Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, stunned his party people on Wednesday when he congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Governor Wike urged the President to use his victory to work for all Nigerians, irrespective of their…
Tribunal Affirms Buhari’s Victory
The Presidential election tribunal rules that President Muhammadu Buhari validly won the presidential election and was qualified to contest. The Presidential election tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Wednesday evening, affirmed the re-election of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria. In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Mohammed Garba, the five-man-panel held that…
Lawan Reiterates Support for Buhari
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the ninth National Assembly will give maximum support to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to achieve a better, prosperous and secured Nigeria for the good of the citizens. Lawan gave the assurance on Tuesday while on a tour of his native home, Gashua at a Town Hall…
Much Ado About “Bow and Go”
The screening of ministerial nominees by the Senate has come and gone but the dust it raised may take some time to settle. The announcement of ministerial nominations is always greeted with public excitement. And the case was not different this time round too, for obvious reasons. The President needs ministers to help him in…
Buhari’s Yes Chamber?
There are concerns that despite assurances of leaders of the ninth National Assembly the legislature may be too submissive to the executive that it may shirk its traditional role of keeping the government on its toes As soon as the leadership of the 9th Senate was inaugurated on June 11, Ahmed Lawan, the newly elected…
Menu for Buhari’s Second Inauguration
The Federal Government rolls out the details for President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration and Democracy Day celebration. Activities for the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the second term began in Abuja Monday with a press conference addressed by Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, at the National Press Centre, Abuja. He reiterated his briefing…
How Oshiomhole’s Style Helped Saraki
Despite being confined to political wilderness on account of an interview he granted TELL in 2016 critical of the then Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, now national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Godwin Erhahon, former state publicity secretary of the party remains unbowed. In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, Erhahon who says President Muhammadu Buhari…
How Buhari Lost Obasanjo [Special Report]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s hard knocks for President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he assisted to become president in 2015, signals a massive loss of support for the president, raising questions over why the Generals parted ways The dust raised by the recent letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari may not settle until after the 2019…
Obasanjo Doubts INEC, Says Buhari Apes Abacha
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed doubts about the sincerity of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to give room for a free and fair election in the forthcoming polls. He also said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has not convinced him that it will conduct a credible poll. In a 16-page open letter…
NLC Holds Rally To Push For New Minimum Wage Bill
BThe Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC today, commenced a nationwide protest following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to transmit a bill to the National Assembly for the implementation of the new minimum wage. Although the protest took place at the Lagos State secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja protesters were denied access into the secretariat. Adeniyi Muyiwa, one of…
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