Wada is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Kogi state governorship election scheduled for November 16.

According to the report, the leak of the photos has raised concerns within the PDP.

“This is embarrassing. Our governorship candidate and his deputy both sleeping at a public function that is a sign of bad omen and it is unacceptable,” an unnamed PDP chieftain. quoted in the report said.

Reacting to the photos, an All Progressives Congress stalwart interviewed by Vanguard said:
“How can he and his deputy be seen sleeping at a two-hour event? They need to be mentally fit to think of wrestling power from Gov Yahaya Bello who has been going well with little resources.” Wada, a younger brother to former governor Captain Idris Wada (rtd) will face incumbent and

APC candidate, Alhaji Yahaya Bello at the poll. Meanwhile, the Ebira People's Association has called for an “unflinching, undivided and unreserved support and solidarity” for the re-election bid of Governor Bello.

https://thickmatch.com/kogi-election-photos-wada-sleeping-event-hits-internet/

The Wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, is now to be addressed as ‘First Lady’.

She was addressed as ‘Wife of the President’ throughout the first four-year tenure of her husband.

Dr. Aisha Buhari, late on Thursday night, announced her decision to be addressed as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at an event held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

She revealed her new official title at the presentation of awards to immediate past governors’ wives and current governors’ wives of the 36 states of the federation.

According to her, the new designation would take immediate effect in order to resolve the issue of the title of wives of governors.

She said: “When my husband was newly elected, I personally chose to be called the Wife of the President.

“But I realised that it caused confusion in the states as to whether the wives of state governors should be addressed as the first ladies or wives of the governors.

“So, forgive me for confusing you from the beginning, but now I choose to be called the First Lady”.





Source: https://thickmatch.com/aisha-buhari-dumps-wife-president-title/

The worn-out facility is on the brink of receiving much-needed repairs following the visit of the sports minister and the Lagos state governor


Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has embarked on a bid to give the National Stadium in Lagos a facelift.

Dare embarked on an inspection tour of the decaying edifice alongside Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Femi Hamzat on Saturday morning.

In a series of tweets, the sports minister is keen on refurbishing the sporting facility ‘to the glory it deserves’.

Built in 1961and expanded in 1972, the hallowed ground for Nigeria’s sporting glory hosted the 1973 All-Africa Games. On the ground, the country lifted their first Africa Cup of Nations title in 1980.

However, it has gone into disrepair since the Abuja National Stadium was constructed to host the 2003 All African Games.

The 2004 LG Cup Four Nations Tournament was the last football championship hosted inside the stadium’s main bowl. In the stadium, Senegal silenced Nigeria 1-0 thanks to Papa Khalifa Sangere’s 25th-minute strike.




Source: https://thickmatch.com/minister-aims-revive-lagos-national-stadium/

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A. Frank Edoho
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B. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu
@Ebuka

C. Uti Nwachukwu
@SirUTI

D. Joseph Benjamin

Top 50 clubs in the world according to Worldrankings. Barca still on the top, but Man Utd 46th..

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The BBNaija show may have ended but the drama is just starting. Recall that on the show, one of the housemates, Tacha, was very much talked about as she managed to stay controversial.
Despite that, Tacha’s fans outside the house did all they could for her to keep topping the voting charts every eviction night, including intimacy therapist, Jaruma.
Things have however turned sour between Jaruma and Tacha seeing as the intimacy therapist recently labelled the former housemate as ungrateful on social media.



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Actress Nkechi Blessing has expressed that she is ready to be the girlfriend of 2019 BBNaija 3rd runner up, Omashola.

Speaking via her Instagram page, the screen diva asked people to help her pass the message to the reality TV star.

She then added that people are free to screenshot what she posted and send to her husband.

In her words;

“Someone please tell Omashola I’m ready to be his GF. If you like munch this and send to my husband, na u Sabi”.

What she wrote below:
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Jessica Nabongo, a travel blogger has taken thrill-seeking to a whole new level and turned her passion into a world record.
The beauty who serves as a United Nations employee is now the first black woman to set foot on every country of the earth.
The Ugandan beauty announced her achievement via Instagram stating she has been to 195 states and nothing beats the satisfaction her travels brought.
Her long journey of discovery ended at magical Seychelles.




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One thing peculiar to human nature is our ability to adapt to a new environment and completely become embedded in a new culture that our old ways are replaced with what we are constantly exposed to. That would be the case of many Nigerians who have relocated abroad.
However, many others still hold on dearly to their culture and when they gather to celebrate what matters most to them, it is a beautiful sight to watch. A group of Nigerians in Ireland recently celebrated Yoruba Culture Day in style.

Photos and videos were shared on Facebook by Hrm Saheed Olamilekan Ibrahim and the joy of being part of an agelong culture while being several miles from home can be felt from watching the clips. Not only did the people wear matching native ankara prints, they also had some foreigners join them as they showed the residents of Ireland what it means to be Yoruba and proud.



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In continuation of its capacity building initiatives to effectively tackle various security challenges confronting the Nation, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the training of another batch of Special Forces (SF) personnel.




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Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has identified the late former military Head of State, Sani Abacha, as the biggest thief in world history, stating that 21-years after, more loots linked to the former dictator were still being uncovered.

Omokri was responding to the claim by Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, that Northerners are rarely arrested for advance fee fraud, popularly known in local parlance as Yahoo Yahoo.

Speaking at the Northern Youth summit organised by Northern Hibiscus Initiative in Kaduna on Saturday, El-Rufai said although the North was the most backward and uneducated region in Nigeria, it was a thing of pride that Northerners were rarely arrested for Yahoo Yahoo and other financial crimes.

El-Rufai had said: “Nigeria consists of two countries; there is a backward, less educated and unhealthy northern Nigeria, and a developing, largely educated and healthy southern Nigeria. We have to speak the truth to ourselves and ask why is it that northern Nigeria has development indicators similar to Afghanistan, a country still at war?

“We have the largest number of poor people in the world, most of them in northern Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest number of out of school children, virtually all of them in Northern Nigeria.

“We are being considered as the parasite of the federal economy, even though, that is not entirely true. Because northern Nigeria still feeds the nation. The richest businessman in Nigeria is still Aliko Dangote, not someone from Southern Nigeria, thank God for that.

“So, we still have a lot to be proud of. We should be proud of our culture and tradition, as well as unity. You hardly can find someone from northern Nigeria convicted of 419 or being a Yahoo boy. That is something we should be proud of.

Responding in a post on Twitter, Omokri said: “Dear Elrufai,

“Before you label Southerners fraudsters, note that the biggest thief in world history is Sani Abacha. 21 years after, his loot is still being recovered, though @MBuhari said ‘Abacha never stole’.

“There are good and bad Nigerians in North and South!”




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About 20 governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state on Monday rejected the indirect mode of primary election approved for the state by the national secretariat of the party.

The aspirants including former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association and Alhaji Yusuf Haruna who was former Aide de Camp of APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said using the indirect primary would amount to denying them a level playing ground and denying card-carrying members the opportunity to exercise their rights.

In a letter to the National Chairman of the party signed by General Patrick Akpa and Comrade Godwin Egbunu, but read to newsmen by Comrade Mohammed Ali, they claimed that with the indirect primary, the party was setting booby traps for itself.
They said that as loyal party members, they will not fold their arms and allow the party to suffer huge political loss arising from the narrow ambition of a “non-performing governor”.

At the time of this report, the aspirants were at a meeting with some members of the National Working Committee.



Read more here https://thickmatch.com/kogi2019-20-kogi-apc-guber-aspirants-reject-indirect-primary/

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday challenged the admissibility of the form containing his bio-data at the presidential tribunal.

NAN reports that the presidential election petition tribunal continued hearing in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, it’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging Buhari’s victory.




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Following recent appointments announced by the presidency, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday berated President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for alleged insensitivity to the welfare of the people of the country.

It also alleged that Buhari had abandoned Nigerians to their fate and was only interested in the appointment of aides to serve his immediate personal comfort and necessities.

This allegations were made by the spokesman of the opposition party, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement made available to newsmen, in Abuja.

Ologbondiyan added, “The party described as highly unfortunate that at a time millions of Nigerians are hurting and suffering untold hardship due to lack of attention to critical sectors of our economy and national life, President Buhari is only concerned about his personal needs.

“The PDP says such unpatriotic and self-centered acts, which is a direct slap on the sensitivity of the citizens, are only associated with leaders who do not have the mandate of the people but found themselves in office as beneficiaries of manipulated elections.

“That is why at the time Nigerians expect urgent interventions on critical issues of national insecurity and uncertainties; kidnapping and bloodletting; high costs of food and essential services; lack of affordable healthcare, decayed infrastructure and excruciating poverty in the land, President Buhari and his handlers are more interested in appointing house keepers and managers of social events that has only to do with him.”

Further, PDP urged Nigerians to note that this development and the alleged general
lethargy in governance was a weighty effect of the validity challenge that confronts governance in the nation following the alleged rigging of the 2019 Presidential election.

The PDP spokesman claimed that such unseriousness further amplifies the alleged insensitivity and incompetence of the Buhari Presidency.

Also, the party said the scenario as it portrayed are indications of the alleged
deplorable situation that might further befall the nation under the All Progressives Congress (APC).




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