The absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at the emergency meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers on Tuesday was one of the many talking points of the election of principal officers of the 8th national assembly.The meeting was convened to address the move of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to endorse Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara for the posts of [...]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that details of his assets and those of Yemi Osinbajo, his vice, would soon be made public in fulfillment of one of their campaign promises.He attributed the delay in doing so to the verification by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), expressing optimism that CCB would finish with the process before the expiry of the 100-day [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to review the report of Amnesty International, which accused the Nigerian military of extrajudicial killings in the northeast.The rights group detailed different incidents of human rights violations, demanding that the government investigates five senior military officers for the deaths of about 8,000 prisoners.The defence headquarters subsequently debunked the report, describing it as “biased, concocted and premeditated [...]
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect, says he no longer wants to be addressed by his military appellation of 'General' upon assumption of office as president on May 29.Garba Shehu, head of the directorate of media and publicity of the Buhari campaign organisation, made this known on Sunday while unveiling the official portrait of Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo, the vice-president-elect.On his part, Osinbajo [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president-elect, never promised to end insurgency within two months.The party faulted reports quoting Buhari as making that promise, saying the party’s flag bearer at last week presidential election has not given a time frame for tackling insecurity in the northeast.“The president-elect is still waiting to be sworn in on May 29. After the ceremony, [...]
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCO) has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are plotting “to clip the electoral wings of the APC" by grounding of aircraft and freezing of bank accounts of party stalwarts”.“In as much as we understand politics to be a game of wits and guts, yet the desperate way and manner [...]
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has accused the federal government of plotting to create a fake Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, and present before Nigerians in order to claim glory of winning the war on terrorism.“Beyond this, credible sources have alerted the APC that the fake Shekau might become a tool to blackmail members of the opposition by [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to go ahead with its threat of litigation, saying that it will present evidence against the agency in court.The party insists that the organisation is behind the hate campaign against Muhammadu Buhari, its presidential candidate, describing NIMASA as a campaign outpost for the PDP.On Sunday, [...]
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian military for its readiness to deploy troops for the March 28 and April 11 elections, but says its services will be better utilised in other pressing areas, especially in the combat of insurgency and protection of the territorial integrity of the country.The organisation made its position known [...]
The campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress Presidential (APCP) has announced the commencement of town hall meetings as a deliberate campaign strategy ahead of the February 14 presidential poll.During the meetings, Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate Yemi Osinbajo will interact and explain directly to citizens, the policy thrust of their envisaged administration and how the set objectives will be [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from Ayodele Fayose's advertorial in some national newspapers likening late Nigerian leaders from the northwest of the country to Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.In the advertorial published on Monday, Fayose, the Ekiti state governor, suggested that Buhari might go the way of Umaru Yar'adua, Sani Abacha and Murtala Mohammed, who [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened that it will hold the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if anything happens to Muhammadu Buhari, its presidential candidate.APC’s threat is following controversy about the health of Buhari.Through its presidential campaign organisation, the party also advised President Jonathan and the PDP leadership to take charge of their campaign for re-election before the country is [...]
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