Uganda’s ruling party has backed its leader of over three decades, Yoweri Museveni, to run for a sixth term as president in 2021, it said on Wednesday.
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Delta, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, said Independent National Electoral Commission was yet to distribute sensitive materials in the state before the postponement of last Saturday’s elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of 12 permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.
Victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy on Wednesday demanded to meet Pope Francis personally to press demands that bishops, who covered up such offences be dismissed from the priesthood.
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.
Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has defended his maligned tactical system and insists he has not held any talks with the club’s owner Roman Abramovich or senior director Marina Granovskaia as speculations grows that he is on the brink of being sacked by the club.
Former Nigerian star, Osaze Odemwingie, has acknowledged that he was taken to a Nigerian juju man after breaking his arm in training as a teenager.
Despite the absence of some key players who took part in the last FIBA World Cup qualifiers, D’Tigers Head coach, Alex Nwora, is still determined more than ever to end the qualifying campaign on a high.
Arsenal legend, David Seaman, says Arsene Wenger would the perfect replacement for under-pressure Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri.
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu on Wednesday refuted reports alleging that he boasted in Yoruba language to have stolen money.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced ban on methyl bromide as a pest control fumigant.
Apart from making the country proud on table, Aruna Quadri has become Nigerian culture promoter in the new promo released by the International Table Tennis Federation for the 2019 World Championship holding in Budapest, Hungary.
Anthony Joshua still wants a future fight with Deontay Wilder, if the WBC champion can no longer agree a rematch with Tyson Fury, says promoter Eddie Hearn.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over most parts of the country on Thuraday, with partly cloudy and thundery activities over the southern states.
Reading midfielder, Sone Aluko, is putting the finishing touches to his Chinese Super League switch.
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday appealed to Igbos in Lagos State to vote the candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the February and March elections.
Gombe United F.C on Wednesday suffered their first home defeat this season, losing 0-1 to visiting Rivers-based Go-Round FC of Omoku.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will complete the deployment of sensitive election materials to the Nation’s 774 local government areas for the Saturday elections by Thursday.
A prosecution witness, Seun Shuaibu, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, and some others transferred N350 million to former Governor Achike Udenwa of Imo in 2015.
Malam Atahiru Madami, the Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner, has said that both Presidential and Senatorial election result sheets meant for the state were found in the Federal Capital Territory.