Monthly Archives: January 2020

Asset Declaration: SERAP gives Buhari, Osinbajo, Governors 7-day ultimatum

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, 36 state governors and their deputies, a seven-day ultimatum to provide information on their assets as declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau. SERAP is also asking them to “clarify within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter, if you have had any ...

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Tinubu meets Buhari in Abuja, says no regime extension for President

President Muhammadu Buhari has held closed door meeting with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House. Although the subject of the discussion of the meeting was not disclosed, Asiwaju Tinubu told journalists that he visited the President to consort with him and wish him well for the New Year. He also ...

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Buhari promises to treat all geo-political zones fairly

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will continue to treat all geopolitical zones of the country fairly irrespective of political affiliation. The president made the statement during the commissioning and official handing over of Umunze Erosion/Flood Control and Road Improvement works in Orumba South of Anambra state. Buhari represented by the Minister of State for Environment, Mrs. Sharon Okeazor said that ...

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Successor: Afenifere chieftain lampoons Bakare, asks Buhari to reject his advice

Senator Femi Okurounmu, a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has lampooned the renowned Lagos cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to choose his successor. According to Daily Post, Okurounmu warned that it was not the duty of an incumbent president to decide his successor, stressing that such a plan was aimed at destabilizing Nigeria’s democracy. ...

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2023: Buhari won’t manipulate process to favour anybody- Adeshina

Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has disclosed that the president will not manipulate the process to favour anybody in 2023. Speaking at a programme on Channels Television on Monday, Adesina said Buhari is interested in who succeeds him, but will not handpick anybody illegal. The presidential spokesperson was reacting to a statement by ...

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Gov Abiodun begs Amosun’s appointee to accept out of court settlement

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun is reportedly pleading with a former member of the Ogun State Judicial Service Commission, Abayomi Omoyinmi, to accept out of court settlement in a suit filed against him. On November 26 that Omoyinmi had dragged Gov Abiodun and the Ogun State Government before the National Industrial Court to protest his ‘wrongful termination’ as a member ...

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Edo APC factions at loggerheads over Gov Obaseki’s endorsement

Factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have disagreed over the alleged endorsement of Governor Godwin Obaseki for a second term. The party Chairman in Ward 10, Alhaji Abubakar Akokia, described the news as untrue. He also denied the purported suspension of the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The rebuttal follows news that the party in Oshiomhole’s ...

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Ondo 2020: APC chieftain confident of victory in guber election

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Ade Adetimehin, says he is confident that the party will excel in all political contests in the state in 2020. The chairman expressed the confidence during his family thanksgiving for the New Year on Monday in Akure. He said that the party would particularly have an easy ride ...

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Prophet Iginla predicts doom for APC, says ruling party will split

Prophet Joshua Iginla of Champions Royal Assembly has released 44 shocking prophecies for the year 2020 on the political and international scenes. Iginla predicted the emergence of another form of terrorism, adding that the agitation for Biafra would be strong in 2020. He disclosed that there will be disaffection, disunity and splitting in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at ...

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Alleged Double Registration: Gov Bello may be prosecuted after tenure- INEC official

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday says that criminal case of double registration against the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is still ongoing. According to Punch, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voters Education and Information Committee, Festus Okoye, said the Kogi governor is currently shielded by the immunity clause which protects him against any form of prosecution. He ...

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