Tag: Abdulsalami
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Abdulsalami speaks on his alleged link to helicopter supplying food to bandits
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar, has described as false and unfounded the news linking him to a purported arrested helicopter supplying food to bandits. Abubakar spoke in a statement by his Media Aide, Dr. Yakubu Suleiman, on Monday. He said ordinarily, he would have ignored such spurious news, but has to set…
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We need new strategies, dialogue with bandits not best option – Abdulsalami
General Abdulasalmi Abubakar (Rtd) on Wednesday said negotiating with bandits is not the best option to banditry, while urging that new strategies be developed to combat the menace of banditry. Speaking when a delegation of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) visited him at his residence in Minna, Niger State, the former head of state said…
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Insecurity: We’re one people, let’s stay united, Abdusalami begs Nigerians [video]
Former military head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), on Wednesday sued for peaceful co-existence among Nigerians, irrespective of ethno-religious inclinations. Abubakar made the appeal at a news conference in Minna on Tuesday. ” We are one people and must remain one. As leaders, we must work to make our people unite for the betterment…
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Presidential poll: Atiku did not give any condition to concede defeat to Buhari – Abdulsalami
…says committee has relayed Atiku, PDP’s grievances to President Buhari Former Head of State and chairman of the National Peace Committee, Abdulasalami Abubakar, has announced the outcome of a meeting between the committee and President Muhammadu Buhari which held on Friday. After the meeting, Abubakar said they visited the president in order to intimate him…
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2019: Abdulsalami warns politicians over election violence
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), on Thursday urged key political actors in Nigeria, particularly those seeking elective positions to do everything possible to ensure peace in the forthcoming general elections because “Nigeria is not a stranger to electoral violence.” He threw the challenge at the one-day peace conference organised by the…
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Rivers, N’East, problematic areas of 2019 elections – Abdulsalami
The National Peace Committee has identified Rivers State and some states in the North-East as problematic areas areas of the 2019 general elections. The committee, which met with Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in Abuja yesterday, however, promised to intervene in the areas and ensure peaceful conduct of the…
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2019: Stop complaining, vote out bad leaders, Abdulsalami tells Nigerians
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Friday in Jos, Plateau State, urged Nigerians to stop complaining about the present hardship in the country but instead vote out incompetent leaders during the 2019 elections. Abubakar spoke at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, during the 2018 Distinguished Annual Lecture for…
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Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar leads Commonwealth election mission to Pakistan
The Commonwealth has appointed Nigeria’s former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) as the head of the Commonwealth mission to observe elections in Pakistan. The Commonwealth Secretariat, in a statement by its Media Division, said Secretary-General Patricia Scotland would deploy Abubakar to lead other eminent persons from across the Commonwealth regions. The statement read:…
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JUST IN: Osinbajo, Abdulsalami meet inside Aso Rock
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, and a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), are currently meeting behind closed door. The meeting is holding in Osinbajo’s office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Details later…
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Obasanjo, IBB, Abdulsalami meet secretly in Minna
Three former Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and Abdulsalami Abubakar on Monday met in Minna, Niger State. According to Leadership, the meeting was held at the hilltop home of IBB and lasted for over two hours. Visitors who usually besiege Babangida’s house were streamlined, with some of them stopped from entering the house…