Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is set to commence the start of his presidential campaign as planned tomorrow contrary to speculations that he is on transit to the United States. Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, who dismissed the speculation, told LEADERSHIP Sunday that the presidential candidate had travelled to the United Kingdom for a private visit immediately after the inauguration of the PDP campaign council on Thursday. He however added that the former Vice President returned to the country yesterday. While the PDP campaign train starts off on Monday in Sokoto State, report…
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The Super Falcons of Nigeria have defeated the Banyana Banyana of South Africa on penalties to successfully defend the Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) title in Ghana on Saturday. Both sides had played in the the group stage of the competition, with South Africa coming out on top, and have stayed unbeaten on their way to the final. The South Africans were gunning for their first AWCON title in the history of the competition. Their efforts however proved abortive throughout the thrilling encounter which took place at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Super Falcons triumphed in the penalty shootouts which…
Cameroon have been stripped of hosting next year’s Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football. African football’s governing body (Caf) says it is because of delays in the progress of Cameroon’s preparation for the tournament, due to start in June. Officials made the decision at a meeting on Friday in Accra, Ghana, that lasted more than 10 hours. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad says it will work to “determine a new organising country by the end of the year”. In a statement, CAF said “a number of compliance conditions have not been met” and it did not want…
After spending much of his political career attacking the Bush family, Donald Trump plans to attend the funeral services for George H.W. Bush, who died late Friday in Houston. Details about the services haven’t yet been finalized, but as The Hill pointed out on Saturday morning, the Trump family will attend a state funeral honoring Bush at the National Cathedral in D.C. The report pointed out that Trump is scheduled to speak with the eldest Bush son and former president George W. Bush on Saturday to “offer his condolences.” There is no question that both sides of the political aisle…
Former chief of staff and Son-in-law to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Mr Uche Nwosu has successfully concluded his defection process to Action Alliance (AA). Following his defection, Mr Nwosu has been automatically made the AA’s gubernatorial flabearer ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Imo State, MERIDIAN SPY, has reliably gathered. A close source in the Action Aliance, AA, leadership in Imo State told MERIDIAN SPY that negotiation with Action Alliance began on Wednesday with several meetings which involved the party learnership and men of Mr Nwosu’s camp. The process was however concluded on Thursday after agreeing to…
President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State have extolled the leadership qualities of late Anthony Akhakon Anenih. The Anonthy Anenih was eulogised as an illustrious son of Nigeria and a politician of uncommon repute. Ecomiums and tributes from both the President and the Edo State Governor were rendered during a requiem mass held as part of the state burial in honour of late Chief Anenih, at the University of Benin Sports Complex, in Benin City, Edo State capital. President Buhari who was represented by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said that Anenih led…
Popular Nigerian entrepreneur and philantropist, AKin Alabi, has revealed that he would have been a lawyer if not for his failure to pass the Joint Admission Matriculation Examination (JAMB) on five different occasions. Mr Alibi, made this shocking revelation onThursday via his verified Twitter account while celebrating Nigerian Law School grduaduates who were recently called to bar as solicitors of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The renowned business mogul turned politician, confessed that he had always loved and valued the noble profession. And had once wished to be a lawyer. He said he loved seeing people…
Lawmakers of Kano State origin have described the Kwankwasiya Political movement in the state as non-existent. The lawmakers who comprise senators and House Representative members in the state made this observation on Thursday in the state capital, while addressing newsmen. The leader of the lawmakers, Senator Kabiru Gaya, who is currently representing the people of Kano south in the Sentate, said the defection of former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, to the APC, and that of Senator Ibrahim Lado, had sent the opposition in the state into political oblivion. The group however declared total support for Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday presented the 2019 appropriation bill to the Edo State House Assembly in Benin city, the state capital. The budget proposal which is known as the “budget of socioeconomic inclusion” has the total of N175.7 bn budgeted for the 2019 fiscal year. The 2019 economic master-plan contained a total of N95.8 bn as alloted to capital expenditures while N79.9 bn was budgeted for recurrent expenditures. The bill has infrastructure, health, education, industrialization, pension and security as it’s top priorities. According to the governor, the 2019 appropriation bill reflects his administration’s intention to promote social…
The meeting held on Monday in Abuja between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to find a way to ending the ongoing ASSU strike ended in deadlock after several hours of deliberation. The ASUU team to the meeting was led by its President,Biodun Ogunbiyi while the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, were the ones on the government side, MERIDIAN SPY had reliably gathered. The parties in the meeting however agreed to end the meeting yesterday to continue today. Mallam Adamu had earlier announced that the meeting was…
The Lagos state government on Thursday said it has fashioned out workable solutions to ensure free flow of traffic across the state as the yuletide season approaches. The government said it had resolved to immediately implement some mapped-out solutions to ensure Lagosians can commute across the state with ease during a close-door meeting on Thursday that had key stakeholders of the Ambode led administration in attendance. The state commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson said the governor had called for the session to fine-tune strategies for all agencies and stakeholders involved to make implementation so as to ameliorate the traffic…