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Photos: Saraki receives ministerial list

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

The President of the Senata, Abubakar Bukola Saraki received the document containing President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees from the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, Abba Kyari (with cap), and the Special Adviser to Mr. President on National Assembly (Senate) Sen. Ita Enang. LEwp_posts

Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case over negative reports

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Justice R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has remitted Senate President Bukola Saraki’s case to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed, for reassigning to another judge. The judge, in returning the case file to the CJN on Wednesday, cited “negative reports” on the case as informing his decision.wp_posts

Buhari likes Fulani herdsmen – Fani-Kayode

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Femi Fani-Kayode | credits: Photo file A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says President Muhammadu Buhari, who is a Fulani man, is sympathetic towards Fulani herdsmen. The former minister said this in a Facebook post titled, ‘Herdsmen from hell’ while reacting to the abduction of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, […]

Senate in rowdy session as 83 members back Saraki

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Senate President, Bukola Saraki THE Senate, expectedly, had a stormy session on Tuesday as some members of the upper legislative chamber protested the passing of vote of confidence in the Senate president, Olusola Saraki, by 83 senators. Tuesday was the Senate’s first plenary since the arraignment of Saraki by the Code of Conduct Bureau […]

I will be petroleum minister, says Buhari (Is Diezani Allison-Madueke not available?)

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Oil Politics Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari As the nation awaits President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list, the President on Tuesday said he would head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Buhari dropped the hint in one of the interviews he granted one of the foreign media in his hotel shortly before departing New York. The President was in New York […]

HID’s death forced me out of hiding – Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency Thursday, September 24th, 2015

Former President Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan was among the dignitaries who visited the Ikenne country home of the Awolowos to pay tributes to their matriarch, Hannah Idowu Dideolu, who passed on last Saturday. He arrived the Ikenne home of the Awolowos at exactly 1.17pm in company with his wife, Patience, and a former […]

Buhari to meet with Obama, Cameron, Ban Ki Moon at UN

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics, United Nations Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari would be amongst the several world leaders who would be in New York, United States of America this weekend for the 70th Session General Assembly meeting of the United Nations. He is due to leave Abuja, Nigeria’s capital for the meeting on Thursday. The president would be accompanied by […]

I regret Mama did not live to witness a new Nigeria -Buhari

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, September 21st, 2015

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, said he regretted that the matriach of the Awolowo dynasty, Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo,,did not live to witness a new transformation and change the country would be experiencing. He said this through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, who led the FG delegation to the […]

Hear what Pope tells Buhari, other world leaders

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Sunday, September 20th, 2015

Pope Francis on Thursday urged the world to act quickly to prevent “extraordinary” climate change from destroying the planet and said wealthy countries must bear responsibility for creating the problem and for solving it. In a radically worded letter addressed to every person on the planet, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics blames […]

Buhari is a liar and has deceived you, says Shekau

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, September 20th, 2015

Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed further gains in its counter-offensive against Boko Haram, but the group’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed the talk of success as “lies”. Army spokesman Sani Usman said troops destroyed more rebel enclaves and camps in the restive state of Borno, which has been worst hit by the six-year Islamist insurgency. […]