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General Politics, Headlines, House, INEC Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Onochie is a British citizen, cannot be INEC commissioner in Nigeria, CSOs tells NASS By Matthew Ogune, Abuja A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) Wednesday asked the National Assembly to reject the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) commissioner because she is a British citizen. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja […]
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Corruption Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
Farouk Lawan in court thecable A High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Farouk Lawan, former chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges preferred against him by the Nigerian government. Lawan, as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, June 20th, 2021
By Omoniyi Salaudeen Chief Supo Shonibare is the national chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP). In this interview, he lamented the state of the nation, saying that those opposed to restructuring are working for the breakup of the country. What is your assessment of the state of the nation as at today? […]
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Borno, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, State News
Sunday, June 20th, 2021
From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday arrived Maiduguri, Borno State capital for a day visit. Buhari who arrived the capital at about 9:55am, proceeded to commission some projects executed by the Borno State government. He commissioned the Government Technical College Njimtilo, Senate Building of the State University, mega schools among others. The […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
Soyinka and Buhari Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day next year if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to listen to all different agitations and initiatives around him. Soyinka stated this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday. The Nobel Laureate also warned that Nigeria will not stay […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 15th, 2021
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Posters of the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded parts of the nation’s capital, Abuja even as Nigerians continue to bask in the euphoria of democracy day celebrations. The posters which carried Tinubu’s bold picture and name surfaced on Sunday and were […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, June 14th, 2021
Obasanjo According to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who was one of the conveners of the meeting, members of the group agreed to formally present their resolutions to President Buhari before making it public, stressing that the President was notified of the coalition and its agenda prior to the meeting. The former President spoke yesterday […]
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(NNP) The Federal Government of Nigeria today announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter in the country. This action comes on the heels of the tech company’s deleting an offensive tweet from Buhari threatening Nigerians agitating for independence and security in the country with violence. The suspension was announced by the Minister of Information and Culture, […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Twitter has deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari on his method on how to find lasting solutions to insecurity in the Southeast. Mr Buhari in a tweet on Tuesday threatened to punish those “bent on destroying Nigeria through insurrection.” He made reference to the civil war. “Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
A group known as the Muslim Congress has submitted a memo to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, proposing the implementation of Sharia in the southwest region. The Islamic religious law is implemented in Muslim-majority states in the Northern region, despite the constitutional provision that states be secular. Sharia is alien […]
