Buhari meets Tinubu ahead of Lagos APC gov primary (Punch) President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The meeting which was held inside the Presidential…
My emergence ’ll force Buhari to drop ambition — Baba-Ahmed (Punch)
A former member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, tells LEKE BAIYEWU about his political ambition What do you think qualifies you to be Nigeria’s President? I am qualified based on the fact that I have satisfied all…
Ambode’s hopes fade as tension marks APC gov primaries today (Punch) *Corruption : Why government is losing the war (Vanguard)
Ambode’s hopes fade as tension marks APC gov primaries today (Punch) Residents in states where the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party will elect their governorship candidates for the 2019 governorship election have expressed fears of possible breakdown…
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) *Osun poll: PDP attacks Buhari for celebrating ‘stolen mandate’ (Punch)
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) The battle for the soul of Lagos State took a strange twist yesterday when Governor Akinwunmi Ambode boldly told a meeting of leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress,…
NAF confirms death of pilot in Abuja crash (Punch)
The Nigeria Air Force has confirmed the death of one of its pilots involved in the F-7Ni aircraft crash in Abuja. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, confirmed this in a statement issued on Friday.…
Pregnant women will leave labour room to vote for me – Buhari (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his election victory in 2015 was made possible by the ordinary people in the society and boasted that even pregnant women in labour will deliver and still rush to vote for him. He has…
How rescued Chibok girls passed WASSCE, entered varsities —WIMBIZ (Punch)
A speaker at the Women in Management, Business and Public Service summit in Abuja, Dr Mairo Mandara, has revealed how some of the rescued Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State were taken through intensive school classes and thereafter sat for the…
‘Coup’, not election ongoing in Osun – Adeleke (Punch) *Striking workers paralyse activities at federal secretariat (Punch)
‘Coup’, not election ongoing in Osun – Adeleke (Punch) The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, SenatorAdemola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in the state as a ‘coup ‘. Adeleke, who…
PDP mocks Buhari, Aisha over N2.5bn scandal (PremiumTimes)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to show his ‘zero tolerance’ for corruption by allowing for an open investigation into the N2.5 billion scandal, involving the aide de camp of his wife, Sani Baba-Inna, who is…
Buhari blames terrorism on Iraqi, Syrian fighters (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday reiterated his position that terrorism and insurgency in the Sahel region and Lake Chad Basin are fuelled by local runaway fighters from Iraq and Syria and arms from the disintegration of Libya. Buhari spoke in New York…