Tag: 2019
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2019: APC Imo State Candidate Omitted As INEC Publishes List of Guber Candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday released the list of governorship candidates in Imo State missing out the name of the candidate representing the ruling All Progressives Congress. The electoral umpire published 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates at its office in Owerri, the state capital. When Punch correspondent visited INEC’s office…
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Lagos Guber Poll: 12 Political Parties Deny Endorsing Sanwo-Olu Ahead of 2019 Election
Twelve political parties which were previously listed among the 45 that allegedly adopted the candidacy of the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have denied being part of the team of those who adopted him. Daily Trust reported that the representatives of the 12 political parties also urged the leadership of the…
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Atiku Approves N33,000 As Minimum Wage For 100, 000 Staff Working With Him
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved N33,000 as minimum wage for all staff in his conglomerate. Mohammed El-Yakub, Managing Director of Gotel Communications, Atiku’s media outfit based in Yola, confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Thursday, saying “the N33,000 new salary scale, which takes effect from November 2018, includes domestic…
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APC Does Not Have Shame! Atiku Wasn’t Corrupt When He Sponsored Buhari’s Campaign In 2015, Sheyi Writes
In this opinion, a public analyst, and a blogger, Alfred Peter, has taken to his Facebook page to air his opinion about the choice of Atiku Abubakar as PDP presidential candidate for 2019 election. He also wrote on the current allegation of corruption being leveled against him by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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If Elected, I Will Pay Living Wage Not Minimum Wage –Atiku
While welcoming the news that the Federal Government has agreed to pay the N30,000 minimum wage it had previously negotiated with the Nigerian Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and other labour affiliates, the former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reassured Nigerians that he will pay living wage to workers and not minimum…
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Breaking: US Has Invited Atiku For His Visa –Gbenga Daniel
Gbenga Daniel, director-general of Atiku Abubakar campaign organisation, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate has been asked to come for his US visa. There have been reports that Atiku has not been able to visit the US over an alleged criminal case against him, a claim he has denied on several occasions. He…
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2019: APC NWC Drops Okorocha’s In law, Adopts Hope Uzodinma As Imo Guber Candidate
The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the final decision on the issue was taken during a meeting of the NWC held Wednesday in Abuja. Accordingly, the party has concluded all arrangements…
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2019: Osinbajo Falsified Financial Templates To Distort Nigeria’s Debt Profile –PDP
The oppositionn People Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of falsifying a financial template to distort Nigeria’s debt profile “in desperation to divert attention from the failures of the Buhari’s administration.” In a statement made available to press men by the publicity secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that Nigerians…
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I Will Use Information Technology To Combat Corruption If Elected President–Mimiko
The Presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, who was the immediate past governor of Ondo State, has assured Nigerians that he would harness the power of information technology to combat endemic corruption in Nigeria if elected as President in 2019. Mimiko said this on Tuesday, in Ibadan, capital of Oyo…
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APC Crisis: 36 More Reps May Dump Party In November Ahead of 2019 Election
There were strong indications on Monday that more All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives might leave the party as the raging crisis over the loss of return tickets for 2019 deepened. Findings showed that about 36 more aggrieved members could leave the party next week. Recall that up to 70 members had…