Senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), Ita Enang, says the closure of the National Assembly may lead to a shutdown of government. On July 24, both chambers of the national assembly adjourned till Septemeber after security operatives laid siege to the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will begin another round of vacation from Friday, August 3, 2018. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adesina said Buhari would be away for 10 working days. He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be […]
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Thousands of supporters thronged Ribadu Square, Yola, Adamawa state, on Saturday as a grand reception was held in honour of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president. The reception, which saw Atiku make his 2019 presidential declaration, was hosted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa and the north-east. Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, Uche […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he is loved by Londoners was trashed Friday as tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against him, on the second day of his four-day visit to Britain, the first since he became president in January, 2017. The visit has been marred by his extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, says a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari on restructuring is a threat to the country’s stability. Recall that when the president hosted the elders, he had reportedly said those agitating for restructuring have ulterior motive. “You mentioned something, which is topical these days; the restructuring of Nigeria. Every group […]
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Turkey’s election body has confirmed the outright victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in last month’s presidential polls, saying he won almost 52.3 per cent of the vote according to final results. The publication of the final results kicked off a sequence of events that will culminate on Monday with Erdogan’s swearing-in for a second mandate with enhanced powers. […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday, announced the appointment of embattled Nigerian “NFF President”, Mr Amaju Pinnick as its 1st Vice-President. “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice-President Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, CAF President, after consulting the members of the Emergency Committee, appointed Mr. Amaju Melvin PINNICK as 1st Vice-President,” the statement read in […]
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Renowned writer and a Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the most hypocritical leader Nigeria has produced, vowing to expose him at Freedom Park on July 3. He said this on Friday night at the gala dinner and award ceremony of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Abuja. Soyinka was […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, a bill that prevents a vice-president (VP) who completes a president’s tenure from contesting twice. Speaking with journalists at Aso Rock on Friday, Ita Enang, senior special assistant on national assembly matters (senate), said the law also applies to a deputy governor who completes the tenure of a governor. […]
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Timi Frank, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, wherein he apologised to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that life is worthless under President Muhammadu Buhari. He explained that he apologised to Jonathan because events in the last three years showed that the ex-president was a […]
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