Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo tells Atiku: I will support you Following the emergence of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, one of the runners-up in the primary election, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, has congratulated and pledged to support to him. Dankwambo …
Read More »Marafa Backs INEC, Says No Candidates In Zamfara APC
The lawmaker representing Zamfara-Central Senatorial District, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has expressed his support for the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission that his party, the All Progressives Congress, does not have candidates for the 2019 general election in Zamfara State. Marafa, who is a governorship aspirant on the platform …
Read More »Obasanjo recants, supports Atiku’s presidential bid
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, went back on his “God will not forgive me” vows on Thursday and pledged to support Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid, as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. Obasanjo declared his support for Atiku while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Atiku, some prominent PDP members …
Read More »Tell Nigerians What Your Government Used Borrowed N3tr For, Atiku Asks Buhari
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tell Nigerians what he used the N13 trillion his government borrowed within three years of his administration for. Atiku, in a statement Tuesday by his Atiku …
Read More »Atiku Replies Buhari Organisation, Says President’s Camp Now Confused
PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at the Buhari Campaign Organization which had suggested that his emergence as the main opposition flag bearer in next year’s election was the result of money politics. A statement issued on Monday by his campaign organization in Abuja, observed …
Read More »PDP convention: Jang reacts to Atiku’s victory, accepts defeat
A presidential aspirant at the just concluded People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries, Jonah Jang, has congratulated former vice president Atiku Abubakar over his victory on Sunday. Mr Jang promised to work and support Mr Abubakar’s victory in the upcoming presidential election. Mr Abubakar, who defeated 11 others in the …
Read More »President Buhari and his lifeless Independence speech
Youth is an incredible period of belief and blind foolishness. Philosophically, life is capsulated in three stages – morning, afternoon and night. Childhood signifies the morning of life. Youth is encrusted in the hot belly of life’s afternoon and willowy white hairs capture the embers of old age symbolising night. …
Read More »John Fund: Winners and losers in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight
In assessing who comes out ahead or behind after the Kavanaugh firestorm, let’s acknowledge that in some ways we don’t know: the midterm elections a month from now have become more chaotic and uncertain as the Kavanaugh hearing has added fuel to the already raging partisan flames. The election impact …
Read More »Lenovo and ZTE shares hit by spyware row
Shares in Chinese tech giants Lenovo and ZTE have fallen sharply after a media report that Beijing had inserted spying devices into US computers. Unnamed US national security officials, quoted by Bloomberg, said microchips were found in gadgets used by US government agencies. Lenovo’s shares fell more than 15%, while …
Read More »Trump calls Democrats ‘party of crime’ at Minnesota rally, says they’re ‘trying to destroy’ Kavanaugh
President Trump decried Democrats as members of the “party of crime” at a rally in support of Republican House and Senate candidates in Minnesota Thursday night, as the Senate moved toward a crucial test vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The president warned that if Democrats take control of …
Read More »Nigeria AGF Hires American Firms To Plant Pro-Buhari Oped In US Papers
Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, has hired two American lobbying and public relations firm to plant opinion article favourable to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in American newspapers, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. Mr. Malami’s action came to light more than five years after this newspaper exposed the Goodluck Jonathan government …
Read More »Korean leaders meet in Pyongyang for potentially tough talks
PYONGYANG, North Korea – South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date — brokering some kind of compromise to keep North Korea’s talks with Washington from imploding and pushing ahead with his own …
Read More »Tennis umpires consider forming union, boycotting over Serena Williams drama: report
Professional tennis umpires are reportedly threatening to unionize and boycott after Serena Williams accused an umpire of sexism over violations she received during her US Open championship loss to Naomi Osaka. Umpires are reportedly “disturbed” by the response from Williams, and league officials who publicly supported her. Williams gave chair …
Read More »General Buhari’s Second Term Poses Risk to Economic Development – HSBC
In its own report, put together by its Global Research Unit, entitled, ‘Nigeria, Papering over the Cracks,’ HSBC said Nigeria’s current economic struggles look set to continue if Nigeria’s former Military junta, General Buhari wins a second term in office. According to the financial institution, although the president’s “approval ratings …
Read More »Hannah Ogundare – What having good sex means to me
Nollywood actress turned blogger, Hannah Ogundare doesn’t take prisoners when it comes to expressing her mind. She wouldn’t exactly call herself a feminist, yet she’s all woman, a woman, who loves to have her man come to the party when it comes to satisfying her sexually and making her feel …
Read More »Boko Haram captures Borno town after sacking, occupying military base
Boko Haram jihadists have taken over a town in northeast Nigeria after sacking and occupying a military base, local officials and security sources told AFP on Saturday. Scores of fighters believed to be loyal to an Islamic State group-affiliated Boko Haram faction stormed the base in Gudumbali, in the Guzamala …
Read More »Kavanaugh hearing day four: Democrats still land no punches
If the four long days that Judge Brett Kavanaugh spent before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing for a seat on the Supreme Court are viewed as a contest of gladiators, he clearly came out the victor. This was despite screaming protesters who jeered him and Democratic senators …
Read More »Under Buhari, Nigeria suffers anachy and unprecedented division – Saraki
The Senator who stated this in Abakaliki while consulting with PDP stakeholders on his presidential ambition and the way forward for the country lamented that the unity the country’s founding fathers had propagated was now at the verge of collapse while the country was drifting into anarchy in the current …
Read More »You are Power Drunk – Atiku tells Buhari, lists scandals of Buhari’s Government
Former vice president and presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has listed what he considers corruption cases in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Abubakar, who defected from the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, to the PDP, stated this in response to a statement by the …
Read More »N45m Form for Buhari Fraudulent Violates Nigeria Electoral Laws
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the use of a shadowy group as a front to purchase the N45 million All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination form for President Muhammadu Buhari as a worn-out stunt, smacking of fraud and worsening the already battered image of the President. The party …
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