The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Friday that the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was having sleepless night over the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration and has decided to do everything possible to frustrate the…
How I influenced Jonathan’s concession to Buhari- Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigeria’s finance minister said she convinced former president Goodluck Jonathan, to concede defeat to his major opponent, Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general election. Jonathan lost to Buhari at the presidential poll but Okonjo-Iweala has said she…
Osinbajo meets with governors, security chiefs
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the National Economic Council (NEC) comprising state governors and relevant ministries of government and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Also to brief the NEC are the Security Heads who are also around…
Saraki reveals ambition to contest against Buhari in 2019
Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President said Tuesday that he has been “consulting and actively considering” running for President in 2019. The Senate president who recently defected from ruling party APC to join opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, revealed this in an interview…
Obasanjo lacks credibility to speak for Nigerians on Buhari’s reelection
Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State Governor, Tuesday, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo has failed as a leader during his tenure and lacked the credibility to speak for Nigerians on who to vote…
No foreign pressure on Buhari to drop re-election bid- Presidency
Nigeria presidency has responded to a publication in Daily Independent Newspaper that foreign powers are mounting pressure on president Muhammadu Buhari to drop his ambition for re-election in 2019. This was stated in a press release signed by Femi Adesina,…
Saraki insists Buhari must investigate DSS NASS siege
Bukola Saraki, Nigerian Senate President, Tuesday called on president Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the last Tuesday’s siege on the National Assembly by masked operatives of the Department for State Services. Saraki, via his official Twitter handle, insisted that there were some…
President Buhari congratulates Oyegun at 79
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to John Odigie-Oyegun, the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the occasion of his 79th birthday on August 12, 2018. In a press release signed by…
Sagay rejects calls for Adeosun’s sack over NYSC certificate
Itse Sagay, Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Thursday in Abuja dismissed calls for the resignation of Kemi Adeosun, the country’s minister of finance over the controversies around her National Youth Service Corps certificate. Sagay reacted to…
“This is not about me,” says Saraki after ‘parliament takeover’
Bukola Saraki, Nigerian Senate president held a #WorldPressConference Wednesday to address Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed security agents alleged to be operatives from the State Security Service. The conference which lasted about an hour with the presence of principal…