Category: Politics

Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State Governor, has said that only President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status can stop him from re-contesting the 2019 presidential election. Amosun who spoke in Abeokuta, yesterday, berated Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Jummai Alhassan, who has declared her support for former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid. He spoke on the sidelines of a book launch and scholarship scheme in commemoration of the one-year remembrance of a renowned educationist, Chief Lamidi Sofenwa. Amosun was the special guest of honour at the ceremony. The…

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Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government of being “more corrupt than the previous,” PDP-led government of Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking recently at the Hackney Borough’s Speaker’s Parlour, at Hackney Town Hall, where he unveiled his ambition to govern Ekiti State in 2018 before well-wishers and supporters, Adeyeye said unlike Buhari’s two predecessors, Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, who prosecuted and jailed members of their ruling party, Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has become “a political…

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In an interview on the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, (VOA), Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President alleged being sidelined by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which he said he helped into power in 2015. Atiku said such treatment was being meted out to him despite his efforts in making sure that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was defeated in 2015. The former vice president spoke from Yola in Adamawa State where he celebrated the Eid-el- Kabir: “Honestly speaking, I’m still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC); I…

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Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, and some Nigerians have berated the Federal Government over the cancellation of yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, described the reason given for the cancellation of meeting as funny, saying: “Is it not funny that the same Federal Government that declared public holidays forgot that there would be a Tuesday after the public holidays and FEC meeting will be held on Wednesday? “Methinks they should look for another lie next…

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Senator Aisha Alhassan ‘Mama Taraba’, Minister of Women Affairs, has vowed to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari if he shows interest in the 2019 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The minister said she would resign and pitch her tent in the camp of Atiku Abubakar, if the President showed interest to contest against Atiku. The Presidency offered no comments on Senator Alhassan’s comments, while the APC said its leadership will meet to react to the issue. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on its part, said it was a…

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja announced that the Peoples Democratic Party had returned from limbo and would reclaim power in 2019. Jonathan asserted this in his address at the party’s a special national convention. He said that the party’s achievements while in power would rekindle the confidence of the electorate to vote it back in power in the 2019 general elections. “The party is indeed back to reclaim its prime position as the party to lead Nigeria to greatness. “As a human institution, we cannot claim to…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he is in fine health and is only obeying the orders of his Doctors by remaining in London. Buhari said that there was a tremendous improvement in his health and wishes to return home, “but I’ve learnt to obey my doctor’s orders, rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge.” The President spoke while receiving the presidential media team, and the Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, at Abuja House, London, on Saturday. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister…

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Rwanda’s long-time President Paul Kagame has easily won a third term in office in a vote he had called “a formality.” Kagame, the controversial president of Rwanda, won a landslide victory in the small African state’s election, securing a third term extending his 17 years in power. The result gives him another seven years leading the small east African nation praised for its economic performance but criticised for its silencing of opponents. Electoral authorities overnight said Mr Kagame had won more than 98 per cent of the vote with 80…

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A coalition of civil society groups on Monday in Abuja demanded the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his medical leave in the United Kingdom, saying he should resume in office or resign. But the Presidency has described the call by the protesters for Buhari to return to the country or resign as an irrational assault on the nation’s constitution. The convener of the protest, Deji Adeyanju, regretted the failure of the National Assembly to launch investigations or set up a panel to look into the true status of Buhari’s…

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