Northern Stakeholders Forum, NSF, has given reasons why it dumped President Muhammadu Buhari and chose Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Saturday’s presidential election. Speaking recently at a zonal town hall meeting at Mambayya House in Kano, Aminu Adam, Director, Action and Mobilisation of the group, said they opted for Atiku […]
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The federal government has offered a three-month free train ride to passengers on the completed section of the Lagos-Abeokuta rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, while on a test ride from the Iju in Lagos to Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the weekend, revealed that the federal government was not inaugurating the project […]
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The National Judicial Council (NJC) will reconvene today to consider the responses of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad to the queries issued to them by the council. A council member who was not authorised to speak with the media confirmed to correspondent […]
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not allow a repeat of its fate in the 2015 general elections where, he alleged, results were concocted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ngige, who spoke with some journalists at his Abuja residence, said in spite of […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Youth Presidential Campaign Council, Ogun State chapter has vowed to deliver two million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16, election. The state coordinator of the Campaign council, Olusegun Clement, stated this on Sunday during a press conference held at Abeokuta. Clement said: “Buhari is our man, […]
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About six days to the Presidential election, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan Local Government area of Plateau State has been razed by fire, which was said to have been caused by a drunk security man, the Commission’s Head of Media, Publicity and Voters Education, Osaretin Imahiyereobo, has confirmed. […]
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Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Mr. Danladi Umar, has challenged the powers of any organ of the judiciary to query his actions with respect to the ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Umar, who is presiding over the three-member panel tribunal that is handling the […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged the creative industry to deploy their talents to project positive values of integrity and dignity which President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration represents. Fashola gave this challenge at a meeting with executive committee of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria, (TAMPPAN), […]
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The National Judicial Council, NJC, will Monday, reconvene to determine the appropriate action it would take with respect to corruption allegations against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The Council, had on January 29, directed Justice Onnoghen who was suspended from office on January 25 by President Muhammadu Buhari, to within […]
Read More The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that his administration has no moral rectitude to pontificate on corruption. “He has soiled his hands in corruption”, the said. In a statement disclosed by the National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Kola Ologbondiyan, the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that his government will continue to work in their best interest, if he is re-elected in the coming polls. The President on Sunday made an appeal to Nigerians, urging them to re-elect him. In a video message to Nigerians, President Buhari said the past three years have not been […]
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CORRUPTION THREATENS NIGERIA – AND ITS ELECTION by Muhammadu Buhari On February 16th, Nigeria will hold a general election. Four years ago, the country experienced its first democratic transfer of power to the opposition since 1999. The vote in a few days will be no less significant. As president, I have tried to judiciously exercise […]
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