Politics

Former Vice President, H. E. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has won the PDP Presidential Primary. According to the official count, he won the presidential candidacy with 1,532 votes. Other numbers collated has former Senate President. David Mark polling 35 votes, Datti Ahmed, 5, Jonah Jang scored 19 votes and Tanimu Turaki polled 65 votes. Sule Lamido scored 96 votes. Attahiru Bafarawa scored …

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Mr Babatunde Aleshinloye-Williams, popularly called, Alesh, has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ticket, to represent Somolu Constituency ll, at the Lagos State House of Assembly, in the forthcoming 2019 General Elections. Mr Aleshinloye-Williams polled 58 votes in a consensus election where he was unanimously elected as the Party’s flagbearer. It was all jubilation as the returning officer, Mr Eboda …

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From Amos Odeh A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary to Bayelsa State Government, Hon Gideon Ekeowei, onetime Commissioner …

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…As Stakeholders Kick Against No Primaries In Apapa   Violence broke out in different parts of Lagos State yesterday during the House of Representatives primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC), disrupting the voting process and commercial activities in some areas. This is coming as some APC stakeholders yesterday frowned at the irregularities and alleged fraud that trailed voting …

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The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan Africa countries for this year to 2.7 per cent from an earlier forecast of 3.1 per cent. The bank said on Wednesday that the cut was mainly because of slower-than-expected growth in the continent’s bigger economies, according to Reuters. It said the slower pace of the …

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World food prices slipped in September 2018, with only sugar posting a rise, the UN food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 165.4 points last month. The figure is against a marginally revised 167.7 in August, which was previously …

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Tayo Olanipekun Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State,in a clear acceptance of defeat,has congratulated his opponent and winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Speaking about the exercise which held across the state yesterday, he stressed that the progress of the state and interest of the party remained paramount over and above any personal interests. In …

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The Federal Government has approved a 90-day special window to register businesses at a reduced rate of N5,000 in a bid to further ease the process of registering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who made the disclosure on Tuesday at the launch of the 19th edition of the National MSMEs Clinics in Enugu, Enugu …

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*To Announce New Date For Exercise *Ambode Shuns Voting Chairman of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Clement Ebri, on Tuesday said the governorship primaries held across Lagos State was never authorised to go ahead and modalities were not followed as scheduled. Ebri, while briefing newsmen in Ikeja on the position of the NWC on …

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The National Working Committee (NWC) panel in charge of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Lagos State,on Tuesday, dissociated itself from the ongoing exercise. At a press conference, the committee opposed the option A4 mode used in the election, expressing preference for the secret ballot system. Chairman of the Primaries,Clement Ebiri, also said the materials for the …

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