Tayo Olanipekun Ahead of the Saturday’s direct primary election, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has inaugurated the Ambode Campaign Organisation (ACO) coordinators and offices in the the state. This is as he also approved a specialised training for 1,960 personnel that will serve as agents for the election in all the 245 wards of the 20 local government areas of Lagos State. …

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Tayo Olanipekun A panel of judges from Arsenal Football Club and its money transfer partner, WorldRemit, have selected six coaches from across Africa as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme. The selected coaches will later compete in a public vote for the chance to attend an exclusive training programme with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London, to be sponsored …

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Tayo Olanipekun U.S.First Lady, Melania Trump, has announced the stops she will make during her upcoming visit to Africa. Mrs. Trump said she will travel the first week of October to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt,leaving out the most populous African country,Nigeria. She made the announcement in her remarks delivered Wednesday during a reception she hosted for delegates to the …

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Police have paraded a 43-year-old man who sent anonymous text messages to the former Vice President Abubakar Atiku,threatening to blow up his plane and rape his wife and daughters. Augustus Akpan,From Edemaya village, Ikot Abasi LGA of Akwa Ibom State,was arrested at the Lagos-Ibadan toll gate while attempting to travel out of the country,according to a statement issued by the …

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Admin The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it plans to work closely with the Taraba State Government to transform cassava in the framework of the African Development Bank-funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) program. The decision is part of a two-day visit to Taraba state, which ended today and witnessed the inauguration of the Cassava Compact—a component …

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A variety of “festering” causes and effects surround crises around the world, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, said on Tuesday, at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual general debate Most crises usually have a variety of festering causes and effects,” he explained. “It is the failure to address them early and effectively that lead to out-of-control conflicts,” he argued, noting that …

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Tayo Olanipekun Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said there will be consequences if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) succumbs to pressures from those he described as planted PDP Presidential Aspirants. In a statement from the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike said the so-called planted aspirants want to move the party’s …

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Mother of Leah Sharibu,the Dapchi schoolgirl still in Boko Haram custody, has denied the reports that she is suing the Federal Government. There were reports in the local media that Rebecca Sharibu had sued the Federal Government for damages. However, according to CNN, she “strenuously denied” the claims she took such a legal action against the government. Advertisement Her reaction …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said he is ready to participate in the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) coming up on Saturday. Members of the party across the state are expected to choose the party’s flagbearer for the governorship race through the direct primaries. The Governor restated his readiness in line with the preference of …

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—Says World Not Winning War Against Hunger Tayo Olanipekun The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on global partners for efforts to lift one billion people worldwide out of hunger. The Bank also announced that it was leading the way by investing $24bn in African agriculture over the next 10 years,according to a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. “We are …

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