NORTHERN leaders declared, yesterday, that their support for who flies the country’s forthcoming presidential flag from the region will be based on consensus after assessment of all the candidates of Northern extraction adopted by the various political parties.
To this end, they inaugurated...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, remains the best man for the job despite the rejection of his nomination by the Senate twice.
Osinbajo said this in an interview he granted some journalists in Lagos...
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The Senate on Wednesday condemned Governor Yahaya Bello and the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly allowing the disruption of an empowerment programme organised by the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Ahmed Ogembe.
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Kashamu has discredited Governor Fayose as a possible running-mate to any future presidential candidate ahead of 2019.
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ELDER statesman and one of the leading voices in the South West zone, Chief Ayo Adebanjo is afraid that Nigeria may break up if she is not restructured soon. He also expresses doubts on the possibility of holding the 2019 general elections under the nation’s present structure. In this …
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A heated discussion was observed on Wednesday between two of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides before the Federal Executive Council meeting commenced.
The argument occurred between the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari; and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) is facing a crisis, with 17 Governors plotting to remove John Odigie-Oyegun as the National Chairman.
The Governors are reportedly angry, that Oyegun has been running the party with only seven of their colleagues.
They are expected to table their grievances...
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.
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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...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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