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Atiku’s Endorsement By Igbo Groups Is Dubious – APC

David Folami — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:14:34 +0000

APC has said that the recent endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the forthcoming election, by Ohaneze Ndigbo is dubious and misleading. Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu said this recently. said that the purported endorsement may have been done by Atikus friends whom he had publicly promised to make rich if [...]

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Buhari Will Continue To Receive Different Groups And Organisations – Rep

David Folami — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:51:16 +0000

Muhammadu Buhari is set to meet Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress at his country home in Daura, Katsina state today, a day after he received the party’s governors. We have reliably gathered that the APC leadership and top chieftains of the party would be converging in Daura to [...]

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IPOB, MASSOB Are Illegal Groups – Jude Madu

David Folami — Sat, 27 May 2017 20:17:23 +0000

The Ebonyi state police command has described the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) as illegal groups. Jude Madu, the command’s spokesman, who said this in an interview with NAN on Saturday, asked Nigerians to reject the intentions of the groups. He confirmed that [...]

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Some Militant Groups Have Contacted Me — Wole Soyinka

David Folami — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:47:49 +0000

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that some Niger Delta militant groups had reached out to him in their efforts at interfacing with the Federal Government on the current militancy in the region, pleading with the government to genuinely listen to the agitators. This came as traditional rulers from the region listed the cessation [...]

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More Than 100 Youth Groups Petition Nigeria Senate Over President Buhari’s Ministerial List

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:26:38 +0000

Over 118 youth groups across the nation has signed a petition lamenting the exclusion of youths in the ministerial list submitted to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). “We are shocked that the present ministerial nominee has no single representation of young people who were born in the 70’s or the 80’s. We did not [...]

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#Abuja > APC Bans Support Groups From Meeting At Party Secretariat

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:30:16 +0000

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has banned its support groups from holding meetings at the conference hall of its national secretariat in Abuja due to unruly and violent behaviors. A letter signed by Abdullahi Gashu’a, Director of Administration of the APC said that the party directed the groups to use other places within the neighbourhood [...]

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#Rivers > SSS Officer Tells Election Tribunal How Cult Groups, Thugs Affiliated With PDP Marred Guber Polls

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:30:41 +0000

An officer of the State Security Service, Godwin Mba, has revealed how cult groups and thugs marred the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State. Mr. Mba, who led SSS’ operatives on election duty to Andoni Local Government Area, told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party in [...]

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#Nigeria > Appointment Saga: Groups Express Concern Over ‘Exclusion Of Women’

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:30:25 +0000

Some Nigerian women groups have expressed concern over what they see as the neglect of women in President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent appointment of principal officers. The women raised their concern at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The President of Women in Politics Forum, Ebere Ifendu, said the non-inclusion of women in the appointments [...]

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Jonathan Accused Of Sponsoring Campaign Against President Buhari’s Corruption War | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:30:20 +0000

A coalition of civil society groups have accused former president Goodluck Jonathan of ‎launching a campaign designed to frustrate the anti-corruption drive of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). At an interactive session in Lagos, Tuesday, the groups alleged that the former president had started a campaign pushing for the current government to begin its anti-corruption war [...]

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Boko Haram: Civil Society Groups Stage Protests In Katsina Over FG’s Acceptance Of Foreign Intervention

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 09 May 2014 19:15:41 +0000

A coalition of civil society organisations in Katsina State on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration against foreign intervention sought by Nigeria in addressing its security challenges. President Goodluck Jonathan had sought for and received offers of assistance from the U.S, China and U.K at the last count, to help Nigeria surmount the Boko Haram insurgency. [...]

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Police Move To Obstruct Clash Between Muslim Groups

Shola Johnson — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:13:34 +0000

The Plateau State Police Command has initiated a peace meeting between two Muslim groups in the state following tension over today’s Eid Maulud celebration to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed which one of the groups does not believe in. . This, according to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe followed security reports [...]

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