Outspoken governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari whom he believes is too old to lead the country. He said he has been asked to come and receive the president on his visit to Ekiti State, but he is not coming. At a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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Ishaq Akintola, director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a living legend, and says it will be in the best interest of Nigeria for him to win his re-election bid in 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Muslim cleric said Buhari is keen on the progress of Nigeria and […]
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The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has repeated its call for President Muhammadu Buhari to step aside if cannot end the killings recorded in the country and keep Nigeria safe. The bishops said this on Tuesday, while reacting to recent killings in various parts of the country, particularly in Plateau state, where at least […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he knows those in government -the ministers, governors- who sponsored the protest against the national assembly. Saraki said this on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after Barnabas Gamade, senator representing Benue north-east, drew the attention of the lawmakers to a protest. Protesters had stormed the national assembly, demanding […]
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NIGERIA- President Muhammadu Buhari and President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday, engaged in bilateral talks bordering on security at the presidential villa in Abuja. The French leader and members of entourage arrived the presidential villa at about 4:35pm. He was received at the forecourt of the presidential villa by Buhari. Others at the forecourt […]
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The senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria has “more electricity” that cannot be consumed. He made the above assertion when he attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians who no longer had access loot the public treasury. Shehu said this on Monday […]
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Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria “urgently” needs a leader who can unite the country and heal deep wounds, not a leader like Buhari who would divide and deepen existing wounds. In an interview with Dele Momodu, Ovation publisher, he said Nigeria is bleeding dangerously because President Muhammadu Buhari has polarised the country. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is to attend the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from June 30 to July 2. This information is contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday. Adesina […]
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Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that the nation is dying. He urged the president to seek help if the federal government lacks the necessary resources to curtail the wanton killings across the country. Soyinka issued the advice in a statement titled ‘ON DEMAND: A Language of Non-Capitulation, Non-Appeasement!’ According to […]
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The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the killings in Plateau State. Both leaders of the National Assembly arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Discussions […]
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