Senator Mustapha Bukar, representing Katsina North senatorial district, President Muhammadu Buhari’s constituency, is dead. He was aged 63. Alhaji Kanta Bukar, the elder brother of the deceased, confirmed the death and said that Bukar died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja. He said the deceased was survived by two wives […]
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Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. Top on the agenda of the meeting is Buhari’s opposition to the elongation of the tenure of the party’s national working committee led by John Oyegun. The meeting started at 2:15 […]
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A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the two lists of alleged looters released by the administration. The Minister had on Sunday circulated a statement containing a fresh list of 23 individuals undergoing trials for alleged corruption. But […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has challenged the Minister of Culture and Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed to be ready to proof in court that he collected N200m from the National Security Adviser (NSA). Secondus made the challenge in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Ike Abonyi, on […]
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The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians not to accept the apology tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Monday, Uche Secondus, national chairman of the PDP, apologised to Nigerians, saying his party made mistakes. Tinubu described the apologies as deceitful, saying they sought to hoodwink […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described as unconstitutional, plans to elongate the tenure of the current National and State Executive Officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Chief John Odigie Oyegun. Speaking at the National Executive Committee meeting of the party, Buhari said that he had reflected on the proposed tenure elongation and also […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the UN of his commitment to a credible, free and fair elections in 2019. Mr Buhari gave the assurance when the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, met him in Abuja, according to a note by the UN issued from New York. “On preparations for the 2019 elections and expected support […]
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The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at an event in Abuja on Monday, formally apoligised to Nigerians for the “mistakes” it made while governing the country. The PDP governed Nigeria for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015 when it lost power to the All Progressives Congress (APC). “We made mistakes. On behalf […]
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The major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls as a scam and a stage play for political purposes. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, made the comment on Wednesday in reaction to the return of 101 schoolgirls that were abducted in Dapchi, Yobe state. The […]
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Ali Wakili, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senator from Bauchi state, is dead. It was gathered that the lawmaker, who was one of the guests at the wedding of the daughter of Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman, died in Abuja on Saturday. He reportedly slumped at his residence in Gwarimpa, Abuja, and was taken to a hospital […]
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