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As the 2019 general elections draw near, some key players in the different political parties in the country are re-aligning in what seems in football arena as transfer window by defecting to other parties to actualise their gameplan and further their political interests. So far, Bukola Saraki, Senate President, the governors of Benue, Kwara and Sokoto states and some of their Assemblymen, deputy governor of Kano, 14 Senators and 37 members of House of Representatives have keyed into the window season of the political period by leaving All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and African Democratic…

The Federal Government has ordered for 48 train coaches to commence operation in Abuja Light Rail project. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this Thursday during a tour of the project from Airport terminal to Idu Sub-station to Abuja metro station at the Central Business District. The tour was a continuation of the nationwide tour of federal government projects, which started in May this year with the Lagos–Ibadan standard gauge rail, being the first leg of Lagos- Kano standard gauge railway. This was followed by inspection of the erosion and flood control project in Osogbo, Osun State;…

A WWE star who made his name playing “a monstrous abomination” in the ring has been elected mayor in Tennessee, United States. Glenn Jacobs, who wrestling fans will know better as Kane, won two-thirds of the vote in Knox County, beating Democrat Linda Haney. The 51-year-old Republican ran on issues like keeping taxes low, improved infrastructure and “transparency”. He is the second WWE star to win public office in the US, following in Jesse Ventura’s footsteps. Mr Ventura was elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, in 1990, going on to be elected state governor in 1998. ‘Childhood nightmares’ Mr Jacobs…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, issued open cheque to defectors to vie for presidential slot and other political offices. The party gave the leeway to Bukola Saraki, Senate President; Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to contest its presidential ticket ahead of the 2019 general elections. This was even as all the presidential aspirants were present but former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was absent when the returnees stormed PDP headquarters for National Executive Committee, NEC. Tambuwal, Kwankwaso and Saraki dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the…

Clark Kent may be Superman, but a 10-year-old boy who shares his name has the powers of Aquaman. At the Far West International Swimming Championship Sunday, Clark Kent Apuada placed first in all seven events he swam in. But in the 100-meter butterfly, he broke a record set by Olympian Michael Phelps at the same meet back in 1995. “Most people just call me Clark, but now, when I beat Michael Phelps’ record, they start calling me Superman,” he said. “I thought to myself yeah if I had positive thoughts, positive things would happen.” “It’s the coolest thing in the…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Thursday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari administration of committing serious acts of mis-governance and a lot of unforced errors. Soyinka spoke at the official launch in his Interventions VIII series, entitled: “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (Who keeps Watch over the Watchmen?), Gani’s Unfinished Business,” held at the Freedom Park, in Lagos. “There are acts of mis-governance under this administration. There are unforced errors and acts that are considered being stupid; failure to secure lives; languages of self-excusing which were condemned in the past but resurfacing all over the place,” he said. Soyinka decried that the administration…

Akwa Ibom State is second on the list of 21 states in the country to get a whopping N78.7 billion refund approved by the Senate on Federal projects executed by the state government over the years. Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Works, had told journalists in May 2018 that the Federal Government was owing Governor Udom Emmanuel administration N140 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of 44 major road projects across the state. Senator Victor Umeh (APGA, Anambra Central) who stated this Thursday in an interview with newsmen in Awka said Senate approved N489 billion to be refunded…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, likened defectors from All Progressives Congress, his party to ‘bad eggs’, saying “God will continue to flush out the bad eggs among us.” Buhari, who spoke in Bauchi, told supporters not to be perturbed by the recent defections in the party. Over two scores of federal and state lawmakers as well as three state governors from Benue, Kwara and Sokoto and a deputy governor from Kano have defected from the APC in the past two weeks. The states where the defections occurred include. However, Buhari had on Wednesday met with APC senators and governors separately to…

Despite the huge budgetary allocations for security infractions, Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Defence told President Muhammadu Buhari that the military needs more equipment to tackle security challenges in the country. This is even as Abdulrahman Dambazzau, the Minister of Interior, Thursday, tasked security agencies on intelligence gathering, listing poor welfare, inadequate logistics and indiscipline as factors responsible for the inability of security men to contain the killings across the country. Dan-Ali also assured the President that the military, through Operation Delta Safe, would continue to sustain its operations against illegal activities in the Niger Delta with resultant reduction in illegal…

Nigeria’s Joy Udo-Gabriel, Thursday, qualified for the finals of the Women 100m at the ongoing Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba. Udo-GabrIel told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday at the event that she was delighted to be in the finals of the event scheduled for later in the day. The Abia-born athlete, who was part of Nigeria’s Women 4x100m bronze winning team at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, said she was excited to represent her country in the ongoing event. “I am happy to be in the finals of the 100m here in Asaba, I am not under any…