Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency, saying it was rather for the conduct of the…
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TENURE EXTENSION: APC GOVERNORS DENY DISAGREEMENT WITH BUHARI
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday dismissed media reports that there was disagreement between them and President Muhammadu Buhari over tenure elongation for the APC national and state executives. Gov. Abdul-aziz Yari of Zamfara stated this when…
ON DESPERATE ATTEMPTS BY HIGH PROFILE PERSONS TO LINK JONATHAN TO CORRUPTION – RENO
My attention has been drawn to a viral video, initially circulated by agents of the All Progressive Congress led Federal Government, and purported to be videos of a police raid of the home of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and in…
TENURE EXTENSION: APC MEETING ENDS IN DEADLOCK
A closed-door meeting by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 22 governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resolve the controversy over tenure extension for the John Odigie-Oyegun-led executive ended in a deadlock yesterday. The meeting which…
NPRN CALLS ON BUHARI TO ORDER INVESTIGATION INTO GHOST POLICE OFFICERS’ SCANDAL
The Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the more than 80,000 ghost officers discovered in the police payroll. In a statement on Tuesday, the group said such investigation would…
SARAKI REFUTES CLAIMS OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST IN 2019
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday said news making the rounds that he will contest the 2019 presidential election is unfounded. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Saraki said, “the report is false. If it is true…
BUHARI MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF WINNIE MANDELA
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa of a courageous woman. The President said she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held…
NIGERIANS HAVE SEEN THROUGH THEIR DECEIT- FAYOSE BERATES BUHARI LED FG
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria and protecting looters of the country’s commonwealth, adding that; “Nigerians have seen through their deceit and will…
TENURE ELONGATION: APC TO CONSTITUTE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ITS DECISION
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and other party executives at all levels. The party had agreed at its last National…
2015 CAMPAIGN LOOTED FUNDS: PDP URGES INEC TO PROSCRIBE APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately proscribe the All Progressives Congress (APC) following allegations that it financed President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 campaign with looted funds. The party, in a statement by…