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By: Israel Umoh The conflicts, terror and violence ravaging the North East are consequences of the failure of government and deficit in governance in the region, the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, said in its latest National Human Development Report, NHDR. The 94-page report, entitled “Achieving Human Development in North East Nigeria”, focused on the six states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe mostly affected by the activities of the Boko Haram terror group. Findings in the report said the Boko Haram insurgency was “in a significant sense, a response to the consequences of progressive failure of governance”,…

 The Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation last night congratulated Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. However, the organisation in a statement issued by Mr. Festus Keyamo, Director of Strategic Communications, immediately took him to task on what it described as the dents in his life, observing that the PDP convention was reported to be awash with vote buying. According to the organisation, Atiku was reported in the media to have also engaged in the process in the 2014 convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC. While observing what it claimed were…

President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with the All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirants who lost out out during the just-concluded party primaries to display the spirit of sportsmanship and not dump the party. Buhari advised them to emulate Ambode Akinwunmi, the governor of Lagos State, who, despite the fact that he has lost in his bid to pick the party’s ticket to contest for second term, still participated actively in the just-concluded party convention. While congratulating those that won the party’s ticket for various positions in 2019 elections, President Buhari in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior…

More than 1.5 million candidates who wrote the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have lost JAMB first choice admission for the 2018/2019 academic session, Straightnews has found out. The online newspapers gathered that 1,798,438 candidates who sat the examination organised by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in March 2018 paid N5,500 each for JAMB admission form excluding bank and GSM charges and other incidentals. This is as the body stated it has offered first choice admission to about 200,000 candidates for the session into both Federal and state universities which are yet to open doors for studies. Already,…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, described as irresponsible, shameful and reckless the actions of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, some PDP state governors, ranking PDP federal lawmakers who led hired thugs in a failed attempt to forcibly enter the Nigeria Police headquarters under the guise of a ‘protest’. The party in a statement by Yekini Nabena, its acting National Publicity Secretary, said: ”If the PDP’s confrontation with the Police was an attempt to copy APC leaders peaceful protests in Abuja, ahead of the 2015 elections, it was a…

The presidency, Sunday, disowned a letter in circulation that President Muhammadu Buhari had authorised some State governors to discipline party members said to be traitors. The Presidency in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, specifically said that there was no time President Buhari wrote a letter or directed the Kaduna State governor Malam Nasir el-Rufai to discipline Senator Shehu Sani for allegedly being disloyal or a traitor to the party. The statement read, “The Presidency wishes to distance President Muhammadu Buhari from a letter currently in circulation,…

The Federal Government, weekend, stated that the new terminal in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport to be opened for flight operations by the end of October this year would be concesssioned for 25 years. The two terminals funded by the China- Exim Bank are currently under construction. Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika who stated this during the opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton also said the Lagos and Kano airports new terminal also under construction would soon be opened too. Sirika used the occasion to reiterate the…

The wife of Nigerian President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has shown disdain to what she described as ‘unfairness’ by All Progressives Congress, APC, in the screening of its aspirants, calling on the populace to rise against such impunity. Like a rider, Mrs. Buhari declared “Let us vote wisely!” Writing in her Twitter handle on Sunday, Mrs Buhari said “It is disheartening to note that some aspirants used their hard-earned money to purchase nomination forms, got screened, cleared and campaigned vigorously yet found their names omitted on Election Day, these forms were bought at exorbitant prices. “Many others contested and yet had…

A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar defeated 11 other presidential aspirants by a wide margin of 93 per cent to become the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for next year’s general elections. Abubakar who emerged after a keenly contested primary held at Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Sunday, got 1,532 votes against 1,621 garnered by the 11. The Chairman of the PDP Convention Committee, Ifeanyi Okowa, announced the results of the primary on Sunday morning. Okowa, who is also the Governor of Delta State, said Atiku polled 1,532 votes while Aminu Tambuwal polled 693 votes to…

Sorting of ballots has now been concluded in the Peoples Democratic Party national convention and presidential primaries opened by the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus, yesterday. Results are set to be announced by party electoral officers, who placed the total number of accredited delegates from the 36 states and FCT at 3,274. Akwa Ibom has the largest number with 153 delegates; while Ogun has the least with only 21 statutory delegates because of a last-minute court judgement that made it difficult to ascertain which of the warring factions should send delegates. Twelve aspirants are up for election as the main…