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Politics

President Buhari goes missing at Tinubu’s birthday event

The Colloquium—now in its 11th year—brings together experts in the private and public sectors to discuss creative solutions to some of Nigeria’s nagging problems. Organised annually to coincide with the birthday of APC godfather, Bola Tinubu (who turned 67 this year), BATC also brings party and government chieftains under one roof and is one of […]

Buhari speaks on new minimum wage.
National

Buhari speaks on N30,000 minimum wage

President Buhari stated this on Monday, March 25, 2019, while receiving a report of the Presidential Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) on the implementation of the national minimum wage at the Villa. The President had on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, inaugurated the PTAC to advise the government on how best to fund the additional costs of […]

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Politics

Buhari condemns violence in Kaduna, urges stakeholders to embrace mediation

The president made his feelings known when he reacted to the endless carnage in Kaduna state in a statement by by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday President Buhari regretted that everything is politicised in Nigeria, including the efforts to bring offenders to justice, because their […]

President Muhammadu Buhari constitutes presidential inauguration committee (Twitter toluogunlesi)
Politics

Buhari constitutes presidential inauguration committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Constitution of the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee. Mr Olusegun Adekunle, the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) disclosed this in statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Adekunle said that the SGF would serve as the chairman while the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari [Twitter @BashirAhmaad]
Politics

Buhari says he’ll retire to Daura to settle down after 2nd term

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to do his best to improve Nigeria before he retires to his native Daura, Katsina State after the end of his second term. The president won the recently-conducted presidential election and will be sworn in for a second term on May 29, 2019 even though his victory is being contested […]

Governor Godwin Emefiele announces that Nigeria's central bank is keeping its benchmark interest rate on hold at 13 percent in Abuja, Nigeria, July 24, 2015. REUTERS Afolabi Sotunde
National Politics

Emefiele finally reacts to rumours that President Buhari has sacked him

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has finally reacted to rumours that he has been asked by President Muhammadu Buhari to begin packing his wares out of his office, ahead of a sack announcement. The social media space has been rife with rumours that Buhari has fired Emefiele, pending a statement […]

President Muhammadu Buhari was recently re-elected for another four years
Politics

Buhari says 2nd term as President will be tough

President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that his second four-year term in the Presidential Villa will be a tough one. The president was on Wednesday declared the winner of the February 23 presidential election as he polled 15,191,847 votes with his main opponent, Atiku Abubakar, gaining 11,262,978 votes in the final tally. While speaking to members of the Federal […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai
Politics

PDP warns Army chief, Buratai not to drag the military into politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to refrain from acts or actions that will suggest in any way that the military has become an arm of a political party. The party gave the warning in a statement issued to Pulse by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. Buratai […]

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Politics

PDP has bought secret cameras to record APC’s rigging plans, Melaye boasts

Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West – PDP) has revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken deliberate steps to foil any attempts to rig the 2019 general elections. While speaking during the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, Melaye said the opposition party has bought secret cameras to record […]

Atiku Abubakar [Twitter @chosensomto]
Politics

“General Buhari is not a democrat, he’s a power monger”, Atiku says

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari as a power monger who doesn’t subscribe to democratic ideals. The former vice president said this during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP in Abuja on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Atiku accused his opponent in the […]