Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, says by trekking a distance of 800 metres, President Muhammadu Buhari has demonstrated that he is fit to seek another term. Shehu said this in response to the critical comment Aminu Tambuwal, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made about […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), repeatedly told him he was not happy with President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of government. Saraki said this on Monday while responding to the previous allegations made by Tinubu. Responding to his decision to quit the APC for the Peoples […]
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A second republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, says some of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kinsmen want him to reinstate Lawal Daura, former director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), who was sacked following the DSS blockade at the national assembly. In an interview with PUNCH, Mohammed said: “There is an ethnic attempt by those who are related to […]
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A former State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Erhahon, has denied reports that he was among those who are planning to defect from the party. Erhahon who made the denial in a statement he issued on Sunday in Benin, berated the defectors, describing their reasons for defection […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after 10 working days holiday in London. The presidential plane conveying Buhari and few of his aides landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 6.38p.m. On his return, President Buhari said: “We are going to jail more of the thieves, you know, […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two weeks ago, is considering running against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The number three citizen who had earlier hinted at running for the highest office in the land, told Bloomberg in an interview that he had been consulting widely. Saraki said he would need […]
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Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has done more harm to the country in just three years as Nigeria’s president. The veteran singer, while reacting to a video shared by a Nigerian soldier complaining about their welfare and state of the nation, said Buhari has destroyed the […]
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The Presidency has described the outcomes of last Saturday’s polls in Bauchi, Katsina and Kogi states, where candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged winners of the bye-elections, as signs of electoral victory for Buhari/Osinbajo ticket in 2019. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this when […]
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Barely three months after the fusion of Coalition of Nigerian Movement (CNM) and African Democratic Congress (ADC), a faction pulled out on Tuesday, announcing itself as New African Democratic Congress (N-ADC). Precious Elekima, protem national chairman of the group, made the announcement at a news conference in Abuja. He said the group withdrew from ADC […]
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The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday made a comparison between President Muhammadu Buhari and other past Nigerian leaders and delivered a verdict: Buhari is a non-materialistic leader. “If you watch the life of President Buhari, he is not materialistically minded like the other people”, Akiolu said. The Lagos monarch made this remark when the […]
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