The News Agency of Nigeria has reported that the Kano State Government has declared Tuesday, 11th September 2018 as public holiday to mark the new Islamic year 1440 After Hijra (AH). This was contained in a statement signed by the state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba on Monday in Kano. The statement quoted Governor…
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The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakala said he is still in the race in spite of the endorsement of Alhaji Muktar Idris as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara. Punch reports that the APC had zoned the seat to Zamfara central, where the deputy governor and the candidate came from.…
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President Muhammadu Buhari will Tomorrow, 11th September, 2018 receive the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. According to reports the form would be presented by a socio-political group, the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network, who bought the forms for President Buhari. The event will hold at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has told operatives of the reformed Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad to stop checking citizens’ bank account details. The IG also warned the F-SARS operatives not to invade people’s phones and laptops unless there was a court order or an instruction from the Commissioner of Police in charge of a…
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The body of 7th United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan who died in Switzerland on the 18th August, 2018 will arrive in Ghana on Monday, for the start of the three-day state funeral organised by the government of Ghana. According to reports, The Kofi Annan Funeral Committee in consultation with the family of the Former UN Secretary-General…
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According to reports, the Manatee popular known as a Sea cow is an endangered mammal which breeds only a single calf once in two years. It is listed by the World Conservation Union as a specie vulnerable to extinction because of its meat, bones, and skin, which can bring wealth to poachers. The mammal was trapped…
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Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, on Saturday, 8th of September, called on members of his cabinet, aspiring to contest elective positions in the 2019 general elections to resign immediately at a meeting with governorship aspirants from All Progressives Congress, Ibadan. The governor said that it was mandatory that they resign their appointments immediately, adding that…
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Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners last Thursday 6th of September, assured Nigerians that the elections would meet the requirements of the Law. He talked about the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and the consequential steps needed to prepare for the 2019 general elections. “I wish…
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Former Vice President Of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, 8th of September, visited the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi, at his residence in Kaduna to seek his support. Atiku, who is a presidential aspirant under the PDP in the 2019 elections, said the visit was aimed at seeking the…
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Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday, 8th of September, stormed and recaptured Gudumbali town, of Guzamala Local Government Area in the northern part of Borno State. The insurgents attacked the hundreds of displaced residents who had just returned since few weeks ago after fleeing their homes in Gudumbali on Friday night, 7th of September. A source…
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