The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abukakar, on Tuesday, suffered a gaffe while speaking at the party’s campaign rally in Plateau State. The rally was held at the Rwang Pam township stadium in Jos, the Plateau capital. Giving his speech in Hausa, a Nigerian local language, Atiku said, “For God’s sake and for the value of this place, ensure that you vote for AP, I mean PDP this time around”. Abubakar, who had earlier defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), had rejoined the PDP in December 2017.
The caption was Johnnie Cochran's famous argument to the jury in his defense of OJ Simpson while on trial for the murder of his wife Nicole and her friend. While many reasons were given for why the gloves didn't fit, we've got a similar case in our hands. For 36 years, we had an account of the last few hours of Late Dele Giwa and how he died from injuries sustained from an explosion from a parcel bomb sent to his residence.
Some Nigerians living in Canada have been physically attacked by Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, led by its Chairman, Rt Hon Abubakar Suleiman, who were on a study visit. SaharaReporters learnt that the Speakers of state legislative houses travelled to Canada on a seven-day study of legislative processes in government and capacity-building programmes to further enhance and strengthen their capacity as lawmakers.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has revealed how he helped his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi remain the substantive candidate of his party. Sowore stated this on Monday at the 13th Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Lecture in Ikeja, Lagos State. He revealed that when Obi's candidacy was challenged by his fellow party members, he was the one who obtained a court judgement and handed it over to human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) to defend Obi's interest in court.
Analysis
The question of air cargo – how it has been affected by the pandemic, in what way(s) it has actually benefitted from it, its growing importance (along with e-commerce), and how it can contribute to global vaccination programmes – was discussed during the most recent session of
CAPA Live in Dec-2020, during two sessions.
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The text below contains snippets of dialogue from the two sessions, together with video links for those who wish to explore panellists’ comments in more detail.