Femi Adesina, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, says his principal’s trip to London is “just for a review” of his health and that his “health condition is something private and personal” But speaking on a Channels TV programme on Tuesday, Adesina said there was no cause to worry over Buhari’s health condition. He, however, […]
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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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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday returned to Nigeria after his over a week official trip to United Kingdom, where he attended Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018). The president was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. During his visit, Buhari also […]
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After 10 years in office, Cuba’s Raul Castro, 86, will retire as president on Thursday. Today the country’s after parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel as his replacement, a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution. Raul Castro announced his departure several years ago and has long signalled that Diaz-Canel, […]
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Former FBI director James Comey said in an ABC News interview on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is a dangerous, “morally unfit” leader doing “tremendous damage” to institutional and cultural norms. Comey, fired by Trump in May last year, was worried the president may be open to blackmail by Russia given claims he was […]
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be the guest of US President Donald Trump on 30 April in Washington, the White House announced on Sunday. According to the statement, Trump will discuss issues such as promoting economic growth and fighting terrorism with Buhari. “The relationship of the United States with Nigeria is deep and strong, and […]
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Sierra Leone’s opposition challenger Julius Maada Bio secured his first term in office as a civilian Wednesday when he was declared the winner of a controversial presidential run-off. Bio, a former soldier who briefly led a military junta more than two decades ago, won 51.81 percent of ballots in last month’s election, according to official […]
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US President Donald Trump has congratulated Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian former general on securing another four years as president. The White House said Trump and the Egyptian president spoke by phone after the Egyptian won 97 percent of the vote against a man who was, until recently, his campaign manager. “President Trump congratulated President Al Sisi on […]
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Former Nigeria international and two time African Player of the Year has announced intention to contest the Presidency of Nigeria in 2019, vowing to improve the country’s standard of living. According to Goal.com,the former Nigeria international, who once played for Ajax, Inter Milan and Arsenal during his active days, said he had the dream to […]
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Various Northern Groups including the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders Forum met in Kaduna on Saturday and asked northerners to examine “all options” in political choices they will make in 2019. While some northern governors have already endorsed Buhari for another term, the 18 northern groups warned that no one “should take the North for […]
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