The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has issued a Proclamation for the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly, on June 11, 2019. The proclamation is in line with the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which provides that the president will have to issue a proclamation before the Senate and the House of Representatives hold their first […]
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Former president Goodluck Jonathan says Muhammad Ali Pate, his former minister of state for health, will do very well on his new role at World Bank. Jonathan congratulated Pate, who was recently named global director for health, nutrition and population at the World Bank. “I congratulate Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, my former Minister of State […]
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Following his 10-day private visit to the UK, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja. He landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 6.24pm on Sunday. In a press statement titled ‘Can they now swallow their words?’ to announce the president’s arrival, Femi Adesina, his spokesman, said some “reckless” online media, “irresponsible” political opposition, and […]
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Sen. Ali Ndume has insisted on contesting for the Senate Presidency even after meeting with the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting between the vice-president and Ndume lasted for over an hour. The agenda of the meeting was unknown to […]
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday offered his “apologies” to the Algerian people in a letter published by state media after he resigned as president in the face of huge protests. “I leave the political stage without sadness or fear for the future of our country,” Bouteflika said in the letter released by the APS news agency. […]
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The President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has affirmed he will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news agency APS said on Monday. APS said Bouteflika, who is 82 and in poor health, would take important decisions to ensure “continuity of the state’s institutions” before stepping down. It did not spell out a […]
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The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on national assembly matters (senate), Ita Enang, has said the President will respect the rule of law by not interfering with the leadership of the national assembly. Enang, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said the president will respect the rule of law and […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the inter-ministerial Presidential Inauguration Committee to coordinate activities leading to the inauguration of the president on May 29. Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says anyone planning to snatch ballot boxes during the forthcoming elections will do so “at the expense of his own life”. Speaking at an emergency meeting of leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Monday, Buhari warned against tampering with the electoral process. He said having campaigned across the […]
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The campaign of Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar today launched the world’s first ‘emojified’ manifesto in a new effort to attract youth voters. Drawn from the previously published Atiku Plan, the #AtikuPlanForYOUth brings to life the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate’s promises to Nigeria’s 130 million under-30s. In an increasingly noisy debate, the Atiku campaign […]
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