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Arsenal's record sigining Aubameyang impresses on his Gunners debut

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Arsenal's record sigining Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang marked his debut with a goal as the Gunners beat Everton 5-1 at the Emirates Stadium. Here, we assess his performance.</div>
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"I thought it was better to start him, and if it doesn't work we can take him off," Arsene Wenger said of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before Arsenal's meeting with Everton. The striker had been a doubt having picked up an illness after his Deadline Day arrival from Borussia Dortmund, but any uncertainty about his fitness was swiftly forgotten.</div>
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The 5-1 win was just what Arsenal needed after Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Swansea, and having taken on all the pressure that comes with Thierry Henry's number 14 shirt, Aubameyang got what he needed too. His goal, brilliantly taken from Henrikh Mkhitaryan's pass, ensured his Arsenal career started in the best possible way.</div>
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Aubameyang was preferred to Alexandre Lacazette up front and looked at home from the start, playing a clever reverse pass in the sixth minute to release his old Dortmund team-mate Mkhitaryan, whose low cut-back was hooked into the net by Aaron Ramsey.</div>
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Ramsey and Mkhitaryan would go on to add two more goals and assists each, but Aubameyang had promising moments too. In the 13th minute, just before Arsenal added their second goal through Laurent Koscielny, Aubameyang was close to scoring himself. His shot from Ramsey's pass was heading towards goal when it was deflected wide by Ashley Williams.</div>
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Aubameyang did not have as many touches as his team-mates - only 25 over the course of the 90 minutes - but Arsenal will be encouraged by his impact without the ball. His pace and movement was instrumental in stretching Everton's defence, opening up the gaps which Mkhitrayan, Ramsey and Mesut Ozil so gleefully exploited.</div>
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With just over half an hour gone, Aubameyang showed his talent for getting in behind the opposition defence. Ozil's pass was perfectly measured for the Gabon international, whose blistering pace allowed him to accelerate away from two Everton defenders before forcing a low save from the advancing Jordan Pickford.</div>
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It was the kind of electrifying counter-attacking football Arsenal can expect with Aubameyang leading their attack, and his goal arrived just a few minutes later. Again, it came from him getting in behind. And while replays showed he had strayed offside, there was no doubting the quality of the finish - deftly scooped over Pickford and into the net.</div>
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"The quality of his movement was excellent, the quality of his finishing looks excellent," said Wenger afterwards.</div>
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Aubemayang continued to stretch Everton in the second half, showing a willingness to pull to the flanks and inter-change positions with Ozil and Mkhitaryan, and he was also economical in possession, completing all but one of his 17 passes and linking play effectively when necessary. It was clear, too, that enjoyed the opportunity to link up with Mkhitaryan again.</div>
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"The two players integrated well into our game and looked like they had played with us forever," added Wenger. "They have similar qualities to what our game is about. They are technically good, quick and overall it was a convincing performance." Arsenal will hope it is a sign of what's to come.</div>
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6 – Plays a smart reverse pass through to Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whose low cut-back is side-footed home by Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal’s opening goal</div>
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13 – SHOT! Has his first shot as an Arsenal player, firing Ramsey’s pass towards goal but it takes a deflection off Ashley Williams and goes for a corner.</div>
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17 – OOPS! Smiles as he inadvertently gets a foot to a low shot from Nacho Monreal and sends the ball rolling out for an Everton goal kick.</div>
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32 – PACE! Shows impressive acceleration to latch onto Mesut Ozil’s through ball and go through on goal, but his low shot from a diagonal angle is saved by the feet of Jordan Pickford</div>
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37 – GOAL! Aubameyang is released by Mkhitaryan and makes no mistake with the finish, taking a touch and coolly dinking the ball over Pickford to make it 4-0.</div>
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86 – Attempts to get on the end of Ozil’s pass down the right but there’s too much on it. Smiles at his team-mate knowing it has been a good night's work.</div>
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Kwakwanso supporters set to dump APC

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<strong><em>•Say Buhari may lose strongest political base for supporting Ganduje</em></strong></div>
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Supporters of the immediate past governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, may be on their way to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).</div>
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Their grouse is what they perceive as the tacit support being given to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje against the Senator by the leadership of the party and the Presidency in the ongoing crisis in the state APC.</div>
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Kwankwaso’s supporters accuse Ganduje of betrayal of trust.</div>
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<em>The Nation</em> gathered that the Kwakwansiyya political movement, which is loyal to Kwankwaso, will be meeting anytime from now to decide on its next line of action</div>
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A member of the Kwankwasiyya movement and chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Aminu Dabo, is disappointed that President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party are not handling the crisis appropriately.</div>
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He described the state as APC’s and Buhari’s biggest base and warned that by their continued support for Ganduje, the party and the president risk losing Kano.</div>
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He cited the recent cancellation of the former governor’s proposed visit to his constituency by the police.</div>
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The Senate had directed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to provide security cover to Senator Kwankwaso to visit the state, after the Kano State Police Commissioner, Rabiu Yusuf, cautioned Kwankwaso against visiting his home town for any political activity.</div>
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Dabo accused Ganduje of dragging the Presidency and the national leadership of the party into the crisis.</div>
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Dabo, a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority and strong member of the Kwankwasiyya movement said: “Governor Ganduje has suddenly realised that his quarrel with our leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is overwhelming him; that the people of Kano State are not happy with him, and he is becoming very unpopular in the state.</div>
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“He has realised suddenly that the only way for him to survive or to feel protected is to bring the presidency and the national leadership of our party into it. This is going to be very serious and the presidency, especially President Muhammadu Buhari, will pay a very huge political price.</div>
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“The consequence of taking side with Governor Ganjuje in this crisis will be huge; because the people of Kano State are not happy with the governor and what is happening.”</div>
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He reminded President Buhari that Kano State remains his ‘’biggest and strongest’’ political base in the country, giving  him almost two million votes in the 2015 presidential election, adding that the president must be politically correct in relating with all stakeholders involved in the current crisis in Kano APC.’’</div>
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He also berated the police for scuttling ‘‘a mere visit by Senator Kwankwaso to his senatorial district.’’</div>
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He said: “How can you stop a normal visit? If you think you are popular, why not allow other people to do their own activities? How can you stop a serving senator from visiting his senatorial district? This is very unfortunate.”</div>
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He claimed that Ganduje betrayed Kwankwaso’s trust after the Senator ‘‘worked so hard to install the current governor with all the support of his followers.’’</div>
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He added: ‘‘there was nothing personal; Governor Ganduje derailed from the actual concept, ideology and the system of Kwankwasiya group; and all efforts made to let him realise his wrong steps were ignored.</div>
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‘‘He has been treating us as foreigners; we are now like an opposition within our party. He drove us out of the system and brought entirely new people, which is quite unfortunate.’’</div>
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Covenant University emerges first place winner in CFA Institute Research competition

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Covenant University emerges first place winner in CFA Institute Research competition. </h1>
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It beat the University of Lagos and the Obafemi Awolowo University, which emerged second and third place winners, respectively, in the competition held in Lagos, on Saturday.</div>
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Eight universities took part in the competition.</div>
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Covenant University will consequently represent Nigeria at the Regional CFA competition in Dublin, Ireland, on April 4 and April 5.</div>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the CFA competition in Nigeria is being sponsored by Zenith International Bank in partnership with CFA Society in Nigeria.</div>
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The CFA Institute Research Challenge is the world’s most prestigious investment research competition among university students globally.</div>
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It is aimed at promoting best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts.</div>
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The competition promotes ethics and best practices in investment research through hands-on mentoring and presentation.</div>
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Speaking at the final of the competition, Mr Jim Ovia, Chairman of Zenith Bank, said the bank had always anchored its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards empowerment, development, building skills, talent and capabilities among the youths.</div>
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He said that the bank aligned with CFA Research Challenge’s overall objective of providing a platform for university students to put into practice their theoretical knowledge.</div>
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“It is a way of encouraging the professionals to inculcate the spirit of professionalism and ethics right from very early stage.</div>
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“We believe that something will be required so that we can deepen the pool of talents we have that will take care of corporate organisations tomorrow.</div>
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“It clearly highlights succinctly what and who we are here for; the next generation of financial analysts,’’ he said.</div>
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Ovia, who was represented by Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, the deputy managing director of the bank, commended the eight universities that made it to the last stage of the competition.</div>
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“You have proven to be fearless by coming together in your various universities to put together pioneering teams for a tasking competition as the CFA Institute Research Challenge.</div>
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“There are so many of your colleagues out there that wouldn’t want the extra burden or work, but you all opted to take this on,” he said.</div>
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President, CFA Society Nigeria, Mr Banji Fehintola, said the society, which  was approved in 2012 as the 137th Society of CFA Institute, was one of five societies in Africa registered in Nigeria as an incorporated Trustee in February 2013.</div>
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He said the purpose of the research challenge was to introduce students to the practical side of investment analysis.</div>
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NAN reported that the eight universities that competed were Ahmadu Bello University, Babcock University, Covenant University and Obafemi Awolowo University.</div>
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Others were Lagos Business School, University of Abuja, University of Ibadan and University of Lagos.</div>
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APC crisis: Kwankwaso’s group perfect defection plans •Buhari may lose Kano support base —Aminu Dabo •Kwankwasiyya group meets to take decision

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APC crisis: Kwankwaso’s group perfect defection plans •Buhari may lose Kano support base —Aminu Dabo •Kwankwasiyya group meets to take decision. </h1>
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Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is billed to meet members of his political organisation, the Kwankwasiyya movement tonight to decide on his planned defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).<span style="font-size: inherit;">There has been a growing agitation among members of the Kwankwasiyya group for their leader to leave the APC in view of their exclusion from the ruling party and the growing animosity between Kwankwaso and his successor, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.</span></div>
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The planned defection, which would have been decided upon at a rally planned for Kano last week, was, however, shelved due to security reasons.</div>
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Information available in the political circles indicated that Kwakwanso may not be the only APC topshot set to dump the party.</div>
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It was gathered that some leaders of the North are already working on Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and vie for the presidency.</div>
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It was gathered that some forces in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari slowed down the Kwankwasiyya move and the defection plan when they promised to ensure truce between Ganduje and Kwakwanso.</div>
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The deal has, however, fallen flat as sources confirmed that the Kwankwasiyya movement is billed to meet today in Abuja for a final decision to dump APC.</div>
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Sources said that Kwakwanso is to decide on the choice of the party to join after leaving the APC.</div>
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The development is coming on the heels of confirmation by a chieftain of the APC and former Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Aminu Dabo, that the planned defection by Kwankwaso may lead to the loss of Kano political base by President Buhari.</div>
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Dabi, in an interview in Abuja, said that the leadership of the party and  the presidency must apply caution in handling the crisis in the Kano chapter.</div>
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He said the president stands to lose his strongest political base with the handling of the crisis.</div>
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Last week, Kano State Police Commissioner, Rabiu Yusuf, cautioned Kwankwaso against visiting  his home state for political activities due to the tension generated between his supporters and those of Governor Ganduje.</div>
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Dabo, who spoke  with newsmen  with in Abuja, on Saturday, said that  Governor Ganduje was trying to drag the presidency and the national leadership of the APC into the crisis.</div>
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He claimed that the crisis was  fast consuming the Ganduje’s political career.</div>
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“Governor Ganduje has suddenly realised that his quarrel with our leader, Senator Kwankwaso is overwhelming him; that the people of Kano State are not happy with him, and he is becoming very unpopular in the state,” he said.</div>
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“He has realised suddenly that the only way for him to survive or to feel protected is to bring the presidency and the national leadership of our party into it. This is going to be very serious and the presidency, especially President Muhammadu Buhari, will pay a very huge political price.</div>
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“The consequence of taking side with Governor Ganjuje in this crisis will be huge, because the people of Kano State are not happy with the governor and what is happening.’’</div>
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According to him,  President Buhari could easily lose Kano, which he called his ‘’biggest and strongest’’ political base in the country.</div>
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He also stated that Buhari must be “politically correct” in relating with all the stakeholders involved in the Kano APC crisis.</div>
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Dabo, who is a close ally of Senator Kwankwaso, stated that the current political situation in Kano had placed the fate of the APC in  a dicey state.</div>
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He added: “How can you stop a normal visit? If you think you are popular why not allow other people to do their own activities? How can you stop a serving senator from visiting his senatorial district? This is very unfortunate.’’</div>
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He attributed the crisis to what he called ‘’betrayal of trust’’ by Governor Ganduje.</div>
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‘’The situation has been on for quite some time; as you can remember, our leader, the former governor, Senator Kwankwaso, worked so hard to install the current governor with all the supports of his followers, but unfortunately he came and betrayed that trust.</div>
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‘’There was nothing personal; Governor Ganduje derailed from the actual concept, ideology and the system of Kwankwasiya group; and all efforts made to let him realise his wrong steps were ignored. He has been treating us as foreigners; we are now like an opposition within our party. He drove us out of the system and brought entirely new people, which is quite unfortunate.’’</div>
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He also stated that the police, the presidency and the governor were responsible for the cancellation of Kwakwanso’s visit last week.</div>
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KOWA Party</h2>
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Presidential aspirants will write exam before contesting in 2019 - National Secretary. </h1>
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The party already has four aspirants vying for its presidential ticket.</h3>
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<span class="ltxt" style="display: inline; padding-right: 10px;">Professor Remi Sonaiya is expected to be the party's flag bearer again after contesting in 2015  (Ventures Africa)</span></div>
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Presidential aspirants vying for the primary ticket of KOWA Party (KP) for the 2019 presidential election will be subjected to a written examination before they can contest.</h2>
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This was disclosed by the party's National Secretary, <strong>Mark Adebayo</strong>, while speaking at the party's Lagos State congress at Light Chapel Event Centre, Ilupeju, Lagos, on Saturday, February 3, 2018.</div>
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He also revealed that gubernatorial aspirants contesting for tickets under the party will be subjected to the same assessment so as to produce the best candidates for important political positions in 2019.</div>
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He said, <em>"There will be a written examination for presidential candidates of KOWA Party, and governorship candidates. At least for those two categories. We need a candidate who can sell the party profitably to Nigeria."</em></div>
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According to Adebayo, the party is eager to choose its presidential flag bearer on August 18, 2018, the date the <strong>Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) </strong><u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/article7885453.ece" style="background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0, 0% 100%, from(rgb(255, 255, 255)), to(rgb(250, 250, 250))); border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 3px; color: black; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 4px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none;" target="_blank">has scheduled for primary elections to commence</a></u>.</div>
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While speaking, he confirmed that KOWA already has four aspirants, including <strong>Professor Remi Sonaiya</strong>, vying for its presidential ticket.</div>
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<span class="ltxt" style="display: inline; padding-right: 10px;">KOWA party Presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, Remi Sonaiya  (Pulse)</span></div>
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Prof Sonaiya, <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/article7906638.ece" style="background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0, 0% 100%, from(rgb(255, 255, 255)), to(rgb(250, 250, 250))); border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 3px; color: black; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 4px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none;" target="_blank">who was also at the congress</a></u>, was the party's flag bearer in the 2015 presidential election and will be expected to be the favourite to win the ticket again for 2019.</div>
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In 2015, she won 13,076 votes, 0.05% of the total votes cast, as incumbent, <strong>President Muhammadu Buhari</strong> of the <strong>All Progressives' Congress (APC)</strong> coasted to victory with 15,424,921 (53.96%) votes.</div>
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Lagos gets incomplete SEC</h3>
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At the congress of the party's Lagos division, six new members were elected to the State Executive Committee (SEC) to oversee its operations.</div>
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With 79 out of 489 registered delegates voting through the party's electronic voting platform, <strong>Dr Fadahunsi Fajuyitan </strong>was elected as the party's state chairman after serving as interim since 2016.</div>
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Other officers elected include: <strong>Dr Bimbo Oyedokun </strong>as Deputy Chairman; <strong>Emmanuel Ayomide-Baafog </strong>as Secretary; <strong>Emenyi Abang </strong>as Organising Secretary; <strong>Abhulimen Marvins</strong> as Public Relations Officer; and <strong>Chimezie Nwosu</strong>as Youth Caucus Leader.</div>
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The six new officers make up an incomplete committee as there were no contestants for positions such as women leader, treasurer, and legal adviser.</div>
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National Secretary, Adebayo, pointed out the absence of any female contestants which was in violation of the party's constitution which demands that such a committee is made up of, at least, 35% of the female gender.</div>
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He advised the new chairman, Dr Fajuyitan, to conduct a supplementary election to rectify the situation.</div>
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KOWA's apology for Osun LG elections</h3>
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Following its woeful performance at the local government elections in Osun State which held on January 27, 2018, <u><a href="http://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/kowa-presidential-candidate-apologises-to-nigerians-id7906638.html" style="background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0, 0% 100%, from(rgb(255, 255, 255)), to(rgb(250, 250, 250))); border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 3px; color: black; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 4px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none;" target="_blank">Prof Sonaiya issued an apology</a></u> on behalf of the party.</div>
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<em>"Good day. We owe the public an explanation and apologies on the Osun State LG election. In promoting leadership by younger people, the risk of mistakes due to lack of experience is high. Means we need closer supervision. This has cost us a lot, but we're learning. We are sorry", </em>she tweeted.</div>
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Origin of KOWA Party</h3>
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KOWA Party was officially registered as a political party on July 16, 2009. According to a statement on its website, the party is made up of <em>"mostly political activists, professionals and politicians who did not find a level playing ground in the god-father-dominated political parties. This means that we are not the typical, conventional, rotten politician's clique."</em></div>
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The Muslim guy who is based in the northern part of Nigeria – was pictured getting high in a spiritual state as he drank a bottle of Orijin while reading and meditating on the Koran with a Crucifix.</div>
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According to reports, the man is said to be very popular among his peers especially the ladies in his area due to his unusual and controversial lifestyle.</div>
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The young man was blasted by internet users after the pictures were shared online.</div>
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