There seem to be no end to the internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Babatunde Ogala, national legal adviser of the party, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of hijacking his office. In an internal memo dated November 6 Ogala accused the national chairman of denigrating the party’s legal department. This is coming weeks after […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he spent between N200 million and N400 million in each of 30 states on the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The senate president said this while addressing members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state. The audio was first posted by blogger, Kayode Ogundamisi, on his […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will kick-off his campaign for the 2019 polls with a launch of his policy document. The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation said this is in a statement on Saturday. The organisation said Abubakar will launch his policy document via a Facebook address at 12 noon […]
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The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), an activist group, has demanded that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) produce tax receipts belonging to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter sent to the FIRS dated November 16, and signed by Nelson Ekujumi, the group’s national coordinator, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the appointment and reappointment of some heads of parastatals. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday in Abuja. He appointed Folashodun Shonubi as the Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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The Atiku Campaign Organisation has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately covering up unemployment figures to protect his re-election bid. In a statement on Thursday, the organisation accused the Buhari-led administration of deliberately not providing funds for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to release the report which is long overdue. Yemi Kale, the statistician-general […]
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Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said the Buhari Government has fulfilled its promise of power supply through generation of additional electricity to Nigerians since 2015. Fashola spoke at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Fashola, who presented his third year progress report said federal government at inception of the current […]
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The Nigerian government on Sunday dismissed the allegations of improper airport security checks raised by the opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Sunday afternoon he was made to go through security search shortly after arriving at the international airport in Abuja from a holiday in Dubai, the […]
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Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), says there will be “massive” inflation if a minimum wage of over N30,000 is approved. Organised labour is agitating for an increment of the present N18,000 minimum wage to N30,000, and a proposal to the effect has been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. Commenting on the development […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has told Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to wait until he explains the N33 billion corruption allegations as exposed by the House of Representatives before sermonizing and parading himself like a saint. The main opposition party made this known in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola […]
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