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MEET AISHAT BUHARI, HER INTIMIDATING PROFILE, PLANS FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari is the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected at the last general election, held on March 28, 2015. She hails from Adamawa State, North-East Region of Nigeria. Her grandfather, Alhaji Mohammed Ribadu, was Nigeria’s first Minister of Defence. Her twenty-five years marriage to the former Head ... Read More »

MEET AISHAT BUHARI, HER INTIMIDATING PROFILE, PLANS FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari is the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected at the last general election, held on March 28, 2015. She hails from Adamawa State, North-East Region of Nigeria. Her grandfather, Alhaji Mohammed Ribadu, was Nigeria’s first Minister of Defence. Her twenty-five years marriage to the former Head ... Read More »

President Buhari urges governors to pay owed salaries

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged governors still owing workers outstanding salaries to pay up. The President made the calls on Monday, June 29, 2015, during the inauguration of the National Economic Council in Abuja, he further urged the governors to find means of settling the issue which has brought untold hardship to thousands of families. Buhari also said that since ... Read More »

Oil barons didn’t sponsor us, Saraki, Dogara reply Akande

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 BUHARI RELEASES NEW PRESS STATEMENT ON BOKO-HARAM

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 »

PDP Warns Aregbesola Over Planned Sacking of Judge

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 »

Buhari Yet To Appoint Chief of Staff — Presidency

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 »

APC VINDICATED ON AKPABIO’S THIRD TERM STRATEGY

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 »

El-Rufai Appoints New Chief of Staff, Others

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 »