Monthly Archives: August 2018

Atiku Is Not Defecting To APGA From PDP, Says Campaign Office

The campaign office of former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has debunked the story from a section of the media that frontline presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, Atiku has defected from the PDP. A press statement on Sunday described the report as a malicious attempt to confuse the public about the aspiration of Atiku ahead of the forthcoming ...

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Arms Seizure: Nigerians Must Resist Desperate Politicians – APC

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Nigerian electorate to resist desperate politicians and their political parties bent on deploying illegal, undemocratic and sinister means, including violence to manipulate elections. The call comes against the backdrop of the recent seizure of a Nigerian-bound ship detained in South Africa for carrying arms and explosives. A ...

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Mccain Bans Trump At Funeral, Obama, Bush To Give Eulogies

The New York Times said former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have been asked to give eulogies at Sen. John McCain’s funeral, but President Donald Trump has been banned from attending the ceremony. Two Republicans familiar with the funeral arrangements told the Times that, under initial plans, Vice President Pence has also been asked to attend. Similar plans ...

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Mnangagwa Sworin In, Pledges Rights Protection, Better Economy

Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly-contested election which was the country’s first since the ousting of strongman Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, whose victory in the July 30 polls was challenged by the main opposition, pledged to “protect and promote the rights of Zimbabweans” at an inauguration ceremony attended by thousands of ...

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Sexual Abuse: Pope Begs For God’s Forgiveness

Angry Over Forced Adoptions In Ireland Pope Francis in Ireland Sunday “begged for God’s forgiveness” for the child sexual abuse scandal rocking the church but faced accusations by a former Vatican official that he had personally ignored allegations against senior clergy. Francis is due to speak in front of some 500,000 faithful in Dublin’s Phoenix Park as part of his ...

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APC Says Membership Registration Website Is Fake

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted her supporters, members and the general public to a purported membership registration website of the APC — apcregistration.com. A statement by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, indicated that the website, which is trending on social media, is unauthorised and a scam. Nabena noted, “Our internal investigation has revealed that ...

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Engineers Make Case For Third Party In Public Procurement, Bidding Processes 

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has stressed the need for a third party arrangement in procurement and bidding processes of government business to engender good governance in the country. The body explained that the third party arrangement could come in the form of Independent observers in the tender board of every agency of government to ensure ...

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I Don’t Need Money To Beat Atiku, Others, Says Makarfi

Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the role of money in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. He told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, that even party members concurred he is the best man, among a dozen aspirants, fit for the job and that he does not need to give them ...

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I’ll Dissuade Aguata Youths From Travelling To Malaysia — Okafor 

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Engr. Dominic Okafor, an aspirant for Aguata Federal Constituency, has said that his ambition to the Federal House of Representatives is not for personal aggrandisement. He stated this at the weekend while responding to questions from newsmen on his aspiration shortly after his expression of interest to contest in the 2019 general elections at the APGA secretariat ...

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Anambra To Impound Unregistered Campaign Vehicles 

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency has issued a warning signal to all aspirants and political parties for the 2019 general elections that soon the agency will begin to impound and confiscate branded vehicles that have not been cleared by the agency. It berated incessant and indiscriminate pasting of election and campaign posters and billboards across the ...

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