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    Politics President Buhari Endorses Nasir El-Rufai For Second Term

    The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that his ambition to seek reelection as governor in 2019 has the anointing of President Muhammadu Buhari. El-Rufai made the disclosure while speaking in a radio interview in Kaduna. He noted that with the endorsement of the President, he...
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    Politics Why I’m Against Restructuring - Obasanjo

    Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has distanced himself from the clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria by some section of Nigerians. Obasanjo, who faulted the call said what Nigeria needs now is not restructuring of the country but that of individual mentality. He made his stance known...
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    Politics Why I Dumped APC for PDP – Buhari’s 2015 Campaign Official

    A 2015 campaign official for President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Ibrahim Al Amin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State. Ibrahim, a former Chairman of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Kano, said he left APC because...
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    Politics Senate Approves Independent Candidature for Elections

    The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved independent candidature for the country’s electoral process. The approval on Wednesday was part of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 constitution. Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in the country. The...
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    Politics What I Planned to do if Sheriff Had Won in Supreme Court - Fayose

    Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed what he would have done if Senator Ali Modu Sheriff Sheriff had won at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. He said he would have burnt his Peoples Democratic Party’s membership card and flag if Sheriff was declared winner. Fayose, who is also...
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    Metro Dangote Reacts to Quit Notice Given to Igbos in North

    Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has reacted to the quit notice issued to Igbos by a coalition of northern youths. The Arewa groups had asked South-easterners living in the north to vacate before October 1. Giving his position on the issue which has drawn condemnation from many...
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    Politics BBC Hausa Didn’t Interview Buhari, His Edited Voice Sent By Aides - SR

    Nigeria’s online news platform SaharaReporters is claiming that president Muhammadu Buhari was never interviewed by BBC Hausa. The online news medium tweeted: FLASH: @bbchausa did not interview @NGRPresident Buhari as being touted, his heavily edited recorded tired voice was sent by his aides...
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    Politics No Automatic Ticket For Buhari in 2019 – APC

    The ruling All Progressives Party, APC, has said that there will be no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019. Chairman of the North West Zone of the All Progressives Congress, who made this known added that there will be contest and a level playing ground for all, and...
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    Politics Buhari Refuses To Sign Documents, Orders Ministers, Aides To Meet Osinbajo

    President Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly refused to see government officials who sneak to the United Kingdom with files for his signature. According to authoritative government sources who spoke with The Nation, Buhari rejected the files and asked the affected government functionaries to...
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    Politics Jibrin is Still a Member of Our Party - APC Denies Expulsion

    Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, is still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano State chapter of the party has declared. In a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Bashir Yahaya Karaye, the party described the expulsion report...
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    Politics Kogi West: INEC Lists Conditions To Process Dino Melaye’s Recall

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to moves to recall Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district. The commission said it is not aware of the development. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this...
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    Politics Why I Annulled June 12 1993 Presidential Election – Babangida

    Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, had in 2009 granted his first interview on the annulment of June 12 1993 election, revealing reasons he annulled the Presidential election which Bashorun MKO Abiola, was adjudged the winner. Babangida said he was compelled to...
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    Politics Fani Kayode, Junaid Mohammed Named Among Those Planning Coup Against Buhari

    The youth wing of Oodua Progressives Youth Movement, OPYM, has alleged that former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode is one of those planning coup against President Muhammadu Buhari. The group also fingers Junaid Mohammed in the plot. The body made the claim while reacting to Fani-Kayode’s...
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    Politics Jonathan’s Campaign Manager Joins APC

    Coordinator of the 2015 Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign organization in Enugu state, Chief Rex Onyeabor, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Until his defection to the APC, Onyeabor was a member Board of Trustee, BOT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and at one...
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    Politics Why Lawal, Oke Was Not Handed Over To EFCC, DSS – Presidency

    The presidency has explained why suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke was not handed over to relevant agencies to handle. There were calls from some quarters that the SGF was supposed to be handed over to the...
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    Politics Buhari's Health: What I Will Do If I Were Mr. President – Femi Gbajabiamila

    Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that due to the level of concerns and controversies President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status had generated across the country, it would have made a different level of sense, if Buhari bowed to pressure and addressed the nation...
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    Politics How Fayose Greeted Tinubu at Akeredolu’s Inauguration [PHOTOS]

    Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu are politically not best friends. However, the two ran into each other at the swearing-in of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Friday. Pictures below speaks of how the two greeted each other:
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    Politics This is Not The Change Buhari, Tinubu Promised Nigerians – Lagos Archbishop

    The emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Okogie has berated the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, saying the change the President and a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu campaigned for in 2015 is not what is currently on...
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    Politics Nigeria Police Seal Off Venue of PDP Stakeholders Meeting

    Men of the Nigeria Police Force have ‎barricaded entrance to the International Conference Centre, Abuja, venue for the PDP Stakeholders meeting, slated for 2:00 p.m. today. In a statement on Monday, the spokesman for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the party...
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    Politics PHOTOS as Ali Modu Sheriff Arrives His Residence After Appeal Court Victory

    A Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt Friday confirmed former Borno State governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In doing so, the appellate set aside a Federal High Court judgement delivered Justice Mohammed Liman which recognised...
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