Senate President Bukola Saraki, Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have all signified interest in running for the 2019 presidential elections on the platform of the People's Democratic Party
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There are indications that the recent defection of some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might have created a nightmare for the major opposition party in the country. Already, governors elected on the platform of PDP and other stakeholders are...
The Federal Government has rejected a report by the United Nations, which claimed it paid a “large ransom” to secure the release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls.
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ressure is currently on President Muhammadu Buhari to bow out of the 2019 presidential race, Daily Independent has reliably gathered. The president is currently on a 10-day vacation in the United Kingdom (UK) and findings indicate that the holiday may be extended for another 11 days.
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President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be angry over last week’s sack of Lawal Daura, former Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Investigations by Daily Independent in Abuja at the weekend indicated that the president and those close to him...
These may not be the best of times for the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as investigations by the Saturday Telegraph revealed that the Federal Government (FG) has concluded plans on a three-prong strategy to tame what is perceived as his growing political influence.
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Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will take charge as the acting president as President Muhammadu Buhari heads to London for a ten-day vacation. Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson said Nigerian Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted a letter to the National Assembly informing them of the...
Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has formally announced his defection from APC to PDP. He made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing a gathering at Government House, Sokoto.
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A High Court in Owerri, the Imo State Capital, has stopped the swearing-in of Mr Calistus Ekenze as the new Deputy Governor of the state.
The court issued an interim order stopping the swearing-in ceremony after it was approached by Mr Eze Madumere who is challenging his impeachment as deputy...
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday boasted that he will win the 2019 presidential election by a landslide despite recent defections of some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The president, who gave a state-by-state...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday claimed that the governors of Sokoto and Kwara states, Aminu Tambuwal and Abdulfatah Ahmed respectively, would leave the All Progressives Congress. Amaechi also claimed that Tambuwal had presidential ambition, and that President...
The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has appointed several aides for the “Offices of the Wife of the President” and that of the Vice President’s wife, despite his promise to scrap the offices.
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The Senator representing Kogi West district in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has been reportedly attacked by armed men in Gwagwalada area of Abuja. According to Raypower-100.5 FM Abuja, Senator Melaye was on his way to Lokoja for a court sitting in a case of alleged arms running brought...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has announced his defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor made the announcement at a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors on Wednesday at the Government House Makurdi, hours...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is now a minority in the Nigerian Senate, after a total of 15 Senators announced they have moved to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This happened after Senate President, Bukola Saraki, took charge of Tuesday’s plenary session, following his face-off with...
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has warned President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Federal Legislature of impending doom.
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Chief Michael Obi, 74, is the father of professional footballer and Super Eagles Captain, John Mikel Obi. He recently regained freedom from kidnappers for the second time. In this interview, the Jos-based transporter recalls his terrifying five-day experience, reasons why his famous son rarely...
A former minister of education in Nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, has predicted doom for the country’s new national carrier, the Nigeria Air. “It shall fail,” Mrs Ezekwesili said on Twitter, March 28, three months before the new airline was unveiled on Wednesday at the Farnborough air show in England...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that going by what happened in Ekiti State last Saturday, the opposition party would lose the 2019 general elections. The pro-Biafra group said that the governorship poll was characterized by “charade.
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Eight persons suspected to have taken part in the kidnap of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls in Borno state have been paraded by the Nigerian Police in Maiduguri, the state capital.
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