Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, has recorded over three million membership, ahead of the 2019 general elections. He disclosed this at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, while fielding questions from women at the 14th annual lecture of the Women in Management, Business, and Public Service.

The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, met with Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates and African Business Mogul, Alh. Aliko Dangote to proffer solutions to financing healthcare in Nigeria.

Saraki who was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, had the breakfast with the business magnates and philanthropists at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.

Top on the agenda of the meeting were: Polio eradication, sustainable health financing and primary health care strengthening.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated its lack of confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) going into next year’s general elections.

Uche Secondus, national chairman of the party, made this known Wednesday in Abuja, while receiving a delegation of the United Nations, led by Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).

He called on the UN to intervene in a bid to prevent rigging during the 2019 general election.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged women to build the world the desire themselves and not rely on help from anyone else – apparently referring to the dominance of men across most spheres of human endeavour.

The former President said this on Thursday in Lagos, at the 14th annual lecture of the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WimBiz).

The 2018 edition of the lecture drew from the global theme ‘Pressing for Progress’, with a sub thematic focus on ‘Women in Politics and Nation Building”.

A rich supporter of former President Goodluck Jonathan reportedly hired SCL, a data analytics company, to paint President Muhammadu Buhari bad in the buildup to the 2015 elections.

Fresh information reveals that fixers hired by a billionaire in support of the Jonathan campaign hacked into Buhari’s personal data.

SCL is the parent company of Cambridge Analytical, a data marketing firm, which harvests data from different sources and creates micro targets, with the ultimate goal of changing audience behaviour. It is reputed as one of the factors responsible for the outcome of the US presidential election and the Brexit vote of 2016.

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Zamfara, in continuation of his visit to states affected by herdsmen crisis.

He arrived at the Katsina Airport on Thursday morning where he was warmly received by the state Governor Aminu Bello and members of the executive council, after which he left for Zamfara.

He was accompanied by the National Security Adviser Babagana Mungunu and other top officials.