Ekiti governorship Election Tribunal adjourns indefinitely

Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned sine die for judgment. The tribunal, led by Justice Suleiman Belgore, adjourned indefinitely but it told parties they would be informed 48 hours before the day to be set down for judgment. Justice Belgore announced the adjournment on Wednesday after parties adopted their […]

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Saraki pays Kwara LG workers N16.9m salary arrears

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Saraki has paid N16.9 million salary arrears to workers of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, the chairman of the council, Muyiwa Oladipo, said yesterday. The council chairman said this was in fulfilment of Saraki’s pledge to help settle salary arrears owed workers of some local government areas in […]

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Fake news caused trouble between me and my wife -Osinbajo

Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has lamented the negative effect of fake news, adding that it even put him in some trouble with his wife recently. Osinbajo, while speaking at a BBC symposium on fake news tagged, ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News’, in Abuja on Wednesday, said a blog put up a picture depicting […]

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Another Buhari Minister has resigned

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Khadija Ibrahim, has resigned her appointment from his cabinet. Ms. Ibrahim confirmed her resignation to State House Correspondents while disclosing that Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council’s (FEC), meeting will be her last. The outgoing Minister, who is contesting for a seat in the House of Representatives in […]

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Ambode accosts soldier, another who drive against traffic (Photos)

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has accosted some motorists who drove against traffic along the Muritala Mohammed Airport Road in Ikeja. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna on Tuesday, the governor decried the flagrant abuse of the State Traffic Laws. Mr. Ambode who was returning from Abuja where […]

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Timi Frank alleges plot to assassinate Atiku, Saraki at campaign ground

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has raised alarm over an alleged plan by some persons to assassinate the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his Campaign Director General, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at a campaign ground in one of the northern […]

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Lagos a glorified village, no water, no roads – Amaechi says in fresh audio leak

Fresh audio clip of Rotimi Amaechi, Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign organisation, has leaked with the embattled Minister of Transport heard describing Lagos as a ‘glorified village’. The present audio tape was released by Phrank Shaibu, an aide of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In one of the earlier recordings, […]

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Amaechi in secret tape: Under Buhari, Nigerians are hungry, poverty is growing (Tape)

Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has been heard in an audio recording to be expressing shocking pessimistic views about Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose re-election bid he leads. The recording was shared with PREMIUM TIMES by Phrank Shaibu, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar campaign. Mr Abubakar, billionaire former vice-president, of […]

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Omokri releases full audio clip where Amaechi ‘abuses’ Buhari (Tape)

Reno Omokri, ex-presidential aide on new media to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has released a full audio recording of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, referring to President Muhammadu Buhari as an ignoramus who neither takes advice nor reads to acquire information. Omokri made the full audio by Amaechi available on Sunday in a post […]

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Buhari’s sister who married an Emir gave birth to INEC’s Amina Zakari -Junaid Mohammed insists

Nigeria’s Second Republic lawmaker, and member of the 2014 National Conference, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has rejected Amina Zakari’s claim, that President Muhammadu Buhari was neither her uncle nor cousin. Mohammed also lambasted the Presidency for “trying to distance President Muhammadu Buhari from Amina.” He insisted that Amina is a blood-relation of the President, and made […]

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I did not boo Buhari at budget presentation – Melaye

Kogi West Senator in the National Assembly, Mr Dino Melaye, has denied social media reports that he was among the federal lawmakers who booed President Muhammadu Buhari while presenting the 2019 national budget on December 19. Melaye, who is still recuperating in a police hospital in Abuja, said he could not have been part of […]

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We did not receive N150million from Buhari – NANS

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has denied receiving N150million from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Executive Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) visited President Muhammadu Buhari on January 3, 2019 and the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was one of the issues that came up during the […]

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NANS president, Akpan, also spotted in the midst of PDP members (Photos)

NANS president, Bamidele Akpan, was spotted in the midst of PDP members during the party’s national convention according to one Phidel Henry who puts some pictures online. In the photos, Akpan was pictured with Imo State PDP gubernatorial candidate, Emeka Ihedioha and others. After his meeting with Buhari, he reportedly said he left home sad […]

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Air plane’s engine ‘catches fire mid-air’, passenger shares story of terrible experience

Azman Air plane’s engine reportedly caught fire mid-air on Thursday. A passenger onboard the flight has shared an amazing story about how it all happened after the plane landed safely. The Azman Air flight was operated by a Boeing B737 with the registration number 5N-NAS. It had departed the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal (MMA […]

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Former NANS president, Abdul Mahmud, wants his name removed from records of association (Photos)

Former NANS President, Abdul Mahmud, took to Twitter to demand immediate removal of his name from the records of the association following the group’s leadership’s recent visit to President Buhari at the state house, Abuja. According to the Ex-NANS president, Abdul Mahmud, only a generation without a sense of history will continue to walk the shamed path the association’s current leadership are […]

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Nigerian IGP Idris visits Buhari, his service might have been extended

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday, visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he was reported to have met behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Idris, who was reported to have clocked 35 years in service of the Nigeria Police Force on January 3, was spotted dressed in his official […]

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Air Force helicopter crashes in Nigeria, 2 Pilots, 3 crew members die

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the death of two pilots and three crew members in an helicopter crash, which occurred in Damasak, Borno State, Nigeria on Wednesday. In a statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF disclosed this on Thursday. Daramola said the 5 crew members, who were on board the Nigerian Air […]

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Buhari’s relation, Amina Zakari is head of collation centre for the coming elections

A national commissioner at the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Zakari, has been appointed to head the collation centre of the coming elections. Zakari was appointed to head the committee on collation centre, one of the two committees for the election which the commission inaugurated on Thursday in Abuja. Speaking during the inauguration, […]

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Buhari promotes mediocrity in appointment of Ministers, others -Tunde Bakare

Founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has claimed President Muhammadu Buhari did not appoint ministers for six months, because there was no money to pay them. In an interview aired in Calgary, Canada on Tuesday, Bakare criticised Buhari’s appointment of some square pegs in round holes, calling out the Minister of Budget […]

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