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On Monday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has boasted ahead of 2017 governorship election in Anambra state. He stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will deploy all resources at the party’s disposal to win the 2017 governorship election in Anambra State. Ngige made the declaration during a Press Conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital, where he advised the Governor of the State, Willie Obiano to start writing his handover notes, the Minister said the APC would contest the governorship election fully and effectively. Nigige also admonished Obiano to decamp from the All Progressives Grand…

Another senior Nigerian Army officer has been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants. The officer, O. Umusu, a Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force in Borno State, was killed alongside his security details, by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in an ambush on Monday evening. Military sources disclosed that the incident happened between Sari and Gudumbali while they were returning from Maiduguri to their location towards Baga. Our sources stated that their remains evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital. This is the fourth Lt. Col. the army is losing in two months.

The Sokoto State Government is prepared to champion the enactment of a national law that will ban all associations that seeks to threaten the peace and harmonious coexistence of the people of Nigeria. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Sokoto State, Suleiman Usman, said this at a joint press briefing with security chiefs shortly after a security meeting in Sokoto. He said the decision was arrived at against the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s proposed regional meeting in Sokoto. “We have observed that individual states cannot enact laws that would effectively tackle these threats, especially now that the threats…

Nigerians who are participating in the MMM scheme are in shock after the platform said it was going on a brief recces because it is experiencing “heavy workload”. In a statement issued early this morning, the platform said it needs to prevent any problems during the New Year season and has decided to go on break. It urged all members to be calm. See statement here: Dear members! As usual, in the New Year season the System is experiencing heavy workload. Moreover, it has to deal with the constant frenzy provoked by the authorities in the mass media. The things…

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, his Liberian and Ghanian counterparts, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and John Mahama, leaves for Banjul to put diplomatic pressure on President Yahya Jammeh to transit power to President-elect Adama Barrow. The UN Security Council revealed this plan while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting by the 15- member on the political situation in The Gambia. Mr. Juan Manuel De Linares, Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain, said the members of the council stood by their unanimous statement on Dec. 10 that Jammeh should commence the peaceful transfer of power to Barrow without further delay. “A delegation by the…

The Nigerian Telecommunication Commission (NCC) has advised consumers to take advantage of the 2442 short code to choose the type of messages they want to receive. The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the advice at the 79th Telecom Consumers Parliament help in Abuja. He said that the parliament, with its theme: Implementation of the ‘Do not Disturb’ (DND): the journey so far, was aimed at sensitising the public to the policy. Danbatta said that the short code would go a long way to give consumers the right to choose the messages they wanted to receive. According to…

MaThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won two of the three senatorial districts in the re-run legislative election in Rivers state. Dr Mustapha Lecky, the commission`s national commissioner in charge of the south south states, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) won one senatorial seat. He said Magnus Abe of the APC scored 125,938 votes to beat Olaka Nwogu of the PDP who had 25,394 votes. He also said George Sekibo of the PDP recorded 93,098 votes to beat Andrew Uchendu of the APC who scored 34, 193 votes. Lecky said…

Sunderland could lose Lamine Kone, 27, to West Ham next month as the London club prepare to trigger the defender’s £18m release clause. (Daily Express) Steve Bruce has offered Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson the chance to rebuild his career at Aston Villa. (Mirror) The Football Association is in the process of adding two women to its board in an attempt to stave off Government sanctions after being criticised for being full of “elderly white men” by five of its most senior former leaders. (Telegraph) Roma are planning on signing Chelsea’s Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 29, on loan. (Il Tempo) Aston…

Leicester City midfielder and English Premier League player for last season Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algerian midfielder ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure. Winger Mahrez, 25, told BBC Sport: “It means a lot, it’s something big for African players so I am very happy, I am very proud. “It’s always good to receive awards and for African players it’s a huge honour. To all the fans, thank you very much.” He added: “Also I want to thank the…

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to challenge Barcelona rival Lionel Messi for the prestigious Ballon d’Or prize on Monday. Messi has won the Ballon d’Or five times in the past seven year. The iconic award, presented by France Football magazine, is given to the world’s best player as voted by 173 journalists from across the globe. Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez are among eight Premier League players named on a 30-man shortlist. The winner will be announced in a ceremony which begins at 16:30 GMT. You can discover the winner, following a countdown of all 30…