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President Buhari presents administration’s achievements in seven years
President Buhari has presented his administration’s achievements for the last seven years in office. The president in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the administration has made giant strides in infrastructure, digital economy, agriculture, education and others. “Exactly seven years ago, Muhammadu Buhari took the oath of office as President, promising to serve…
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Suspended catholic priest wins APC governorship ticket
A suspended catholic priest Hyacinth Alia has won the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election. Alia clinched 7,000 votes in the direct primaries to defeat former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Barnabas Gemade and former Attorney General of the Federation Mike Aondoakaa. The catholic church had suspended Alia as priest after he declared for governorship of the state. The…
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APC vice chairman tackles Abdullahi Adamu over handling of party
National Vice Chairman North West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman has challenged the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu of not handling the party’s affairs rightly since taking over. In a letter addressed to Adamu, dated May 27, Lukman accused the party of going back to the “old spot”. He said the national chairman wasn’t handling the process…
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Chief of Army Staff commissions remodelled intelligence centre in Maiduguri
The Chief of Army Staff ( COAS ) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya on Friday, commissioned a Remodelled Joint Intelligence Fusion Centre (JIFC) in Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. The COAS who was represented by the Theatre Commander, Joint Taskforce (JTF) Northeast (NE) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General CG Musa charged all Officers present during the commissioning ceremony to emulate the initiative…
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Rivers leaders’ll decide whether to probe Amaechi, Cole over alleged N96bn fraud-Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the leaders of the state will meet to decide on whether to commence criminal prosecution of the former Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, over the fraudulent sales of some valued State assets and diversion of funds. Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Kelvin Ebiri said this in a statement. The governor said those…
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Hayatu-Deen gives reasons for stepping down from PDP presidential race
Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has announced his pulling out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential contest. Hayatu-Deen announced this in a statement. He said he was withdrawing from the race because it is being monitised. Read the full statement below: WHY I AM STEPPING DOWN AS A PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP). I have been a keen observer…
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Binani’s Adamawa APC victory for all Nigerian women – Aisha Buhari
Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari has congratulated Senator Aisha Binani after she emerged victorious in the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries in Adamawa State. In a statement by Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity(Office of the First Lady), Aliyu Abdullahi, the first lady said Binani’s victory was a victory for all Nigerian women. “The First Lady of…
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Portable risks disqualification from Headies over ‘death’ threat to co-nominees
Organisers of Headies award have said it might disqualify Portable over his death threat to co-nominees of its 2022 edition. The award’s organisers broke the news in a statement broadcast via HipTV, its satellite TV channel, on Friday. The Headies unveiled the nominees for its 2022 edition on Tuesday. Portable, the singer, was nominated to vie in the ‘Rookie of…
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APC primaries and PMB’s legacy, By Segun Ayobolu
Despite the shift in the scheduled timetable, which would have seen both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hold their respective presidential primaries to elect presidential candidates for the 2023 polls this weekend, the exercise when it holds will be interesting and momentous for both. For this analysis, my focus will be the intra-party…
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APC confirms WesternPost’s exclusive on primary postponement
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially announced the postponement of its presidential primary election initially scheduled for Sunday (tomorrow). APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka announced June 6 to 8 as the new date for the presidential primaries in a statement titled ‘APC special convention for presidential primary postponed’ on Friday. Morka said the postponement was as a result…
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