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Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has recalled what the departed President Muhammad Buhari told him. He disclosed this while speaking to journalists shortly after a condolence visit to the Buhari’s family on Wednesday. Recalled his past interactions with Buhari, particularly a meeting during his presidential campaign in which the departed […]

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the party, citing the party’s departure from its core values. Besides, he said he was forced to take the decision due to irreconcilable differences and a shift in the party’s direction away from its founding principles. He […]

Tinubu pays last respect as Buhari buried in Daura: Credit: X | Bayo Onanuga President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima led a galaxy of Nigeria’s elite, including former Presidents, to Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday to pay their final respects as the nation laid to rest the ex-military Head of State and two-term […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of all charges in his long-standing money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke upheld the ex-gobernor’s no-case submission, on the grounds that the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has described as reckless the alleged call for violence ahead of the 2027 election by a former  Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Besides he said the ex-minister’s alleged statement was “unpatriotic and dangerous” The politician warned that such […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has described as reckless the alleged call for violence ahead of the 2027 election by a former  Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi,. Besides he said the ex-minister’s alleged statement was “unpatriotic and dangerous” The politician warned that such […]

The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, died on Sunday July 13, 2025. The respected monarch died at 91, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend, former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole. […]

A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers seen with the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley…Photo Credit: State House The body of former President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at his residence in Daura, his home town in Katsina State. The body will be interred according to Islamic rites after […]

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport on Katsina. According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu arrived the airport from Abuja at 1:42 p.m. and inspected a guard of honour before the […]