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Preparations for the maiden National Advertising Conference, have reached top gear, the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), organisers of the conference has disclosed. APCON made the disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos at a press briefing it jointly addressed with representatives of the various industry sectoral groups. The conference, billed as the biggest ever Advertising event in the country’s history, will hold at Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton Hotel between 25 and 27 November. Speaking at the press conference, Mrs. Ijedi Iyoha, APCON’s acting Registrar, said the National Advertising Conference will have as theme “Advertising in the Post-digital age: The profession, the…

A top US diplomat told impeachment hearings that President Trump directly asked about a Ukrainian investigation into his Democratic rival Joe Biden. In previously unheard testimony, Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine, said a member of his staff was told Mr Trump was preoccupied with pushing for a probe into Mr Biden. He was speaking at the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. Mr Trump told reporters he did not recall making such comments. Mr Trump is accused of withholding US military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country’s new president to publicly announce a…

The House of Representatives has called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to dissolve the three-man interim board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta) presented a Motion on Matters of Public Importance at the plenary on Wednesday titled: “Urgent need to stop the illegality in Niger Delta Development Commission”. Ossai noted that the constitution of the interim leadership by the minister contravenes the law establishing the Commission. According to him, section 8 of NDDC Act provides that its management and administration shall be the responsibility of its Governing Board. FEC approves…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the sum of N1.7 billion for the construction of jetty at the Bonny Island in Rivers. Minister of State for Transportation Gbemisola Saraki made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents on Wednesday after the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Today, the Ministry of Transportation presented a memo for the approval of award of contract for the construction of Bonny Island jetty in Rivers State. “This approval was sought and was duly given. “Some years ago, we had a jetty at Bonny Island; it…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has upheld the suspension of the party’s chairman in Edo, Mr Anslem Ojezua, by 11 of 16 members of the State Working Committee (SWC). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, the party said that the party’s state working committee had fulfilled the required conditions after it reviewed the process that led to Ojezua’s suspension. “The meeting of the NWC, which held today, at the party’s National Secretariat received a notification of the suspension of the Edo APC Chairman, Anslem Ojezua by 11 of…

Abubakar Shekau have threatened Audu Bulama Bukarti, an analyst in the co-existence team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Arsene Wenger has accepted his first role since leaving Emirates Stadium, becoming FIFA’s new Chief of Global Football Development.

Bernardo Silva has been banned for one match and fined £50,000 after an FA commission accepted he “did not intend” a tweet about team-mate Benjamin Mendy to be “racist”.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday defeated Benin Republic’s National team 2-1 in their opening match of the African Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The Eagles had trailed Benin Republic on three minutes. Sloppy defending allowed a free Stephane Sessegnon to slot the ball past a stranded Daniel Akpeyi in the box in just three minutes. The Super Eagles equalised through Victor Osimhen on added time in the first half through a penalty. The referee had awarded a penalty after Ola Aina was upended in the box, which Osimhen converted. Samuel Kanu scores Nigeria’s second goal on…

The Senate on Wednesday called for a steady supply of Petroleum products through the identified suppliers and registered filling stations across all Nigeria’s border towns and communities as a temporary palliative measures. This was part of the resolutions reached by the Senate following a motion by Senator Tolulope Odebiyi, representing Ogun West, on “the need to revisit the suspension order placed on the supply of Petroleum products to border towns by the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service.” Nigeria Customs Service last week issued a directive suspending supply of Petroleum products to fuel stations within 20km of Nigeria’s border as a…