Month: March 2019
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Archbishop urges electorate to insure their future, resist money politics
Most Rev. Anselm Umoren, the Auxiliary Archbishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has advised Nigerians to think beyond money politics during elections. Umoren further tasked Nigerians to take charge of their future by electing people with capability. The Archbishop gave the advice in an interview at the “2019 Feast Day Celebration of Our Patron Saint Patrick…
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APC suspends former Edo governorship aspirant, Airhiavbere for anti-party activities
By Ikhili Ebalu Benin City The All Progressives Congress, Oredo Ward I, on Monday, suspended the former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, General Charles Airhiavbere for an alleged anti-party activities. General Charles Airhiavbere in 2012, contested against Adams Oshiomhole of APC under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. And in 2016,…
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Oil slips on economic slowdown, as OPEC-led cuts still support
Oil prices dipped on Monday amid concerns that an economic downturn may dent fuel consumption, but crude markets remain broadly supported by supply cuts led by producer group OPEC and U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at 67.03 dollars per barrel at 0231 GMT, down 13 cents, or 0.2…
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Forex: Dollar on back foot after soft data fans bets on dovish Fed
The dollar licked its wounds on Monday after soft U.S. data increased bets the Federal Reserve will cut rates later this year while the pound hovered near nine-months high on hopes for a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union. The dollar’s index against a basket of six major currencies edged down 0.1 per…
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PDP expresses optimism at winning all supplementary polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday expressed confidence that it would win all the governorship supplementary elections scheduled for March 23. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja also insisted that planned manipulations of the exercise would be resisted by people of the affected areas. Ologbondiyan…
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Gbenga Daniel considers joining APC
Barely 24 hours after he announced he was quitting partisan politics, a former governor of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Sunday said that he was considering joining the ruling All Progressive Congress. (APC). Daniel told newsmen shortly after meeting with his political loyalists at his private residence at the Aseludero Court in Sagamu, Ogun. Daniel…
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Supplementary Elections: APC calls for redeployment of Rivers REC
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately redeploy Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Effanga. Issa-Onilu said in a statement that the redeployment became necessary to prevent the REC from skewing the forthcoming supplementary elections in favour of…
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APC says it’s confident of victory in forthcoming Supplementary Elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is confident of victory in the forthcoming March 23 supplementary elections in six states as fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, expressed the confidence in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He, however, added that the decision of INEC…
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DAWN, others call for regional integration of S/West
Mr Seye Oyeleye, Director-General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) and other Pan-Yoruba groups have called on the newly elected political leaders in the South-West to make regional integration their focus. Oyeleye made the call during a roundtable conference organised by Majeobaje Movement on Sunday in Ibadan. Nationaltrail reports that the conference with the theme:…
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Group tasks Kwara Gov-elect on good governance, accountability
A group in Kwara, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) has called on the Governor-elect, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to make good governance, transparency and accountability the hallmarks of his administration The Coordinator of the group, Dr Alagbonsi Abdullateef, made the call on Sunday in Ilorin in the congratulatory message to the governor-elect and all the elected…