The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday nominated Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the party's new candidate to replace late Audu for Kogi governorship supplementary poll.Bello will replace Abubakar Audu, who was leading the polls with 41,000 but died suddenly last weekend.It was also learnt that the APC has retained Hon. James Abiodun Faleke as the party's deputy governorship candidate.Mohammed Audu, the son of the late governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu, who was earlier fielded to replace his dad was dumped by the party.
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, has declared support for the Peace Corps bill passed by the National Assembly. The bill, which seeks to turn the Peace Corps, a non-government organisation, into a government paramilitary agency, has elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians. Proponents see it as an avenue to create jobs for thousands of youth while critics describe as a duplication of functions already being performed by existing agencies and creation of another bureaucracy at a time the country is finding it difficult to pay workers' salaries. The bill was opposed by existing military and security institutions in Nigeria and the Peace Corps leader Dickson Akoh is currently being prosecuted for alleged fraud. Apart from lawmakers, the bill is also supported by some prominent Nigerians including the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, who also asked Mr. Buhari to sign to it. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Katsina emir made a similar call on the president on Thursda...
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