The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in war of words over claims of President Muhammadu Buhari’s intention to be the sole candidate in the 2019 presidential election. The PDP had alleged that the crisis rocking its house is part of plots by the APC to present Buhari as […]
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Contrary to claims that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was one of the major financiers of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 campaign, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday disputed claims. El-Rufai who spoke on a Voice of America (VOA) Hausa Service Programme, “Democracy Today”, challenged the former Vice President to come up with evidence to prove […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Ibrahim Rufai Imam to the Senate for confirmation as the Grand Kadi of the Federal Capital Territory Sharia Court of Appeal. The nomination was stated in a letter sent to Bukola Saraki, Senate President, on Tuesday. The President said his nomination was in accordance with section 261 […]
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By Femi Adesina Let me begin by telling a story. On June 1, 2015, the day I resumed work as adviser on media to President Muhammadu Buhari, he had admonished me: “Adesina, always tell me the truth. That is what I want from you. In this type of position I have found myself, it is […]
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari as he clocks 75 on Sunday. The Governor, however urged the president to quit politics given his age and fragile health condition. The governor spoke at a session with journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday. Mr. Fayose said the president had served the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated regional mechanism for evacuation, resettlement and empowerment of stranded ECOWAS citizens abroad. The President made the call at the opening of the 52nd ordinary session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Abuja on Saturday. He said the mechanism, when functional, would assist in addressing the […]
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Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has described the decision to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency as a means by the APC-led federal government to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. “For posterity sake, I wish to place it on record that I was not among […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to a speculation that he may be picked by President Muhammadu Buhari as his running mate in 2019, saying a report to that effect by SUN newspaper is a “classic case of utterly and irredeemably-fake news”. Mr. Tinubu said he and the […]
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Justice Adeniyi Ademola pulled a fast one on the National Judicial Council (NJC), by hurriedly announcing his resignation, a spokesman for the council revealed today. According to Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information. the council recommended on Wednesday the compulsory retirement of Ademola, along with Justice O. O. Tokode, both of the Federal High Court, for […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed law enforcement agencies to deal decisively with all those who import, distribute and sell illicit drugs in the country. Speaking at an interactive meeting with religious leaders in Kano, on Thursday, in the course of his two-day visit, the president expressed concern about the growing problem of drugs abuse in […]
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