Oby Ezekwesili, rights campaigner and former minister of education, has asked Femi Adesina, Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, if he has “forgotten everything he once stood for as a journalist”. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Ezekwesili told the federal government to apologise over the manner it handled anti-Buhari protests. The president, who is […]
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Aliko Dangote to invest up to $50billion in U.S, Europe
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $50bn in the United States and Europe by 2025, in renewable energy and petrochemicals. This is coming after completing almost $5bn of agricultural projects and an $11bn oil refinery in Nigeria. He confirmed the planned investment in an interview with Bloomberg Markets Magazine. “Beginning in 2020, 60 […]
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Nigeria’s Aso Rock clinic DOES NOT have paracetamol or cotton wool
This might give you some headache: the clinic at Nigeria’s seat of power does not have the commonest of medications, paracetamol, according to TheCable. And cotton wool? The patient has to buy from outside. Syringes? Not available. X-ray? Sorry, the machine is out of order. Ambulance? Well, if the patient can buy the fuel. This is […]
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Hate speech will no longer be tolerated in Nigeria – Osinbajo
The Nigerian government has drawn a line on hate speech in the country, equating it to terrorism. The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, stated this on Thursday at the National Economic Council security retreat held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said the intimidation of a population by words or speech is an act of […]
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2019: Ekweremadu, Kalu, Okorocha, Peter Obi tipped for presidency
Three South-East groups, World Igbo Youth Movement, Igbo Students’ Forum and Igbo Diaspora Women, have shortlisted seven names, out of 20 indigenes of South-East Zone from various political parties, as candidates who are most qualified to contest and win the 2019 presidential election in fulfillment of the Igbo presidency project. Those shortlisted include Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, former Abia […]
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What President Buhari’s aides in London allegedly earn ‘Nightly’
According to Sahara Reporters, 12 of president Buhari’s aides staying with him in London are allegedly paid at least $1000 nightly estacode, and they’ve stayed for 100 days. Read below;
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Trump sacks Ogunlesi, Nigerian adviser
Adebayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian businessman based in the US, is among the advisers of US President Donald Trump affected by the dissolution of two business councils. Ogunlesi, who has a majority stake in London Gatwick airport, was appointed by Trump last December to serve as a member of his strategy and policy forum. In a tweet in on […]
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Anambra poll: Obiano emerges unopposed APGA candidate
The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has emerged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra Gubernatorial Election that has been scheduled for November 18 this year. Governor Obiano who has had an outstanding first term in office in which he has won every important honour and recognition […]
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UK terror victims’ families get $324K each
The families of the 22 people killed in a terrorist attack at an Ariane Grande concert in Manchester three months ago will each receive $324,000 (£250,000) from money donated by members of the public. The money will come from the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, set up in the wake of the attack by ISIS […]
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‘Agencies in charge of Buhari’s medical care have spent close to 30 million dollars’
….As shared by Sahara Reporters on Twitter.
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Buhari has right to be treated by the country – Femi Adesina
The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina has said via Channels that the president has the right to be treated by the country. “Though I don’t know who pays Buhari’s health bills but as the president of Nigeria, he has a right to be treated by the country”, […]
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Buhari’s Health Saga : Charly Boy escapes lynching in Abuja (Photos)
Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, who has been leading a campaign for the return or resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been attacked. Charly Boy was attacked in Wuse Market by angry protesters who are believed to be supporters of the president, witnesses told Premium Times. The musician and his fellow campaigners were last week […]
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‘New York hates you’: Anti-Trump protesters give US President ugly ‘welcome home’ (Photos)
Donald Trump was given an ugly ‘welcome home’ on his first return to his New York penthouse since becoming President. Thousands of angry protesters filled the streets opposite Trump Tower in Manhattan carrying placards denouncing Trump and chanted: “New York hates you” Trump sunk to a new low over the weekend when he took three […]
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Zimbabwe’s VP and possible successor of Mugabe flown to South Africa for emergency medical care
Zimbabwe’s vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is seen as favourite to succeed President Robert Mugabe, has been flown to South Africa for emergency medical care, officials said Monday. Mnangagwa, 74, fell ill at a rally where Mugabe spoke on Saturday in the southern town of Gwanda, and suffered severe suspected food poisoning. “Some of his […]
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At least 18 killed in restaurant terror attack
Security forces in Burkina Faso have ended an operation against terrorists who attacked a Turkish cafe in the capital Ouagadougou Sunday that left 18 dead including two attackers, the communications minister Remis Dandjinou said Monday. In a press briefing he said searches of the neighborhood around the restaurant were still continuing. Dandjinou said there […]
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‘I cannot forfeit what was never mine, I never stole Nigeria’s money’, says Diezani Madueke
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, has broken her long silence on several allegations of financial impropriety levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and said she never stole Nigeria’s money. Mrs. Madueke, in a statement issued yesterday, a copy of which was made available to Daily Sun, said […]
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Corruption worsening under Buhari, says Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday boasted that his record of fighting corruption was greater than that of President Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan said this in a post on his official Facebook page which was signed on his behalf by one of his aides, Reno Omokri. The ex-President posted the message in reaction to an allegation by the […]
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What Buhari and Mugabe have in common – BBC
According to a report by BBC Africa, the president of Nigeria, Angola, Zimbabwe, Benin and Algeria all have something in common; an apparent lack of faith in the health systems at home. In terms of time spent abroad getting medical help, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, is the first among equals, but in the past years, all these heads of state have travelled […]
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