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Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the North-Central zone have resolved to present a consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2019 presidential elections. The time, according to them, was ripe for the zone to produce the next President of Nigeria since it had competent, capable and experienced aspirants that could improve the fortunes of the country and its people. The resolution was taken at a meeting held Wednesday night in Abuja and attended by party leaders from the region, including former governors, former and serving legislators, members of the business community and the academia. However, the choice of who…

All Progressives Congress, APC, governors bidding to use the indirect or consensus options in producing party candidates were Thursday coming under fresh threats with the injunction that a protest from any stakeholder or aspirant will lead to the cancellation of the exercise and resort to direct primary. The seeming opposition by the governors to the direct primary option, Vanguard gathered Thursday, was a significant reason for the high price put to the nomination forms of the party. The governors, it was gathered, had as a result of the rebuff of their pleas for indirect primaries chosen not to fund the…

By Kris Gunnars For human race, honey has been found to be both food and medicine. High in beneficial plant compounds and offers several health benefits, honey is particularly healthy when used instead of refined sugar, which is 100 per cent empty calories. Here are the top 10 health benefits of honey. Honey Contains Some Nutrients Honey is a sweet, thick liquid made by honeybees. The bees collect sugar — mainly the sugar-rich nectar of flowers — from their environment. Once inside the beehive, they repeatedly consume, digest and regurgitate the nectar. The end product is honey, a liquid that…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, said that the nation’s 11 Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs’ debts to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader, NBET, and Market Operator, MO, is still below 30 percent as they paid only N51.2 billion of the N163.1billion issued to them in the first quarter of 2018, Q1’18. NERC, which confirmed this in its Q1’18 report, obtained by Vanguard Thursday, also stated that only two of the 11 DISCOs in the country have metered up to 50 percent of electricity customers under their coverage areas. It stated that despite several intervention funds made available to the DISCOs,…

Pandemonium ensued Thursday as supporters of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed when the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, made his way into the PDP headquarters to submit his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to run for the Presidency in 2019. The chaos, which lasted close to 30 minutes, left a tale of woes as two women sustained minor injuries as they joined thousands of supporters in the mad rush to gain entrance into the party headquarters through the main gate. Shortly after Atiku made his entry into the premises of the secretariat,…

Barely 161 days to the commencement of 2019 general elections, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has recorded 84.27 million registered voters in the country. According to its latest statistics, the commission also stated that the collection of PVCs would continue until one week to the 2019 general elections. Infographics obtained from the electoral umpire Thursday in Abuja showed that over 14.55 million voters were registered in the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise which began in April 2017 and ended on August 31, 2018. As of 2015, there were 69,720,350. The new figure of registrants, 14,551, 482 brings the actual figure…

A total of 111 aspirants under Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State are said to have indicated interest to vie for 26 seats in the State House of Assembly. Obong Paul Ekpo, PDP Chairman who stated this Wednesday announced that screening of aspirants would commence on Friday, September 7, 2018, suing for presentation of authentic documents as the party would take the screening very seriously. Speaking at an enlarged stakeholders meeting of the PDP, held at the Government House Banquet Hall, Wellington Bassey Way End, Uyo, Ekpo remarked “We would not circumvent any rule regarding the qualification of…

Federal government has no information on the controversial request for the payment of $17 million to two lawyers regarding the repatriated $321 Abacha loot, Kemi Adeosun, Finance Minister has said. The request for the payment was allegedly made by Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation. Mr Malami requested the payment to two lawyers, Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, for a fresh contract to pursue the return of the Abacha loot. “The Federal Ministry of Finance does not have any information regarding any payment made to the solicitors. You may, therefore, wish to direct your request…

The Federal Government, Wednesday, approved N6.071 trillion for a comprehensive National Health Strategic Plan 2. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister, flanked by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, said the new comprehensive health plan covering 2018 to 2022, involved the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. He explained that 38.2 percent of the total amount would be spent on human…

Some unknown gunmen over the weekend murdered Mr. Emmanuel Emeka Agundu, the branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for Obollo Afor, Udenu local government area of Enugu State. Agundu was lured out of his base at Obollo Afor to Nsukka local government area in the state where he was shot severally at Nru area of the town. One month ago, some unknown gunmen shot him on the head, but he was revived in hospital. State Police Spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the killing of Agundu on Sunday, saying that “we are on the matter.” The late NBA chairman, according…