Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has vowed to probe President Buhari’s arms procurement, if he is elected in 2019. Alhaji Atiku stated this while speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, when he said it is taking too long to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents. “Eight years after, Nigerian government is still fighting Boko […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on 28th April 2018, on an official working visit to the United States of America (USA), on the invitation of President Donald Trump. President Buhari will have bilateral meeting with President Trump and a working lunch on Monday 30 April 2018. The meeting is to discuss ways to enhance […]
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The Nigerian senate has resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief a joint session of the national assembly on incessant killings in the country. The resolution comes a day after the house of representatives summoned the president on the same issue. The house summoned Buhari after the killing of 19 persons in Benue state. The […]
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The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians across religious divides to rise in unison against growing cases of religious intolerance in Nigeria, as he admits persecution of Christians is on the rise. Speaking while inaugurating the over 40,000 capacity new headquarters building and church auditorium of the Depper Life Bible […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decided to wade into an internal affair of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party said it is pained by President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged imposition of Adam Oshiomhole as candidate for office of national chairman of the APC. In its statement on Wednesday, the PDP said Buhari’s […]
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Members of the house of representatives on Wednesday, resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the incessant killings in the country. The lawmakers asked the president to appear before them and give a briefing on the security situation in the country. However, they did not state when the president is expected to appear. The lawmakers […]
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The 24 governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) on Tuesday announced their endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidature for the 2019 presidential election. Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor, made the position of the governors known to state house correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the president at the presidential […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Ambassador Apollonius Demenongu Agev and Kio Solomon Benibo Amieyeofori as Deputy Directors-General (DDGs) at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Details of the new appointees were not provided beyond the explanation that Mr. Agev is from Benue State in the North-Central geopolitical zone while Mr. Amieyeofori is from […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described as vile and satanic the killing of worshippers and two priests at a Catholic church in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. Mr Femi Adesina,Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement, issued on Tuesday in Abuja. “I extend my […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says his boss has become “a victim of the tyranny of expectations” and has not given anyone a reason not to vote him in 2019. Writing on Sunday, Shehu described the Muhammadu Buhari administration as one that “has something for everyone”. According to […]
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