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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday waded into the All Progressives Congress, APC, crisis in Zamfara State. The APC in Zamfara State has been embroiled in a dispute over the party’s primaries in the state, which has led to uncertainties about the participation of the party’s candidates in governorship, national assembly and state assembly elections. One of the principal actors and APC governorship aspirant Senator Kabir Marafa, met with Prof. Osinbajo behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Senator Marafa who represents Zamfara Central Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Tuesday, said the death toll in Kajuru Local Government Area of state has risen from 66 to 130. The governor also said he had applied for the presence of armed security men to be deployed to flash points in the state to ensure adequate security in the forthcoming elections. Meantime, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Abdulrahman, has said 11 persons have been arrested for the killings in Kujuru and will be arraigned in court on Wednesday. These came as Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has called on el-Rufai to stop inciting…

Akwa Ibom State joined eight other oil producing states in the country to share N45.36 billion as 13 per cent derivation fund in January 2019, National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, reported. According to InfoGuide NIGERIA “Akwa Ibom produces 504,000 bpd; Delta-346,000 bpd; Rivers-344,000 bpd; Bayelsa-290,000 bpd; Ondo- 60,000 bpd, Lagos- 40,000 bpd, Edo- 33,000; Imo-17,000 bpd and Abia-11,000 bpd.” Oil wells in Cross River State were ceded to Akwa Ibom State during the ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio administration after a prolonged court case. This was after Federal Government had handed over Bakassi to Cameroon. The NBS, which stated this in FAAC…

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Monday, raised an alarm over the missing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result sheets for Enugu West Senatorial District during last Saturday’s botched presidential and National Assembly elections. This was even as he called on Nigerians not to despair over the postponement, but strengthen their resolve to improve their lives through the ballot box. Ekweremadu spoke during the town hall meetings he organised across the local government areas in his senatorial district, to gauge the pulse of the people and sensitise them on the need to participate in the rescheduled dates…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has bowed to pressure by lifting ban on political campaigns in the country. By this, political parties are free to resume rallies, house-to-house campaign and airing of jingles in electronics and print mass media. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman slammed the ban on Saturday during a meeting with stakeholders mainly leaders of the different political parties and foreign observers in Abuja. Despite the ban, some parties had on Sunday started airing their jingles in radio and television stations in most parts of the country. Lifting the ban in a statement issued on Monday,…

esident of the association, Bashir Dan-Malam-chairman of the association’s Kano chapter The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members nationwide to reduce petroleum pump price from N145 per litre to N140. Chinedu Okworonkwo, national president of the association, made this known in a statement released on Sunday. In a statement signed by Bashir Dan-Malam, chairman of the association’s Kano chapter, the price slash will be effective from February 20 to February 25. “IPMAN was prompted to slash N5 from the N145 per litre official Petroleum pump price in a bid to motivate Nigerians to return to…

Thousands of protesters converged on the Akwa Ibom State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, demanding for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini. Carrying placards bearing inscriptions like; “vote of no confidence on Mike Igini; Igini directs NYSC members openly to support PDP candidates; Igini is compromised; Igini must go; Igini is a PDP member, among other write-ups, the protesters accused the REC of working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Straighnews had reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state accused INEC of taking sides with…

Nigerians have been charged to be wary of voting for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that is bent to sell Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to the highest bidder would improve their economic well-being. Senator Godswill Akpabio, who spoke to TVC NEWS in Abuja on Monday, urged the South South people to reconsider their stand in planning to vote for the party that wants to sell the corporation and its assets. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate has vowed if voted into power to sell NNPC to break what he called ‘mafia’ in the corporation. Akpabio who is representing Akwa Ibom…

The National Assembly has postponed the resumption of plenary earlier scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, to Tuesday, February 26. A statement on Sunday issued by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, explained that the shift in the resumption date was due to the postponement of the Presidential/National Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The statement reads “This is to inform all distinguished senators and honourable members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 19th February 2019 has been postponed to Tuesday, 26th February 2019 due to the postponement of the national elections.”

Mali beat Senegal 3-2 on penalties to win the 2019 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Niger on Sunday. The much anticipated final had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra-time. Senegal’s Dion Lopy, Amadou Ndiaye and Ousseynou Niang were the unfortunate players to miss spot-kicks, giving Mali their first Under-20 continental title. Mali had the better start to the match with Boubacar Traore opening the scoring after just 16 minutes. Amadou Ndiaye then equalised for Senegal in the 75th minute to take the match into extra-time. The final was a repeat of the opening Group B match which Senegal…