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• North Carolina Republican's son says warned father about operative's past

  20-02-2019 23:20
  The son of the Republican candidate in a disputed congressional race in North Carolina said on Wednesday he warned his father to be suspicious of a political operative now accused of running an illegal ballot operation to sway the November 2018 election.
  
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• Trump-California rift widens as auto emissions talks fail

  20-02-2019 22:57
  U.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration's plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official said on Wednesday.
  
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• Past govt destroyed checks and balances in civil service – Buhari

  20-02-2019 22:36
  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday accused the past Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administrations of abusing the federal civil service and undermined service delivery to the people.
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• PANDEF lampoons Buhari over order on ballot box snatchers

  20-02-2019 22:11
  PAN Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Army to shoot on sight anyone found snatching ballot boxes during the elections as a call for jungle justice.
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• Polls: FG declares Friday public holiday, excludes bankers

  20-02-2019 22:03
  The Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections.
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• Trump says he expects to meet North Korea's Kim again after Hanoi summit

  20-02-2019 21:40
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again after their planned summit next week in Hanoi.
  
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• Tinubu refutes comments on “leaked” audio report

  20-02-2019 20:55
  The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu on Wednesday refuted reports alleging that he boasted in Yoruba language to have stolen money.
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• Elections: I stand with Buhari on ballot box snatching – Tinubu

  20-02-2019 20:47
  Less than 48 hours to the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed support to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on any person involved in ballot box snatching during the Saturday, February 23rd, polls.
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• Trump says release of Russia probe report up to attorney general

  20-02-2019 20:08
  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the release of any report on the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be totally up to U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
  
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• Osinbajo urges Southwest Hausa communities to vote for Buhari

  20-02-2019 19:31
   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday solicited support of the Hausa community in the Southwest for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and other APC candidates in the zone.
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• PDP to Buratai: Buhari has no power to deploy soldiers for election

  20-02-2019 19:25
  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, cautioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to stay clear from politics.
  Continue reading PDP to Buratai: Buhari has no power to deploy soldiers for election at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Israel PM deal seeks to boost ultra-right in April vote

  20-02-2019 19:08
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brokered an agreement Wednesday aimed at uniting ultra-right parties ahead of April elections, prompting accusations he was pandering to extremists.
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• Buhari not in charge – Atiku

  20-02-2019 18:39
  The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) AlhajiAbubakar Atiku Wednesday reiterated that president Muhammadu Buhari was not in charge of affairs saying that his government will not be run by cabalas is being experienced at the moment.
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• Buhari will secure 70 or 80% votes in presidential poll — Sen. Enang

  20-02-2019 18:35
  Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters says President Muhammadu Buhari will secure between 70 or 80 per cent of total votes cast in the Feb. 23 presidential election.
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• White House readies panel to question security risks of climate

  20-02-2019 18:23
  The White House is readying a presidential panel that would question U.S. military and intelligence reports showing human-driven climate change poses risks to national security, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
  
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• APC Leader Assassinated In Imo State

  20-02-2019 18:12
  The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State was yesterday shot dead.The APC ward chairman identified as, Ifeanyi Ozoemena, was killed by suspected assassins last nigh ...
  
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• As governor, I ‘ll lead Kogi to prosperity – Mustapha Audu

  20-02-2019 17:53
  Mustapha Audu, son of late former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has lamented the slide in the fortune of the state, declaring that the trend has informed his resolve to contest for the governorship of the state in the days ahead. He says he wants to change the course of things for the good of all in Kogi State.
  Mustapha who is one out of the sons of the late acclaimed father of Kogi State accused  Governor Yahaya Bello of leading the state to decay three years in the saddle
  
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• Trump urged acting attorney general to put ally on hush payments probe: NYT

  20-02-2019 17:41
  U.S. President Donald Trump asked his acting attorney general to put a Trump-allied prosecutor in charge of a federal probe into the president's role in hush payments to women during his 2016 campaign, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing several American officials.
  
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• PDP Campaign Resumes As Obi Resumes Campaign In Anambra Markets

  20-02-2019 14:45
  Peter Obi, the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, stormed markets in Anambra State, taking advantage of the lifting of ban on campaigns by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Obi, durin ...
  
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• PANDEF refutes claim endorsing Atiku

  20-02-2019 14:32
  Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
  The Edo State chapter of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has refuted claims of endorsing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as its sole candidate for the presidential election.
  This was contained in a press release signed by its state chairman, Col. Paul Ogbebor (rtd.) and its national Organising Secretary, Engr. Efosa Aguebor.
  ‎Ogbebor said those who made the endorsement did it without the knowledge of the state&rsqu
  
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• Breaking: Another Presidential candidate withdraws from race

  20-02-2019 13:56
  The Presidential candidate of the National Interest Party, NIP, Eunice Atuejide, has with withdrawn from the race.
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• Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Dept. No. 2: senior official

  20-02-2019 13:52
  President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation.
  
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• Trump aides ignored legal warnings in pushing reactor plan: Democratic report

  20-02-2019 13:52
  Top White House aides ignored repeated warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials and a close friend of President Donald Trump to advance a multi-billion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, Democratic lawmakers alleged in a report released Tuesday.
  
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• Focus on conduct of credible elections, ignore APC calls on Akwa Ibom REC, Group counsels INEC boss

  20-02-2019 13:24
  Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has been urged to focus more on the conduct of free, fair and credible elections on Saturday, rather than noise from the All Progressives Congress, APC for the rede ...
  
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• Buhari is not wrong; if you don’t want to die, don’t snatch ballot boxes – Festus Keyamo

  20-02-2019 12:05
   Director Strategic Communications of President Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, SAN, Tuesday gave kudos to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, over his statement.
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• Election postponement: Adamu, Maku beg Nasarawa not to abandon polls

  20-02-2019 10:36
  By David Odama
  THE former governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu, and the Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the State, Labaran Maku, have appealed to the electorates and other stakeholders in next Saturday polls not to abandon the elections as a result of the postponement by INEC.
  According to Adamu, though the postponement of the election was painful, the aftermath of the postponement should not be allowed to overshadow the credibility of the elections sla
  
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• Kashamu promises to fix Ota roads, others

  20-02-2019 09:56
  The Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has said he would fix the roads and other infrastructure in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government and its environs.
  He spoke on Tuesday when he visited Olota-in-Council, the Council of Baales and Chiefs, the League of Imams and Alfas, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Hausa Community, the Igbo Community, the traditionalists, artisans and market men and women in Ado-Odo Ota Local Governmen
  
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• Illinois mass shooting reveals gaps in gun laws; state seeks to close them

  20-02-2019 09:53
  The governor of Illinois vowed on Tuesday to seek tighter gun control measures after learning the man who shot five co-workers dead last week was wrongly granted a firearms permit but never forced to surrender his weapon.
  
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• Anti party activities: Ondo APC factional leaders throw brickbats

  20-02-2019 09:44
  ABUJA: Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress APC in Ondo State under the aegis of Ondo APC Mandate Group have taken their agitation against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to the national secretariat of the party where they yesterday reported him of promoting the presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
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• PDP not planning to win election through legitimate votes — Oshiomhole

  20-02-2019 08:53
  Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not ready to win elections through legitimate votes, but through illegally procured votes and thuggery.
  He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference while reacting to a critical statement made by Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s riot act to thugs and ballot box snatchers.
  President Buhari at the APC expanded Nati
  
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• Rigging Plot: Obiano demands polling details of Anambra civil servants ahead of presidential election

  20-02-2019 08:19
  Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has ordered civil servants in the state to submit their polling details to him unfailingly by the close of work today, Wednesday, February 20, 2019.A signal to this effect intercepted on Tuesday by[ ...
  
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• Death penalty for ballot box snatchers: INEC Chairman disagrees with Buhari

  20-02-2019 07:36
  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement that ballot box snatchers in the forthcoming elections should pay with their lives.Buhar ...
  
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• Order on ballot box snatchers: We’ll act according to the law – Army

  20-02-2019 05:31
  ABUJA—The Nigerian Army yesterday responded to the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari, to shoot on sight anyone involved in ballot box snatching in next Saturday’s election and other polls, saying it will be guided by its (Army) rules of engagement. This came as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu insisted that ballot box snatchers be dealt with according to provisions of the Electoral Act.
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• Appeal court affirms Bolarinwa as Kwara APC chief 

  20-02-2019 04:31
  Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin
  The Court of Appeal, in Ilorin,Kwara State capital, yesterday, sacked the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
  The court, thereafter, affirmed the authenticity of the  Bashir Bolarinwa-led APC executives in the state.
  A Kwara State High Court had, on December 19, last year, ruled that the dissolved Ishola Balogun-Fulani executive was the authentic executive of the APC in the state. The lower court, thus, nullified any can
  
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• Saturday, your day of reckoning, Ajimobi tells opposition

  20-02-2019 04:23
  Oyo South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Abiola Ajimobi, has described Saturday as a day of reckoning for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to reap its 16 years of misrule.
  He, therefore, urged APC leaders and supporters to remain steadfast and faithful to the course of the ruling party, by ensuring they come out in large numbers to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari, to consolidate on the gains of the past four years.
  Addressing a stakeho
  
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• Group tasks INEC on credible polls

  20-02-2019 04:22
  Tony Udemba
  South South People’s Conference (SSOPEC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to demonstrate to the global community that Nigeria can organise free and fair elections.The group also reminded the Police and the Judiciary of their strategic roles  in organising transparent and successful elections.
  The group said post-election matters must not be allowed to constitute another headache for the nation.
  In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Pr
  
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• U.S. agency to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funds

  20-02-2019 02:55
  The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it will cancel $929 million in federal funds awarded by the Obama administration for a California high-speed rail project and is "actively exploring every legal option" to seek the return of $2.5 billion the state has already received.
  
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• Hold INEC, service chiefs, others responsible if violence erupts –Nyiam

  20-02-2019 02:55
  Chidi Obineche
  Colonel Tony Nyiam (rtd), a pro- democracy activist and acclaimed mastermind of the 1990 Gideon Orkar -led abortive coup d’etat against the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, speaks on six people whose actions or inactions will have a savoury or unsavoury effect on the conduct and outcome of this year’s presidential elections. He also enumerates the interests of western powers in the elections and their likely involvement, among other national and election r
  
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• Bauchi South: I’m ready for APC power game -Zailani

  20-02-2019 02:50
  Paul Orude Bauchi
   Ibrahim Zailani, a lawyer and former federal lawmaker, who represented Toro Federal constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP) from 1999 to 2003, lost his bid to regain his seat in 2003. He thereafter defected to the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was made a Commissioner for Information by Ahmad Adamu Mu’azu. He later returned to the APC.
   The lawyer contested the 2018 primary election of
  
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• Why Atiku will win -Cleric

  20-02-2019 02:47
  Bianca Iboma
  Apostle Peter Oboh, a former British Light heavyweight boxing champion has said that to overcome current challenges in Nigeria, there is need to invest in the youth empowerment and leadership skill.
   You made an inroad in the boxing world, but decided to box for Great Britain, Why?
  I did not decide to box for Britain. I have dual nationality. Something happened and I relocated to England in pursuance of my boxing career. I was the first Commonwealth contender before I left for
  
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• APC failed Nigerians, must be shown the way out -Oghene

  20-02-2019 02:44
  Tony Udemba
  Oghene Emma Egoh is a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency of Lagos State, at the House of Representatives. He speaks on why he is seeking a re-election and the failure of APC to deliver on its promises. He also spoke about his achievements so far, experiences in the House and on other topical issues.
  What are some of your experiences as a member of the House of Representatives?
  The National Assembly is an interesting place where ou
  
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• Elections: Postponement countered planned rigging -Abdullahi

  20-02-2019 02:41
  Abdullahi Hassan, Zaria
   Chairman, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi, has said that the postponement of last Saturday’s elections was a good decision taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to arrest the planned rigging by some incumbents.
  Barely twelve hours to the presidential poll, INEC suddenly announced the postponement of the election. How do you see this development?
  Well, I can say that this is yet another indication of cumulative failure
  
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• Bernie Sanders seeks U.S. presidency again in 2020

  20-02-2019 02:37
  U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont progressive whose 2016 White House campaign garnered fervent grassroots support and pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left, said on Tuesday he would again seek the party's presidential nomination in 2020.
  
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• Rivers PDP accuses APC of violence, election fraud plot

  20-02-2019 02:32
  Tony John,  Port Harcourt
  The People’s Democratic Party (PDP)  in Rivers State has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting violence and rigging ahead of  the forthcoming elections.
  The PDP alleged that the security agencies, particularly the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, are colluding with APC in the plot to cause crisis and disrupt the February 23  and March 9 elections.
  Addressing newsmen, yesterday, at the council’s headquarter
  
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• Elections: Defend democracy, Abdulsalami, Kukah tell Nigerians

  20-02-2019 02:28
  Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja 
  Chairman and Convener of the National Peace Committee (NPC), General Abdusalami Abubakar and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, respectively, have called on Nigerians to rise up and defend the country’s democracy.
  In a joint statement released in Abuja, yesterday, Abdulsalami and Kukah said although the elections shift was painful, they urged citizens to still perform their civic duties on Saturday.
  NPC waxed spiritual and urged Nigerians to remain hopeful because
  
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• Abia PDP organising scribe resigns

  20-02-2019 02:25
  Okey Sampson, Aba
  Organising Secretary of Abia State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Moses Ogbonna, has resigned.
  In a February 18 letter of resignation addressed to the state Chairman of the party Johnson Onuigbo, Moses cited brazen acts of impunity within the party as part of the reasons he decided to resign.
  “My decision is reached upon my painstaking review of the relationship between me, the governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and Onuigbo, which, ove
  
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• Enugu East: Court sacks APC senatorial candidate

  20-02-2019 02:24
  Raphael Ede, Enugu 
  An Enugu Federal High Court, yesterday, sacked the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Enugu East Senatorial District, Prince Lawrence Eze.
  The court declared that Prince Eze was not properly nominated for the contest having been an aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) when APC had its primary election.
  The court ruled that the plaintiff, Adaku Ogbu Aguocha, who came second in the APC senatorial primary election held on Octob
  
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• Obi preaches ‘rescue Nigeria’ to traders in Anambra

  20-02-2019 02:23
  Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka
  The vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, yesterday, resumed his campaigns in major markets across Anambra State with a passionate appeal to traders to be part of the rescue mission for Nigeria.
  Obi urged the traders to come out en masse on Saturday and use their voters’ card to effect change in leadership of the country by voting massively for the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
  Besides visiting markets, Obi
  
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• Trump confident he will prevail against lawsuits over emergency declaration

  20-02-2019 01:40
  President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Tuesday that he would prevail against a lawsuit filed by 16 U.S. states seeking to block his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
  
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• North Carolina poll workers admit improperly running early results

  20-02-2019 01:01
  North Carolina poll workers told election officials on Tuesday they illegally viewed early election results last year, the latest evidence in a probe of voting irregularities in a still unsettled congressional race.
  
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