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The two leading presidential candidates, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP within hours of the commencement of the presidential campaigns on Sunday launched out in the bid to win support. Atiku and Buhari Why Nigeria must be restructured, by Ohanaeze, Afenifere, M-Belt Forum @ Zik’s anniversary Buhari launched out on Sunday with his Next Level programme at an intimidating ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa with governors, APC chieftains and the business community in attendance. The president in a ten minute address wrapped up his achievements, noting the burden as he called it of the inheritance he received from the PDP administration and promised to take Nigeria to the next level. His speech on that day was preceded by presentations by some of his political associates and subordinates including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, the director ge

A yet to be identified soldier reportedly stabbed a man to death at Owerri-Aba community, Ugwunagbo council area, Abia State. The soldier, suspected to be attached to the 144 Battalion, Asa, Ukwa West council area, had gone to make peace between two persons, who were fighting. However, the deceased, identified as Harmony, was said to have attacked the soldier and in the ensuing clash, the soldier allegedly stabbed him. •Soldiers An eyewitness told Vanguard that the deceased, Harmony, who owned a business centre in the area, had gone to a pool betting house to demand for the payment for a game he won. The source said: “But the proprietor of the pool betting house said he did not post his bet because he failed to pay when he placed the bet. Harmony started beating the owner of the pool house. “Even when the pool proprietor’s wife, who was the only person around tried to intervene and help save her husband, Harmony was too violent. “The soldier, who was passing intervened, but H

LAGOS—THE Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, yesterday, urged the South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election saying the region has more to gain by re-electing Buhari. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola Fashola said this while inaugurating 5000 foot soldiers for the campaign of Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos. His words: “As a South West indigene, I will vote for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket because my people stand to gain more from it,” fashola said. He said that the re-election of Buhari would guarantee that power would come to the South West in 2023. “The South West is at present occupying the position of the vice president. We have three sitting ministers and many different federal appointments from the present administration which we cannot afford to lose. 2019: We are going to the next level of change-Fashola assures Nigerians “The APC has done more in three years th

Boko Haram kills Nigerian Army commander, dozens of soldiers 1 hour ago Rampaging Boko Haram insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion in Borno State on Sunday, killing the unit’s commander and dozens of soldiers, military sources have told online newspaper, Premium Times. Boko Haram Terrorists A large cache of arms, ammunition and military equipment were carted away by the Boko Haram fighters during the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Abadam Local Government Area, at about 6:00 p.m., a setback for government forces trying to push terrorists further out of Nigeria’s northeastern flank. Delta: Concerned policemen expose how corrupt officers aid gangsters There were fears for the fate of the troops from the base, which was raided only a month ago, as military sources said the Nigerian Army was making frantic efforts to contain the traumatic effect of the attack on the larger counterinsurgency operation. Bodies of fallen troops were still being recover

Revealed: Govs championed 2012 fuel subsidy removal —Jonathan 2 hours ago Former President Goodluck Jonathan …Says subsidy removal was seen by APC as window to bring down his govt By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Nearly six years after implementing a controversial fuel subsidy withdrawal which sparked a nationwide protest, former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that it was the 36 state governors who pushed him to remove the subsidy to provide more money for them. Jonathan Jonathan, who made the startling revelation in his book, My Transition Hours, unveiled in an upscale event in Abuja  yesterday, however, accused the same governors of precipitating a mass protest against him and his administration when Nigerians kicked against the fuel price hike from N65 to N97 per litre, Minimum Wage: ASUU, SSANU say Govs not sincere The former president also slammed the then speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who is currently the gove

ABUJA- The PDP Governance Grassroot Group, PG3, has charged Nigerians of all walks of life to support the party ‘s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general elections. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/2019-group-endorses-atiku-says-he-will-bring-back-a-robust-economy/ Former vice-President Atiku Abubakar speaks during the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on October 6, 2018.Nigeria’s main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has picked Abubakar to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking a second term in presidential polls scheduled for February 2019. / AFP PHOTO / The group which stated this in Abuja at the weekend said the former Vice President has sufficient experience to turn around the fortune of the nation and bring about a robust economy if given the mandate. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/2019-group-endorses-atiku-says-he-will-bri

2019: I’ll get Nigeria working again — ATIKU ABUJA — Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday unveiled his manifesto, tagged ‘Let’s Get Nigeria Working Again,’ framed along with his romanticised life journey from a firewood seller to a multi-billionaire. Former vice-President Atiku Abubakar speaks during the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on October 6, 2018.Nigeria’s main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has picked Abubakar to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking a second term in presidential polls scheduled for February 2019. / AFP PHOTO / Attired in a black suit and a white shirt, with a matching wine-coloured tie, the former vice-president, who spoke from the sitting room of his Asokoro, Abuja, residence reiterated his commitment to restructure the Nigerian state, attract investments and provide world-class education to teeming Nigerian yout

.as centre employs 25 indigenes The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the Edo Food and Agriculture Cluster (EDO-FAC) and skills centre in Ehor, Uhunmwode Local Government Area, pledging to address development challenges in the LGA. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/obaseki-inaugurates-agric-cluster-skills-centre-in-ehor-pledges-to-address-devt-challenges/ Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (2nd left); Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters and Community Affairs, Chief Osaro Idah (left), Enogie of Ehor, His Royal Highness, Dr. David Igiehon (2nd right); and Chief Alohan Nogheghase (right), at the inauguration of the Edo Food and Agriculture Cluster (EDO-FAC) and skills centre, in Ehor, Uhunmwode Local Government Area, Edo State, on Monday, November 19, 2018. The cluster is expected to serve as aggregation ground for farmers to interface with buyers of their produce. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Obaseki w

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that it will not be intimidated by politicians to undermine the 2019 general elections. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Commission also declared its resolve to work closely with the Police to ensure that the elections are free, fair and credible. Speaking, yesterday, at a parley with political parties organised by the Benue State Police Command in Makurdi, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, promised that the umpire body would avail all the parties and their candidates a level playing field in the exercise. Earlier, the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Ene Okon, warned that the Police would not hesitate to arrest any politician caught encouraging thuggery and violence during the electioneering period. Represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Mr. Tunji Akingbola, the Commissioner said:

THE unfolding political drama in the two major opposition parties in Benue State – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, is somewhat creating a smooth walkover for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and re-election of Governor Samuel Ortom in 2019.  Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/2019-will-pdp-reap-from-apc-sdp-crises-in-benue/ The crisis rocking the APC stemmed from the fact the political heavy weights in the party have been at daggers drawn and are not prepared to shift grounds as to who becomes the running mate to the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Emmanuel Jime. As at today, APC has not been able to pick a running mate from the Benue South district or Idoma-speaking area of the state where the position is usually zoned to. Findings from the Makurdi office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, indicated that the party picked one Isaac Vembe, from Gboko local government area, same senatori

ABUJA—THE internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a new dimension as the national legal adviser of the party, Babatunde Ogala, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of hijacking his office. In an internal memo dated November 6, and addressed to Oshiomhole, Ogala accused the national chairman of denigrating the party’s legal department. This development is coming three months to the general election and at a time the ruling party ought to focus on the campaigns which kicked off yesterday,  in line with the schedule of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In the memo, Ogala said since he became the party’s legal adviser on June 25, his department had not been funded. He alleged that Oshiomhole had sidelined him and refused to consult him over issues his office was supposed to handle. Ogala said:  “I am constrained to put this memo and complaint in writing in the light of the repeated acts of usurpation and deliberate encroachment on my office a

The rate of change in our time is so swift that an individual of ordinary length of life will be called on to face novel situations which have no parallel in the past. The fixed man for the fixed duties, who in the old society was such a “god-send” will in the future be a public danger— Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/four-reasons-why-nigerian-economy-will-not-improve-under-buhari/ THE rate of change globally had accelerated several hundred fold since Whitehead wrote his observation. There was no internet then. Major economic developments affecting the lives of other nations took several months to be known to others and their reactions became manifest several months or even years after. First, the globalisation of economies changed that; then internet completed the job. Today, a change, up or down, in the price of crude oil registers its impact on prices of shares in all the capital markets around the globe. Every nation on

ABA—Goods worth over N10 million were, yesterday, consumed by fire at the popular Nkwa Ngwa Market in Aba, Abia State. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/n10m-goods-burnt-in-aba-market-fire oods worth over N10 million were, yesterday, consumed by fire at the popular Nkwa Ngwa Market in Aba, Abia State. The inferno, which started at about 7.15p.m., consumed the building materials and furniture sections of the market located at Obohia Road, Aba. Explosion averted as petrol tanker, truck collide in Lagos Also yesterday, 77 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) Market in Kano were razed by fire. On the Nkwa Ngwa Market fire in Aba, eyewitnesses told Vanguard it started through the ignition of a power generator and spread to the carpentry and building materials sections of the market. Chairman of Nkwo Ngwa Market, Prince Okechukwu Lawrence, said goods worth over N10 million were lost to the inferno as hoodlums frustrated rescue efforts and looted shops. He lam

LAGOS—Senator, representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Gbenga Ashafa has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the completion of projects, describing it as “impressive.” Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/senator-lauds-buhari-on-projects-completion Ashafa made the remarks during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Land Transport to the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, NITT, outreach learning center in Kano. According to him: “In consonance with our supervisory responsibility, we are very particular about ensuring that all the monies appropriated for the further development of this institute is properly utilized.” Ashafa who was accompanied by Senators, Osinakachukwu Ideozu and Victor Umeh all members of the Senate Committee on Land Transport were given a tour of the project site by the Director General of NITT, Dr. Abimbola Odumosu. Over N863b Subsid