The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday described as baseless a claim by the former All Progressives Congress Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, that their elections on June 9 were sponsored by oil barons. Saraki and Dogara stated this in separate statements by their aides in Abuja ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in the strongest language the latest terrorist attacks on Borno and Yobe communities by the Boko Haram bandits. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President said he was deeply touched by these mindless incidents of violence on innocent people during the month of Ramadan. ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party has warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola to desist from the alleged plan to sack Justice Folahanmi Oloyede. The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Bola Ajao, gave this warning in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday. Oloyede, a serving judge in Osun State Judiciary last week petitioned the House ... Read More »
The presidency has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has named his chief of staff. Rumours were rife on Monday that Mr. Buhari on Monday appointed a former military administrator of Kaduna State, Hamid Ali, as his Chief of Staff. However, the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, told PREMIUM TIMES no appointment had been made. “No appointment yet,” Mr. Adesina said. ... Read More »
By Abia Ante, Okobo The advertorial on page 24 of The Nation of today, 29 June 2015, has significance that is beyond the meaning of an ordinary political commentary. This is because it comes from rare courage in the conquered and pocketed ranks of Akwa Ibom PDP (conquered and pocketed by Godswill Akpabio). Second, and more important, it has vindicated ... Read More »
Governor Nasir El-Rufa of Kaduna State has on Monday appointed Hadiza Bala Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Chief of Staff. The newly appointed Chief of Staff, Ms. Usman, has served the APC in a number of committees and capacities as the Administrative Secretary of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organization, Member APC Strategy Committee and Member Secretary APC ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on state governors to consider, as a matter of urgency, exploring efficient means of gradually liquidating all unpaid salaries of staff, which have brought untold hardship to thousands of families. Inaugurating the national economic council at the presidential villa Monday morning, President Buhari also called on the states to also devise ways of increasing their ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed Colonel Hamidu Ali as his Chief of Staff. Ali, was a former military administrator of Kaduna State. It was widely believed that the immediate past governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola, may be selected for the position. The former military administrator of Kaduna State is a consistent Buhari advocate who worked with the president as Chief ... Read More »
By Sam Omatseye President Muhammadu Buhari is caught in between love. Everyone wants to show they love him. It is happening everywhere like an epidemic. The EFCC tries to show him love. The NNPC is keeling over with that delicate emotion. The NTA is transmitting it in pictures and words. Of course in politics, we see it in droves. Bukola ... Read More »
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday explained his refusal to read the letter from the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, nominating principal officers on the floor of the House last week. He disclosed at a meeting with some former members of the House who visited him at the weekend that ... Read More »
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