President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to probe the $16 billion invested in the power sector by his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He pledged that every kobo would be recovered and anyone found wanting exposed. Speaking during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the president stated that he is unrelenting […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja appealed to all the Presidential candidates in the February 16 election to commit to the ideals of the peace accord for a rancour free contest. He made the appeal when he and other Presidential candidates including the former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has expressed confidence that the state will continue to remain peaceful and secure especially during the upcoming elections, under the watch of the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, in charge of Zone 9, AIG Wilson Inalegwu . Ugwuanyi spoke when he received in audience the new AIG of Police and other senior […]
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Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has said that no security personnel would be allowed to carry firearms at polling centres during the elections. He stated this when the European (EU) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria delegation visited him on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that while the elections would last, security personnel […]
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THE Accident Investigation Bureau has indicated that the helicopter accident the Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo had was caused due to a brownout in the landing area. A helicopter conveying the vice president to a campaign rally in Ogun had crash-landed in Kabba town on February 2. The preliminary report released by the AIB on Wednesday shows that […]
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Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, and a former Super Permanent Secretary, Chief Philip Asiodu, on Wednesday called on Nigerians to place national interest above personal considerations. They spoke under the aegis of Burdened Elders, a group of concerned elder statesmen committed to good governance and prosperous nation, during a parley […]
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The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu has reiterated the position of the force to be professional and unbiased during the general elections. Adamu gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja, when the popular Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface Idibia took his “Vote Not Fight’’ campaign to his office. The […]
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Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that the stoning of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by supporters of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) during last Monday’s campaign of the All Peoples Congress (APC) in Abeokuta was treasonable. Reacting to the ugly incident Wednesday, Falana expressed regret that the Police have […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has distanced itself from the claims by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that it is working for the opposition party. Besides, INEC said the exclusion of APC in Zamfara State was purely a judicial matter and not a decision of the commission. Reacting to the allegations […]
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said on Wednesday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was working for the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2019 general election. Oshiomhole however, added that the governing party will not descend to the level of bringing down state institutions […]
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