Tony Anenih, a former board of trustees’ chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told the former ruling party to forget about the presidency until the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari is over. Speaking when the leadership of the Jerry Gana strategy review and inter-party affairs committee visited him in Abuja, Anenih said it […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is homesick and will be on his way to Nigeria any time soon. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant, media to the president, said this today on a live TV programme. Although Shehu did not indicate when exactly the president will return, The Presidency has alerted Nigerians, he said the president is no […]
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According the Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on the phone on Monday afternoon. Mr. Buhari spoke to his American counterpart from his current residence in London, where he is on medical vacation. Mr. Adesina said the call between the two […]
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Imams in about 350 Jumma’at mosques across Borno state on Friday led thousands of worshipers to offer special prayers for the full recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on vacation in the UK. There are 542 Jumma’at mosques in the state but only 350 are estimated to be operating due to security situation in the […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said on Thursday that he had spoken with President Muhammadu Buhari, now on vacation in the United Kingdom.. According to the Speaker’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, the President called Dogara on Wednesday night. “The President called the Speaker at […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday said that, President Muhammadu Buhari had become a victim of his own transparency in relation to his current vacation abroad. The Minister made the statement while addressing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the eagerness of Nigerians to know Buhari’s health […]
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Hajiya Rakiya, the only surviving elder sister of President Muhammad Buhari, has appealed to Nigerians to continue to pray for the well-being of the president, instead of spreading rumours about his health. In an interview with NAN in Daura, Katsina state, the 84-year-old woman said her brother needs the prayers of every Nigerian for him […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Strategy Review and Inter-Party Affairs Committee has urged the party to return to its traditional direct primaries for nominating candidates for elections. Chairman of the committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, made the call while submitting the committee’s report to the Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, on […]
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo acting on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari has forward the name of Walter Onnoghen, acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), to the senate for confirmation as the substantive CJN. The decision will usher in the first southern CJN in almost 30 years, was announced in a […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has dismissed claims that he is under pressure to resign, assuring Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari is hale and hearty. Prof. Osinbajo, gave the assurance on Monday when State House correspondents approached him for a chat. “Let me first say the President is hale and hearty. I spoke to him just […]
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