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2019: Fresh crisis rocks Delta APC

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Admin

A fresh crisis is rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State as moves by some leaders of the party to get APC local government chairmen to endorse Chief Great Ogboru as the party’s sole governorship candidate in the 2019 elections, failed. New Telegraph gathered that a pressure group in the party, APC Leaders of Light, had planned to use the meeting called by the Valentine Egbe-led Delta State APC Chairmen/ Secretaries Forum to get them to endorse Ogboru as the party’s candidate and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, as the…

EFCC drags Stallion Motors, MD to court over alleged N1.275bn ‘gift’ to PDP

February 5, 2018 Admin

The Economic and Financial CrimesCommission (EFCC) has filed charges at the Federal Capital Territory High Court against Stallion Motors Limited and its Managing Director, Hapreet Singh, for allegedly offering a gratification of N1.275 billion to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 polls. A former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and ex-Minister of Finance Bashir Yuguda allegedly collected the money for the party. The two suspects will face a four-count charge bordering on alleged bribery and gratification. The bribe cash was, however, suspected to be “assistance” to PDP…

US mulling sanctions on Venezuela oil – Rex Tillerson

February 5, 2018 Admin

The United States said Sunday it has not ruled out sanctions on Venezuelan oil as it turns the screw on President Nicolas Maduro, but is wary of hurting the country’s people. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Argentina as he tours Latin American to bolster a common front against Venezuela’s bid to hold a presidential election it deems illegitimate. He has received support from other governments in the Americas, including on Sunday from his Argentinian counterpart Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, but some are cautious about sanctions. At a joint…

Zinox acquires eCommerce, Konga

February 5, 2018 Admin

Zinox Group, a Nigerian ICT company, has acquired e-market giant, Konga, after months of intense negotiation. The integrated ICT solutions and equipment manufacturer acquired Konga from the major investors — Naspers and AB Kinnevik. The e-commerce group includes Konga.com; KongaPay, a CBN-licensed mobile money platform with over 100,000 subscribers as well as KOS-Express, a digitally-driven logistics company. Naspers, based in South Africa, is a broad-based multinational Internet and media group, offering services in more than 130 countries. AB Kinnevik, founded in 1936, is a Swedish investment company investing primarily in digital…

Nigeria ranks highest for unvaccinated children – WHO

February 5, 2018 Admin

A World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that that Nigeria ranks highest on the list of nations with unvaccinated children, despite the fact that vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, mortality and inequity worldwide. No wonder the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF is set to begin the 2018 Measles follow up campaign, targeted at vaccinating 620,000 children in the territory. The exercise would take place between February 8 and 20 at designated locations across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory. Dr.…

Babangida authorised anti-Buhari statement-Spokesman

February 5, 2018 Admin

Former military president Ibrahim Babangida authorised the statement issued by his spokesman urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to stand for election in 2019. Babangida’s spokesman, Prince Kazeem Afegbua said this in a television interview on Sunday, on the tail of a denial by Babangida and his issuance of another watered down statement. Afegbua told Channels Television that the second statement personally signed by Babangida denying the first one was done by some of Babangida’s friends who did not want him to confront the Buhari administration. “I have been doing this…

Daddy Showkey visits Ejiofor’s quadruplets

February 5, 2018 Admin

Ajegunle Lagos State-born musician, John Asiemo a.k.a Daddy Showkey on Sunday, visited the quadruplets of Mr and Mrs Peter Ejiofor, born on Dec. 28, 2017, urging women to have faith in God. Ejiofor, a staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and his wife were finally blessed with four healthy baby boys after seven years of marriage. Showkey, who arrived at the couple’s humble home at Gowon Estate, FHA, Egbeda, Lagos, met the quadruplets and described them as bundles of joy from God to the family and Nigerians as…

Morocco pocket $1.25m, El-Kaabi man of tournament

February 5, 2018 Admin

Morocco’s prolific scorer Ayoub el Kaabi was crowned “Total Man of the Tournament, just like his country pocketed $1.25 million prize as the curtains fell on the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Casablanca. El Kaabi scored his ninth goal as Morocco became the first hosts to triumph by thrashing 10-man Nigeria 4-0 Sunday in a Casablanca downpour. With Nigeria in disarray and the final long over as a contest, the previously little known striker completed his record-extending goal haul by firing into the net from close range. Zakaria Hadraf…