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 The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, has promised to pay workers 100,000 as minimum wage if elected as the next president of the nation on Feb. 16. Sowore Sowore made the pledge at a town hall meeting tagged: ‘The Candidates’ organised by the MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with NTA and DARIA media in Abuja. He said that his administration would address the menace of ghost workers by installing technologies that would daily capture fingerprints of workers and the hours spent at work. He also said that he would ensure leakages were effectively blocked and would enthrone proper management of resources in the country if elected. The AAC presidential candidate said that his administration would ensure efficient collection of taxes, and that there would be no sacred cows. According to him, most companies in Nigeria collect tax from workers but do not remit to the government, while others are under remitting. Minimu

Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has stated that his star forward, Eden Hazard is not a leader. He said the Belgian must deliver more to realise his full potential and help dig Chelsea out of a slump in form. The Italian further criticised his team heavily after they slipped to a 2-0 Premier League defeat at Arsenal on Saturday, labelling his players “difficult to motivate.” Chelsea look set to remedy their striker problem with the imminent arrival of Gonzalo Higuain on loan. Sarri wants more from Hazard, who was voted the second best player at last year’s World Cup. Sarri who addressed a press conference ahead of Chelsea clash with Tottenham, on Thursday, said, “In this moment, he’s more an individual player than a leader. “He is very important for us, of course, because he is a great player. He always can win the match in two minutes. Sometimes in one minute. But, at the moment, he’s not a leader. “I think he said that coaches told him that he needs to do more. “I

The presidential candidate of Young Peoples Party, YPP, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has likened the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar as twins in issues of corruption. Moghalu, who made the comparison of both men at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja, noted that both PDP and APC lacked direction and have nothing new to offer the nation. Against that backdrop, he charged the electorates to reject them in next month’s presidential election. He said; “The All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party are twins in corruption. “In APC corruption is concentrated among the cabal while in PDP corruption is democratised. My presidency will restore Nigeria to path of greatness.” He added that his “emergence would shake the world like the result of the United States Presidential election of 2016. “We have the plan and strategy to win the election, I will be sworn in as the preside

‘I, like many others, have witnessed first-hand the progress of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari. He is fighting corruption making our country safer, and investing in vital infrastructure like no other President in the history of Nigeria. SSA to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa That is why for the past few months, I have been proud to support Together Nigeria, an advocacy group for the re-election of President Buhari’ We gathered last week to launch Together Nigeria at State House, with the support of Her Excellency, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, wife of the President of Nigeria. We were thrilled to welcome former Nigerian football stars, Daniel Amokachi, Peter Rufai, Garba Lawal, as well as some Nollywood royalty, including Chinedu Ikedieze (a.k.a Aki), Jide Kosoko, Oga Bello, and artists Olu Maintain, Korede Bello, Jide Kosoko, Iyanya, Joke Silva and DJ Jimmy Jatt and many, many more. These celebrities, like millions of o

(Full Judgment) This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court of Lagos State; comra AKINTOYE, J., delivered on 23rd June, 2017, against the Appellant’s Notice of Preliminary Objection dated and filed on the 13th June 2017 challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain and determine the instant information against the Appellant. Justice Nganjiwa The facts relevant to the determination of this appeal are that, the Appellant was by a 14-Count information dated 8th June, 2017 charged for offences ranging from unlawful enrichment by a public officer to making false information contrary to Section 82(a) of the Criminal Law Of Lagos State No. 11, 2011 and section 39(2)(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) act 2004. Appellant upon being served with the information filed a Notice of Preliminary Objection challenging the jurisdiction of the trial court to hear the case against him mainly on the ground that conditions precedent to the filing of the information had no

Despite evidence of an incipient southern solidarity, pessimists are likely to believe that hoping to restructure Nigeria is utopian this late in the day in the Caliphate agenda when it is almost game, set and match to the Caliphate Jihadists. However, history shows that some presumed utopias do get realized if correct efforts are made, and provided the difficulties are not masked or overlooked. Even though this is a last minute beginning of Southern solidarity, a good beginning has been made. It has finally dawned on us all that Southern unity is where we must start our journey to liberation, and that restructuring is where we need to first go. That first step taken, how do we get there? What particular road can take us there? Let’s see if some folk wisdom can show us the next challenges we must urgently prepare to meet and overcome on our way. How do we persuade the Caliphate colonialists to negotiate and concede the type of country that the restructuring movement wants? A type

According to The Nation, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, did not travel to the United States as an aide to the Senate President. The All Progressives Congress had said Atiku was finally allowed to travel to the US because he posed as an aide to Saraki. Speaking on AIT’s Kakaaki programme on Wednesday, Saraki, who is the Director-General, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, described the allegation as nonsensical. He said, “These are desperate claims. When you are campaigning and you see that you have suffered a setback, just move on and don’t make a fool of yourself. To say the candidate travelled on my merit is not true. “He applied for his visa, was given the visa and he was invited to attend functions. How do you do that? How do you travel as an aide? That is ridiculous! They know it. It is very difficult for them to respond because they have sold a lot of propaganda and lies to Nigeria