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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, July 20th, 2015
| credits: @GarShehu President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on a four-day official visit to United States, where he is expected to discuss bilateral issues with President Barrack Obama and other government officials. The president, who arrived at Joint Based Andrews Airport Washington, was received by the Assistant Secretary of State […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Photo: Vanguard President Buhari, in Washington for his meeting with President Obama, on July 20 is staying at Blair House, the official guest house of the president across the street from the White House. In his inaugural speech as Nigerian president on May 29, 2015, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari memorably declared: “I belong to everybody […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has denied expressing anti-Igbo sentiments in a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service as claimed by a pirate radio station, describing it as “completely false, malicious and slanderous.” A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the voice being ascribed to Buhari in […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and ex- Parliamentary Liaison Adviser to late President Umaru Ya’Adua, Senator Abba Aji, has blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for what he called the deliberate destruction of the party (PDP) before leaving office two month ago. Abba Aji who was justifying his decision to quit his party (PDP) to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Yobe
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Two women on Friday detonated Improvised Explosive Devices in two screening areas for intending Muslim worshippers in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, killing a total of 50 persons. Nigerian Army spokesman, Col. S.K Usman, who made the announcement, said the blasts took place at Gwange, where 43 persons were killed; and at Phase One, where […]
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Headlines
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Nigeria will pursue charges against a megachurch owned by pastor T.B. Joshua for negligence after a building collapse in September that left 116 people dead. The Lagos state government will act on a verdict by a Nigerian coroner that the Synagogue Church of All Nations failed to obtain building approvals, according to an e-mailed statement […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Friday, July 17th, 2015
From Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim for raping and infecting his 10-year-old step-daughter with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV). Ibrahim, 63 had in 2012 committed the crime in his home where he lived with both the victim and her […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, in a statement, said the sack is with immediate effect. Akpobolokemi will hand over to the most senior officer in […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others, who wanted the post, were corrupt. Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Sultan of Sokoto
Friday, July 17th, 2015
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday expressed deep concern the wanton killings in the Northeastern states as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Sultan stated this in his sallah message to the Muslim Ummah at his palace in Sokoto yesterday, adding that the perpetrators of the heinous acts were […]
