Christian Association of Nigeria denies being under any pressure to congratulate Buhari

UMBRELLA faith group the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) has denied being under pressure to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent election victory saying it will felicitate with him as is always the tradition.

 

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Inec declares Umaru Fintiri of the PDP Adamawa State's governor-elect after supplementary poll

NIGERIA's Independent national Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared Alhaji Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Adamawa State governor-elect following the collation of the results yesterday after Thursday's supplementary election.

 

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Relying on the proceeds of one primary commodity for survival is a recipe for perpetual poverty so 2019 to 2023 has got to be about economic expansion

By Ayo Akinfe

 

With the declaration of the Adamawa result, we now know who all our governors are. All that remains is for the formality of Nyesom Wike to be declared the winner in Rivers State and the election matter is resolved. With this out of the way, the serious business of pursuing economic growth needs to start in earnest.

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Ipob leader Nnamdi Kanu declared wanted after Abuja federal high court revokes his bail

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been declared wanted after a warrant for his arrest was issued by an Abuja federal high court following the revocation of the bail he was granted two years ago.

 

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Jigawa man beheads his own brother over petty cattle dispute as jealousy gets the better of him

MEN of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a 22 year old man and plan on charging him with murder after he beheaded his brother over a petty cattle dispute in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state.

 

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APC tells Rochas he is on his own as governor battles with Inec for his certificate of return

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders have told Imo State's Governor Rochas Okorocha that he is on his own when it comes to the fight to get his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec).

 

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Incoming Borno governor promises to provide jobs and education to undercut Boko Haram

INCOMING Borno State governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has pledged to work hard on addressing unemployment within the state as part of a programme to address the causes of insurgency because it is joblessness that is fuelling Boko Haram's existence.

 

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Rohr provides hints about the four strikers he intends to take to the Nations Cup this summer

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has hinted on the four strikers he intends taking to the 32nd African Cup of Nations starting in June in Egypt saying that the two recent matches the team played enabled him to determine those best suited for the job.

 

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Ahmad Lawan denies arguing for the scrapping of term limits to allow Buhari stay beyond 2023

SENATE majority leader Senator Ahmad Lawan has denied statements attributed to him saying that he supported President Muhammadu Buhari staying in office beyond 2023 claiming that such rumours were the handiwork of his political adversaries.

 

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Learning from the French as we celebrate the declaration of the Paris Commune today

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Today is March 28. On this very day in 1871, France took the world by storm when for the first time ever in the history of humanity, ordinary working people seized control of a country’s capital and established the Paris Commune. Many of the policies they introduced then remain with us until today and are taken for granted as universal human rights but at the time, they were extremely radical

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