Global Patriot Newspapers

22 February

IBOM AIR makes history; confounds critics

In a country without a National Carrier, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has made history by launching the first state-owned airline in Nigeria, IBOM AIR, thus putting the camp of his eternal critics into confusion. Despite the giant strides of the Emmanuel administration particularly in its industrialisation drive …

22 February

Arsenal, Eintracht march into Europa League last 16

London, Feb. 21, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Arsenal beat BATE Borisov 3-0 to reach the Europa League last 16 after a 1-0 first-leg defeat by the Belarus champions on Thursday. The London club were joined by Eintracht Frankfurt, who earned a 6-3 aggregate victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Salzburg were also big winners as …

22 February

President Buhari broadcasts to Nigerians; China supports non-interference in nations’ affairs

Towards the Presidential and National Assembly elections rescheduled to hold Saturday, February 23, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday, February 22, 2019 broadcast to the nation at 7 am with a repeat at 9 pm. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) said that …

22 February

Don’t kill Kwankwaso, Secondus warns, seeks inquest into attack on him; Ganduje condemns clash, calls for investigation

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has demanded immediate explanation from President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kano state Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje on the attempted assassination of the party’s Deputy National Chairman, PDP Presidential Campaign Council and former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was …

22 February

President Buhari challenges historians, economists to document 16 years of PDP’s mismanagement as 12 presidential candidates endorse his re-election

There is compelling need for historians and economists to document the 16 years squander-mania and mismanagement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), so that future generations would not repeat the same mistakes, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, …

22 February

Elections: Calm in Gombe as materials arrive LGA’s from CBN

A calm atmosphere has enveloped most parts of the Gombe State capital and some Local Government Areas surrounding it as they received all election materials for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. Our correspondent who visited three out of the eleven Local Government INEC offices reports that the Electoral Officers …

21 February

2019: Niger Delta community in Borno support Buhari, Shettima

By Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri A group under the auspices of the Niger-Delta Peoples’ Forum, in Borno has thrown its weight behind the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and the election of Governor Kashim Shettima as Senator for Borno Central on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The …

21 February

Elections shift: Borno NURTW gives 50 percent discount on transport fares to voters

By Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri In order to reduced the effect of the postponed Presidential and National Assembly elections and also to encourage voters to go back to where they registered to cast their votes, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Borno state chapter has declared 50 percent discounts …

21 February

NLNG flags off 2019 Nigeria Prize Science, Literature, and Literary Criticism competitions

The Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science, The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Literary Criticism Prize,sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, have published the Call for Entries for the 2019 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions. The Science and Literature prizes,which are now in …

21 February

Shell inducts 30 graduates for industry internship

Thirty engineering graduates have been inducted to the fifth batch of the Shell Nigeria internship programme, a four-year old scheme designed to help young graduate engineers upscale their skills in readiness for employment in the energy sector. The internship programme, run in collaboration with the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria …

21 February

Borno Senate: Candidates of 15 political parties withdraw for Gov. Shettima … Why we withdrew for Shettima

Candidates of fifteen political parties for Borno central senatorial district on Wednesday in Maiduguri, announced their withdrawal from Saturday’s re-scheduled Presidential and national assembly elections in unanimous endorsement of APC’s candidate, Governor Kashim Shettima. The candidates said they took decision in view of their conviction that of all candidates, “no …

21 February

Presidential, National Assembly elections: Borno INEC assures of readiness

By Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Alhaji Mohammed Magaji has said that in line with the INEC Headquarters directives on immediate retrieval of sensitive and non sensitive election materials earlier released to Electoral Officers, that these materials had been retrieved …

21 February

Buhari, APC, used and dumped you, now is your turn to dump them. ….Atiku, Secondus, Dogara,Sambo tell Northern ‘takalawas’

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign train arrived Kaduna the capital of the old Northern region with a strong message for the northern poor popularly called the takalawas to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC for dumping them after collecting their votes in 2015. Speaker after …

21 February

I stand with Buhari on death for ballot box snatching – Tinubu

Robert Awokuse The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari on his statement which called for ruthless action by the military against any individual who is caught snatching ballot box during the elections. Tinubu indicated his support of …

20 February

Only an Act of God can stop Feb. 23 elections, Yakubu tells international community

By Isaac Abuja, Feb. 20, 2019 Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says “only an Act of God can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday. He stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross section of the …

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