Category: Politics

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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Bukola Saraki, Nigeria Senate President has ruled out the possibility of his son contesting the 2019 governorship election in Kwara State. Saraki at a Forum in Abuja said that it was untrue that his son was being groomed as the next governor of the state, adding that he (his son) does not have interest in politics. “That is not in the offing at all; I am sure he doesn’t even want to hear politics at all.“You know, it is not easy for children who are born to politicians, especially in…

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Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, on Friday survived a multiple auto crash. The PDP disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye on Friday in Abuja. Adeyeye stated that the vehicle conveying Makarfi, was at the early hour of Friday involved in a multiple collision with other vehicles along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Adeyeye, who did not disclose the exact time of the accident and location, however, said that Makarfi and other people in his vehicle came out unhurt. Adeyeye said:…

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Picture of President Muhammadu Buhari dining with chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, turned into a political storm, yesterday, after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, described it as a collective insult on Nigerians. President Muhammad Buhari received in audience APC delegation led by APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun. Others are Imo State Governor Owelle Rocharles Okorocha, Nassarawa State Governor, Tanko Almakura, Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai and Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello in Abuja House London on 23rd July 2017. The PDP’s reaction followed an equally…

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APC Governors delegation who visited President Buhari in London said on Sunday night that President Muhammadu Buhari would return to Nigeria only when his United Kingdom (UK) doctors give him the green light. The President had, on May 7, traveled to London to resume treatment for an undisclosed medical condition in London at the behest of his doctors in that country. Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina said in a statement that “the length of the President’s stay in London will be determined by the doctors. The government will continue to function…

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Despite the heavy downpour in Lagos yesterday morning which forced majority of Lagosians to stay away from the local government elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, still enforced its dominance of the political space as the party was in clear lead in most of the centres where the elections held. The APC’s prospects in the heavily populated Ikotun/Igando Local Council Development Area were, however, unclear last night following the death, in a motor accident, of Sakiru Balogun, a chairmanship contender for that area. The early morning downpour, which delayed…

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Dr. Muiz Banire, the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged receiving several threats to life messages by those he described as agents of anti-democratic forces in Lagos State. In a statement yesterday, Banire also alleged that a rent-a-crowd rally is being organised today in Lagos by a former Chairman of Mushin Local Government and the current commissioner in Lagos State with the assistance of some elements to destroy the democratic aspirations of the people and impose candidates against the people of the state. “It is…

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Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has surrendered his struggle for the leadership of the party and congratulated the lawfully recognised Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, for his victory. Sheriff’s surrender came just as Makarfi said that the party would leave its doors open to all aggrieved members, including Sheriff and his group, for reconciliation. In a short statement posted on Sheriff’s twitter handle, the former Borno State governor said: “The Supreme Court has spoken. I…

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