started hallucinating and falling into depression.
Governor Yari: President Buhari expects cooperation from new governors forum
The outgoing chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has said President Muhammadu Buhari expects all the cooperation he can get from the new crop of state governors, as he begins his second term.
Ice Prince thrills Abuja fans at food expo
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Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola wants Thomas Partey to replace Fernandinho
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