The immediate past governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Isa Yuguda; his commissioners, campaign directors and supporters have joined the Green Party of Nigeria. Others, who joined the GPN, are a former national organising secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Umaru Dahiru; and a former minister, Alhaji Habibu Aliyu. Yuguda, a two-term governor of Bauchi State, won the election on the platform of the then All Nigeria Peoples Party in 2007. Years after assumption of office, he defected to the PDP. He was re-elected for a second term under the PDP. He dumped the party in April 2016, less than one year after handing over power to the All Progressives Congress. Yuguda, in a letter addressed to the PDP chairman, said he dumped the PDP because of the shocking revelations of embezzlement of the $2.1bn meant for arms procurement.
ALVARO MORATA is reportedly not happy at Chelsea and has been in constant contact with his former Real Madrid team-mates via Whatsapp. Alvaro Morata joined Chelsea last month for a club-record fee in the region of £70million but has failed to start in either of the Blues' first two matches. The 24-year-old was a second-half substitute in the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal and 3-2 loss to Burnley at the weekend. And despite scoring a superb diving header against Sean Dyche's side, the Spain international is reportedly not comfortable at Stamford Bridge. Spanish outlet Diario Gol claim he is feeling the heat and confessed to his former Real Madrid team-mates via Whatsapp he is unhappy. The report says Morata may have warned other Real players against leaving the Bernabeu this summer, claiming the grass is not greener. Morata admitted last week in an interview with Spanish newspaper Marca he was feeling the pressure of his big-money move. "I admit it's a very i...
Nigeria's best known potter who was awarded a Doctorate and was made MBE in 1963 for the level of detail and skill she utilized while making her pots. Ladi Dosei Kwali (1925-1983) popularly known as Dr Ladi Kwali was born in 1925 in Kwali town in the present Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,Nigeria. Probably she is the best known of the Abuja potters. Making pots was women’s work in Kwali and the entire Gwari villages, therefore Ladi came to Abuja (the then Suleja) with knowledge of traditional Gwari pottery. She did not at first take to the idea of using wheels and kilns and the other paraphernalia of the European potter, but proved to have a natural ability to throw. She was picked from her traditional home Kwali to the then Abuja the present Suleja because of her natural ability in making pots. The Abuja Pottery Training Centre was established 1950 by an English potter, Michael Cardew, who was sent to the Abuja area by the then colonial government, ostens...
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