…Scoring Cheap Political points The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as iniquitous, the attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to use the heartbreaking abduction of innocent schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state, to score cheap political points. The party expressed shock that
President Muhammadu Buhari has chided State governors who are still owing workers, despite his administration’s intervention. Buhari spoke at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday while receiving a representation of governors led by the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdul’Aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State. Those who visited: On the delegation
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari appealed for calm and an end to communal violence Saturday after police confirmed the killing of 19 people in armed herdsmen attack in the central state of Plateau. Local police said Fulani herdsmen attacked Ancha village, in the Bassa local government area of Plateau state, in the early hours of Friday. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has called on elected members of the 8th National Assembly and other elected leaders to be transparent in the discharge of their duties. Buhari made this statement in Abuja at the induction ceremony of the new legislators of the National Assembly, on Wednesday. He said it was imperative for […]
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
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on Monday said it was optimistic of rapid socio-economic development of the country after May 29 handing over of power. The Kwara State Deputy President of the union, Mrs. Felicia Aina, made the assertion during the election of the union executives for Irepodun Local Government Area of […]
Following the recent withdrawal of suits challenging the eligibility of the President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, to contest the March 28, 2015, presidential election, one of the three plaintiffs, Hon Donald Daunemigha, said his matter was still in court. Daunemigha who told journalists yesterday in Abuja said the news being reported that all plaintiffs […]
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 […]
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 […]
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the time had come to make more sacrifices and deliver on the promises made to the electorate. Buhari said this when a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) politicians from Kogi and Kwara states paid him a courtesy visit at the party presidential campaign headquarters […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
Youth groups under the auspices of Nazifi Organization has offer to give their own support to the President elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna governor elect, Malam Nasiru El-rufai in tackling insecurity, unemployment, corruption and poverty in the country. Nazifi Youth organization was adopted by other youth groups that worked for the success of Gen
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
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 […]
The outcome of Saturday, March 28 presidential election, won by General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressive Congress (APC), is beginning to upturn the political calculation of Delta State governorship election, as politicians seek realignment in the state. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which have Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and Labour Party (LP)’s
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 […]