The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has gone to the courts to challenge the powers of President Goodluck Jonathanto deploy troops to Osun State for the August 9 governorship election. The party said it was also seeking to oust the power of the Inspector-General of Police Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, to impose a curfew on any part of the state during the election.
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A former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, spoke to Segun Awofadeji on the state of the nation. Excerpts: Why are you interested in the governorship of Bauchi State? I will declare for the governorship of Bauchi State. I have not done that but by God’s willing, I will very soon declare. And on declaring my candidature, I will unfold my programme of action. I have experts who are now working on my programme of action, and I will unfold that from the day I’m making my own declaration. The areas I’m going to focus are three or four. We are going to focus first of all on the issue of governance; I’m taking about the ability to really fall back on our institutions.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the electorate in the North-east will use the next year’s general election to show their displeasure against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly failing to arrest the destructive scourge of insurgency ravaging the North-eastern part of the country. The party’s National Vice-Chairman in the North-east, Babachir David Lawal, who made the assertion in an interview with journalists in Abuja, also said the people of Adamawa State are angry over the wrongful removal of former Governor Murtala Nyako and will definitely restore APC to power in the state after the by- election.
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Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly who had relocated to Abuja for fear of being attacked by protesters, yesterday returned to Lafia, the state capital, with a directive to the Clerk, Mr. Ego Maikeffi, to mandate the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Umaru Diko, to step up a seven-man committee to probe the state Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura. Al-Makura of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was served an impeachment notice by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-dominated assembly sequel to the allegation of gross misconduct and abuse of office levelled against him.
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Ever wonder why some company’s sales programs are more successful than others? During a recent forum at Emergence Capital that included Bill Binch, Marketo’s EVP of Worldwide Sales, followed by panels dedicated to sales efficiency and growth strategies with speakers from ServiceMax, InsideSales, Zendesk, Fuze, and InsideView, I compiled 10 “sales secrets” based on their experiences.
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Gamification -- a hot buzzword these days -- is the business equivalent of mixing broccoli into mac and cheese. It’s a way of making predictable, boring workplace tasks more engaging for employees and customers. And it seems to be working. By taking business processes such as compliance training and turning them into a participatory, competitive games, employees tend to be more receptive to tasks that you need them to do anyways. Start recognizing the winners and doling out prizes and all of a sudden your staff is actually smiling at work.
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Zenith Bank Nigeria has, Wednesday, announced a first half Profit Before Tax of N57.86 billion ($357.5 million), an 11 percent rise from N52.09 billion ($326 million) a year ago. The bank, in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange, stated that its gross earnings between the months of January-June 2014 stood at N184.4 billion ($1.14 billion) , 7.8 percent higher than the N171.0 billion of 2013.
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Egypt is set to launch a tender as it restarts plan to build its first nuclear power plant which is expected to boost the national capacity to generate power, state owned Al Ahram Newspaper reports. The report, which was published recently, added that the tender will hold at the end of the year and will be open to foreign companies. However, it was not specified if the bid will be open to only a select group of companies or all interested firms.
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Indian software services firm Tech Mahindra has announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Midad Holding. The Indian firm will have 51 per cent ownership in the joint venture called Tech Mahindra while Saudi-based Midad, a subsidiary of Al Fozan, will have a 49 per cent stake.
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The UAE has set up a moon-sighting committee to confirm the first day of Eid Al Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, the UAE’s minister of Justice has issued a decision setting up the committee, official news agency WAM reported.
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