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Buhari Cautions Personal Aides On Media Roles

The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, has instructed all his staff, including the personnel attached directly to him, to steer clear of all dealings with the media, and leave all media affairs to his official media team. In a statement released in Abuja by Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign […]
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Chibok Girls: Buhari, UN Special Envoy Meet

Nigeria’s President-elect, General Mohamadu Buhari will on Friday, May 1 meet with the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, to talk on how to seek the release of the over 200 missing Chibok school girls. On 14 April 2014, over 200 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the […]
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All Accredited Media, including AIT, Free to Cover President-Elect's Activities – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says all accredited media organizations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), are free to cover the activities of the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the incoming Buhari Administration
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Recanting, Way of Life for Nigerian Politicians?    

Quite often in Nigeria, politicians make all manner of promises during electioneering campaigns and when elected into office and are faced with reality of governance, recant. Though this disposition may be restricted to Nigerian politicians, their notoriety in abandoning campaign promises when they get into office, has made many not only to question their integrity […]
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Ex-Bayelsa Gov’S Aide Tasks Buhari on Appointments

Former Special Adviser to Ex- Governor of Bayelsa State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Chief Richard Kpodo, on Tuesday, asked the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari (retd), not to appoint politicians with questionable characters into his cabinet. According to him, any wrong appointment made may send wrong signal about his […]
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Clergy Tasks Buhari on Insecurity, Corruption

The pastor of the Baptist Church of Nigeria, Rev. Sampson Ayokunle, has tasked the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) on the fight against corruption and Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Speaking in Owerri last weekend during the annual church convention, Rev. Ayokunle said the annual convention was organised to tackle some salient issues concerning […]
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Civil Society Group Task Jonathan on Chibok Girls

A Civil Society Coalition in Lagos on Friday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to make good his administration’s promise of returning the abducted Chibok girls before May 29. President Goodluck Jonathan had promise to ensure that the girls were released before his handover date of May 28. Similarly, Nigeria’s President- Elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari had promised
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Why Buhari cannot ignore the South South- Uduaghan

  Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Wednesday asserted that Nigeria’s President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, cannot afford to ignore the South South region following his victory in the March 28th presidential poll. Uduaghan, who spoke in Warri, the commercial capital of the state, noted that the region remains one of the most important […]
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Jonathan, a True Democrat – Tukur

The former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a true democrat for conceding defeat and congratulating General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the last presidential election. Tukur said this after he was accredited for the gubernatorial election on Saturday at
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Jonathan, a True Patriotic Nigerian, Says Buhari

The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, described President Goodluck Jonathan as a true patriot for considering Nigeria above himself during the just concluded presidential election.   Buhari made the commendation at the palace of the Lamido of Adamawa, in Yola, during a thank you visit to the state. Buhari, who arrived the Yola international […]
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Naira: Time to Bring Back Its Value

For those who grew up between the 1980s and 90s, one single note of N20 in one’s hand, perhaps in your pocket, was a lot of money. In my place, during the days of my childhood, it was called ‘Muri kan’. Understandably, it was the highest denomination of our currency then, with just N10, N1 […]