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Atiku Abubakar  His visit to Anambra State 26th September 2018 shared on his Twitter handle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ...

Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) Fed Beggars and Homeless Persons on Girls Alive platform. Queen Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) and a Serving Youth Corp  Presently Serving in FCT. Fed Beggars and Homeless Persons on Girls Alive platform. In Abuja. On 26th September 2018.    She was on  the street of Abuja in  FCT , on 26th September 2016 with her friends by 2pm to feed the beggars and the homeless . She started from DeiDei, to Kubwa.  satellite towns in Abuja, FCT. In feeding the beggars. What a kind gesture from her to remember the Destitute. See the photos: She wrote. "We were on the streets of Abuja, precisely Kubwa and Dei Dei axis on Wednesday (26/9/18) as our confidently beautiful Queen, Queen Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) fed beggars and homeless persons on Girls Alive platform. We sincerely appreciate all our volunteers...

The second term bid of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has become more uncertain as the market women queue behind, Sanwo-Olu.   Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo and Babajide Sanwo-Olu     The Iyaloja General of Lagos, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has thrown her weight behind the candidacy of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos State All Progressives Congress governorship primaries holding on Sunday.   The endorsement came after a short meeting between Mr. Sanwo-Olu, the Director General of his campaign organization, Mr. Tayo Ayinde on one hand and Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo and other market leaders on the other hand.   Speaking at the occasion, the Director General of the Babajide Sanwo-olu Campaign organization (BOSCO) Tayo Ayinde said the campaign team recognized the enormity of voting power that the market women and men have so  ‘‘it will be foolhardy for any politician to underestimate them in the scheme of things’’.   Ayinde however de...

Osun state Governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has paid a visit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu following his election victory. Rauf Aregbesola, Osun Governor-elect Gboyega Oyetola and Bola Tinubu   All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the party’s victory in the Osun governorship election shows that democracy is at work in the country.   Tinubu said this after he received Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and the newly elected state Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola at his Resident in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday.   Tinubu also received Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, who faces on Sunday a primary election against Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said to be Tinubu’s candidate and Obafemi Hamzat. Ambode came with Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at...

Osun Election Oshiomhole reveals APC’s agreement with Omisore The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has explained the agreement of the party with the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Oshiomhole, who gave the explanation at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that there would not be automatic ticket for Omisore. Responding to a question on whether the APC promised Omisore an automatic ticket to contest  a senatorial seat, He said, “I don’t like those words  ‘automatic tickets.’ I was careful even after the meeting we had with our lawmakers not to use those words. “We will provide a level playing field for all to contest, if I didn’t promise our members automatic tickets, how can I promise a person I do not yet know?” He noted that, perhaps, the PDP forgot that Omisore had served as a deputy governor to Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer i...

The scandals bedevilling Facebook Facebook is at the centre of controversy yet again after admitting that up to 50 million accounts were breached by hackers. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said engineers discovered the breach on Tuesday, and patched it on Thursday night. “We don’t know if any accounts were actually misused,” Zuckerberg said. “We face constant attacks from people who want to take over accounts or steal information around the world.” Facebook reset the 50 million breached accounts, meaning users will need to sign back in using passwords. It also reset “access tokens” for another 40 million accounts as a precautionary measuremail Here is a roundup of the scandals dogging the social media giant. In Facebook’s telling, everything goes back to 2013 when Russian-American researcher Aleksandr Kogan creates a personality prediction test app, “thisisyourdigitallife”, which is offered on the social network. Around 300,000 people download the app...

The Nigerian government has began recruitment into the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme.   The Federal Government has announced the opening of the recruitment portal for the implementation of the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme in the country.   Dr Anthony Uwa, the Head of BRISIN implementation in Nigeria, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.   BRISIN is an integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information to support the management of the economy.   The Agency also reports that the Federal Government plans to recruit 5000 unemployed Nigerians in the FCT in the pilot phase to drive the implementation of the scheme.   According to Uwa, “the registration into the 5,000 recruitment for BRISINS implementation is now open online. “Applicants can access the form and register only from www.brisin.gov.ng; applica...

 The Burial Of Bello Baba-Ari, NAF Pilot Who Died In Fighter Jet Crash on Friday 28th September 2018. He was a pilot in the Nigeria Airforce  NAF Officer and  Squadron Leader. He has been buried briefly accordance with the Islamic rite with his families and colleagues in attendance.             Dignitaries and senior military officers paid their last respects as his body  was laid to rest.   The deceased officer, Squadron Leader Bello Baba-Ari, who was a trainer pilot flew the combat fighter jet while the hospitalised officers flew the trainer jets.      The 32-year-old pilot, a squadron pilot at the Air Task Force, Operation Lafiya Dole, in the North-East, had taken off with two others in three fighter jets at about 12.30pm from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.  Buthe the  planes collided minutes later around Katamkpe Hill.