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Update:: The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, for the February 16 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, says the country’s economic misfortunes will be reversed to rapid economic growth if the party is voted in. Obi gave the assurance at an interactive session with the Edo stakeholders and members of the PDP in Benin on Thursday. According to him more than 40 per cent of young Nigerians are unemployed, leading to Nigeria being referred to as one of the poorest countries in the world. He also alleged that “Nigeria has been shut down economically, politically and socially for more than three years.” “This has resulted in hunger, insecurity, and economic instability especially in the North Eastern part of the country.” According to him, the Atiku/Obi-led government if elected will bring back foreign investors to develop the economy of the country. Obi said: “those who have closed their businesses for fear of kidnapping, banditry, insurgency as ...

Update:: Unknown gunmen on Thursday abducted the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo House of Assembly, Mr Michael Ohio-Ezomon, in his house at Eme-Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the local government, Mr Frank Illaboya who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eme-Ora on Thursday, said Ohio-Ezomon was abducted by three gunmen around 1 a.m. on Thursday. According to Illaboya, the candidate’s orderly was killed by the abductors who whisked him away through the window. “Our candidate in the forthcoming election has been abducted by three gunmen at his house at about 1 a.m. this morning. “The orderly attached to him was killed and our candidate was taken away by gunmen through the window. “As I speak to you now, there has been no contact from the abductors,” Illaboya said. Also speaking, the Edo Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, told NAN at the scene of the incident that investigation would com...

Update:: It would seem like popular Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright is now a Christian. Again. The actress who converted to Islam back in 2015 has now gone back to her roots.  A source is quoted as saying: "I have been seeing her in Winners Chapel, Houston, where she attends services and would come elegantly dressed" The actress has also taken to sharing Christian-like captions on her social media.  The Nollywood veteran is now based in Houston, Texas. 

- Togo has elected Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan as its first female head of the National Assembly - Tsegan is a member of President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic party and was chosen as the head of the National Assembly in a vote by her fellow lawmakers - Tsegan won 88 nominations from the 89 members of parliament who participated in the voting Togo has elected Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan as its first female head of the National Assembly, after the just conducted parliamentary elections that saw the ruling party retain the majority seats. Daily Mail reports that Tsegan who is a member of President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic party was chosen as the head of the National Assembly on Wednesday, January 23, in a vote by her fellow lawmakers. Tsegan won 88 nominations from the 89 members of parliament who participated in the voting. The 47-year-old lawmaker previously held the position of parliamentary administrator. She is taking over from her party collea...

Update:: A man identified as Abdullahi Yadau, has divorced his wife after they clashed over the politics of the 2019 presidential election.in central Nigeria’s Plateau state. Abdullahi, who resides in Jos Plateau state, told BBC Hausa that he had divorced his wife, Hafsat Suleiman, after she kept asserting that “President Muhammadu Buhari will be reelected in 2019.” According to him, her staunch support for President Buhari had been a source of quarrel between them. Yadua said with the consent of his parents, he decided to divorce her according to the Sharia legal system. The BBC Hausa reported that it has been trying to reach Hafsat to get her own side of the divorce story but to no avail. However, her cousin, Ibrahim Suleiman, who spoke to BBC Hausa about what had happened between the couple vowed that “she would not return to his (Yadau’s) home.” President Muhammadu Buhari’s major challenger is former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who bears the presidential flag of...