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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied releasing dates for its primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. Several reports claimed the ruling party had released its timetable for the primaries. This rumour gained grounds because the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in January slated party primaries to begin August 18. However, in a statement Thursday by its Acting Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, APC said it had not announced its timetable for primaries. “Our attention has been drawn to a timetable circulating in the social media and published today (yesterday) August 23, 2018, in Daily Times…

Ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has ruled out any possibility of micro zoning its ticket to a particular geo-political zone in the North. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated this in reaction to a call by Rabiu Kwankwaso, the lawmaker representing Kano Central senatorial district, that the PDP should pick its Presidential candidate from the North-West Region to stand a better chance of ousting All Progressives Congress (APC) from Aso Rock in 2019. Ologbondiyan, who had often insisted that the leadership of the party would not stand in the way of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to settle the medical bill of a 28-year- old visually-impaired, serving member of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Okenala Ahmed, who is a graduate of Insurance from the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, is doing his service year in Daura, Katsina State. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Thursday, said Ahmed was among the Corps members who paid Sallah homage to President Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, as part of activities marking the Eid-El-Kabir celebrations. The statement read: “In the course of the President’s…

Crude oil price has risen from $72.50 to $74.17per barrel in the international market as a result of limited inventories in the United States and Iran sanctions. In its report obtained by Vanguard, Thursday, the American Petroleum Institute stated that U.S. crude stocks fell last week by 5.2 million barrels. The development which gave impression of rising demand over limited supply, culminated in high price. A survey of the market showed that the price of Brent rose from over $72 to $74.17 per barrel. The price of WTI and Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC basket of 15 crudes stood…

The court in Medan on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, set a judicial precedent by sentencing an ethnic Chinese Buddhist to 18 months jail term for complaining about noise from a mosque’s call to prayer. In what is the latest conviction under a controversial blasphemy law, Meiliana, 44, was found guilty of insulting Islam for asking her neighbourhood mosque to lower its sound system because it was too loud and “hurt” her ears. Her lawyer said his client would appeal the ruling of the court. There are some 800,000 mosques across the archipelago, with the five-times-a-day call to prayer heard everywhere…

Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators Thursday took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and its leaders, saying that they have made the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the current issue in the Nigerian politics. In a joint statement in Abuja, the senators are Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Hamma Misau, PDP, Bauchi Central, and Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, PDP, Kwara South, wondered why the APC had made Saraki a subject of discourse, instead of telling Nigerians what its government has achieved in the last 38…

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, seems to be divided along political party lines as the National Coordinator of the association and All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart, Alhaji Garus Gololo, has taken a swipe at the National President and General Secretary of the group, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowo and Baba Ngelzarma, describing them as card-carrying members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Gololo’s outburst came against the backdrop of his condemnation by Kirowo and Ngelzarma for calling on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to step down or be forced out. The national president and secretary general of the…

Harvests of tragedy. Horrific scenes of mutilated, decomposing bodies on the roadside and in some compounds. Sad tales of kidnapping like in a movie television show characterise the once-peaceful area. Unstoppable wailings become daily bread of the victims. Lonely foot-tracks and deserted compounds are ambushed by tall grasses and stray animals. Shrieking sounds of insects and birds envelop the serene atmosphere. Fear of death continually grip few abandoned residents in the daytime and in the night. These are the unending features and heart-breaking tragedies befalling the fear-stricken and famished residents of Ukanafun villages in Akwa Ibom State depopulated and hemmed…

A one-time Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Ita Awak, has disparaged APC’s stand at the national level thus: ‘’You cannot be wrong if you say that Senator Godswill Akpabio is APC Leader in Annangland.’’ Recall that Senator Akpabio, who defected from PDP to APC on Wednesday, August 8 at Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, was declared APC Leader in Akwa Ibom State by Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the party and Adams Oshiohmole, APC national chairman. But Awak, who is also the Director of Airworthiness and Standards (DAWS) in the Nigerian Civil Aviation…

Men of the Nigeria Police Force are said to be investigating attempts by some unknown gunmen to attack Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim Local Government Area countryhome of Senator Godswill Akpabio, representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Mr. Anietie Ekong, a Special Assistant to Senator Akpabio Wednesday (this morning) in a text message responding to Straightnews’s enquiry on the veracity of the incident wrote ‘’Yea, the shooting had stopped. Everybody is safe. The police is investigating the matter.’’ But in his response, DSP Odiko MacDon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relation Officer confirmed that there was attempted robbery incident at…