Reports have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police, not to summon Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Osun gubernatorial election, until after Saturday’s exercise. The police had earlier on Wednesday, asked Adeleke to immediately appear before it at the force headquarters, Abuja, over alleged […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP governorship candidate in the Osun election on Saturday may not be qualified to run for the office and his attempt to make things up, has landed him in Police trouble. The police asked him and four others to report today to report to their Special Investigation Panel at the Abuja […]
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Jimi Agbaje, the 2015 Lagos State governorship candidate under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, confirmed that he would run for the office again in 2019. Agbaje made the confirmation via a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. “It is true that initially I did not want to re-contest, but I had […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday declared he has the ability, capacity and track record to oust President Muhammed Buhari at the polls in 2019. Mr Saraki stated this at a townhall meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. The event at Park Inn Hotels, Abeokuta, was in continuation of […]
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The Presidency says the global banking giant, HSBC, has no moral justification whatsoever to project that a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari “raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration.” Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja […]
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Following the resignation of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the government of President Muhammadu Buhari as the citadel of iniquity. In a statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday, the PDP says Kemi Adeosun, former minister of finance, should be arrested and prosecuted. Adeosun […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance. In a related development, Buhari approved that Zainab Ahmed, the minister of state for budget and national planning, should oversee the ministry immediately. This was contained in a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman. In her resignation letter, the former minister […]
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Kemi Adeosun says her NYSC exemption certificate was screened and cleared by the House of Assembly in 2011, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the National Assembly in 2015 before she was appointed minister by President Muhammadu Buhari. In her resignation letter dated September 14, 2018, she said she had no reason to believe […]
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said he would open Nigerian economy to foreign investments to generate income and employment if given the mandate to rule in 2019. Atiku,who is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of People Democratic Party (PDP), disclosed this while addressing the Kogi state PDP leadership and delegates […]
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The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says there is no way president Muhammadu Buhari will win if the 2019 election is free and fair. Fayose said this while responding to a statement by the president that he is seeking re-election to protect Nigerians. He alleged that since the All Progressives Congress (APC) took over […]
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