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Insecurity: I won’t resign, saboteurs after my govt – Buhari to Northern elders
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to calls by Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to resign due to insecurity in Nigeria. In a statement by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the president does not wish to be drawn into the high-decib the resignation call “is not a solution to the security problems facing the country”“Publicity is the oxygen for politicians who have failed to connect with voters in a democracy”, a statement Wednesday night reads.“They told citizens to know what their government is doing to deal with this situation and for politicians to come to terms with the fact that it is beneficial…
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2023: I am not running for President to negotiate VP ticket, or collected any Senate form incase I fail – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said his decision to run for the Presidency is not to negotiate the Vice Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP He said this on Wednesday when he visited delegates of the Party in Calabar, the Cross River state capital. According to him, he is not running to negotiate for Vice President and has not collected any senate form in case he fails He said: “I am here to introduce myself to you. We have started the process and I have made myself available to people of Cross River. I am running…
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Kaduna-Abuja Train attack: Bandits and Boko Haram are in a kind of collaboration – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and culture Lai Mohammed has said that Bandits and Boko Haram are in some kind of collaboration. Lai Mohammed on Wednesday April 12, said this while taking questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said this following reports of what transpired at the Kaduna Train attack. Mohammed said; “What is happening now is that there is a kind of an unholy handshake between bandits and Boko Haram insurgents. Preliminary reports of what transpired at the Kaduna train attacks shows…
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APC has destroyed everything, I will fix it – Bala Mohammed
Bauchi state Governor and PDP Presidential hopeful, Bala Mohammed has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has destroyed everything in the country. Speaking at a dinner sponsored by former ministers appointed by successive PDP regimes on Tuesday night, Mohammed has promised to fix the country if elected President and also run an inclusive government as against a “Nepotistic” government being run by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. “The nation is in pieces. Nigeria is no longer there under APC. The country is too divided. Why is the country so divided? We must reduce the acrimony. APC has destroyed…
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Husband of late Gospel singer, Osinachi denies abusing her
Peter Nwachukwu, the widower of deceased gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has denied claims of abusing his wife when she was alive The popular singer who died last Friday, April 8 was alleged to have been in a coma for five days before she died. According to Family members, children, and friends of the deceased, her husband Peter was accused of subjecting the popular singer to domestic violence. He has since been arrested by the FCT police command on grounds of suspected culpable homicide. Speaking from police custody, Nwachukwu said his late wife had been battling an illness since November last…
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2023 Presidency: I am out to challenge status quo – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo has said that the State Governor, Yahaya Bello was out to challenge the status quo as regards the issue of zoning ahead of the 2023 elections He said this on Tuesday while addressing a press conference in Abuja. According to him, zoning of political positions shouldn’t be a criteria for choosing leaders. He said: “In 2023, it is going to change. The zoning may be competence, capacity, patriotism, a unifier, a bridge builder. That is where we are zoning it to. Whether the person is a northerner, Southerner, Igbo, Hausa it does…
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Buhari must not resign, he will finish his tenure and conduct elections – Shehu Sani counters Northern Elders
Former Lawmaker, Shehu Sani has countered the Northern elders forum (NEF) over the resignation of the President. He urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to resign his position. Sani in a tweet opined that Buhari be allowed to complete his tenure so he can conduct elections in 2023. He wrote: “Our respectable Northern Elders want Buhari to resign; I humbly disagree, allow Sai Baba to finish his tenure and conduct elections.” NEF had called for Buhari’s immediate resignation over the spate of insecurity in the country, especially the North which according to them have not been addressed by the President.
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BREAKING: Kidnappers invade Zamfara College, abduct four female students
Bandits have invaded College of Science and Health Technology in Tsafe, Zamfara State and abducted no fewer than four female students. The incident occurred Tuesday night when they stormed the college with sophisticated weapons. According to reports, the kidnappers have already made contacts with the families of their victims, demanding undisclosed amount as ransom.
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APC should be ashamed of damage done to Nigeria, should apologize – Dele Momodu
Businessman and philanthropist, Dele Momodu has said that members of the ruling All Progressives Congress should be ashamed of the damage they have done to the country. In a statement issued on Tuesday, titled ‘Dele Momodu Asks APC To Apologise To Nigerians’, Momodu lamented the gross incompetence of the ruling party. According to him, Nigeria deserves massive apologies from the APC. The statement read in part: “Nigeria is at crossroads and things can no longer continue as business as usual. No God-fearing citizen can excuse and readily dismiss the gross incompetence and ineptitude of a ruling government that was exceptionally…
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Allegedly abusive husband and his mother accused of poisoning his wife to death
A woman identified as Yetunde Balogun has died after she was allegedly poisoned by her husband and his mother. The victim who is a graduate of Linguistics from the University of Ilorin reportedly converted from Christianity to Islam so as to marry her husband. The union produced two daughters. There are reports that the victim suffered domestic violence and complained to close friends and family. She reportedly left her marriage but later returned after her husband pleaded. After returning home, she reportedly began complaining to friends that her husband no longer eats her food. On Monday, April 11, her husband…
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Mr Eazi gets £1000 engagement gift from his doctor after proposing to Temi Otedola
Singer, Mr Eazi has received a £1000 gift from his doctor following his engagement to Temi Otedola, Daughter of Billionaire, Femi Otedola. Mr Eazi took to Instagram to share a screenshot of the credit alert. See below.
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Addressing Buhari as general and dictator is abuse of press freedom – Lai Mohammed tells media
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that addressing President Muhammadu Buhari as a general and dictator is abuse of press freedom. He said this on Tuesday April 12, when executives of the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigeria chapter paid a courtesy visit to him at his office in Abuja, Lai maintained that the government is not a threat to the media and despite the abuse of press freedom, “those doing that have continued to practise their profession without hindrance” He said; “I remember saying at the opening of the 2016 IPI World Congress in Qatar that the…
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