Tag: Abdulsalami Abubakar
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Former Nigeria Head of State denies link with bandits
Former Head of State, Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday in Minna denied having any link with bandits or terrorist groups in Niger State. Social media was replete with allegations last week that the former Nigerian leader owned a helicopter used in delivering arms and ammunitions to bandits and terrorists in the state. Some online…
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Release of Kaduna students: Buhari, El-Rufai ignored as parents thank Obasanjo, Abdulsalami
Parents of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State, have ignored the State Governor and President Muhammadu Buhari and rather expressed thanks to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the parents ignored Governor Nasir El-Rufai and expressed thanks, also to Abubakar Abdulsalami, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi…
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Abdulsalami speaks on alleged involvement Magu’s trial, denies EFCC searched his house
Former head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday denied that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) searched his house in Minna, Niger State. TheNewsGuru.com TNG reports that since the suspension and probe of the former acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu started on Tuesday, reports have pointed accusing fingers at influential and…
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Alleged plan by Buhari’s men to engineer arrest of Atiku this week revealed!
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked the the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar,retd., to call President Muhammadu Buhari to order over unnecessary arrest and intimidation of people loyal to the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP).…
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How Jonathan saved Nigeria from political crisis in 2015 – Abdusalami Abubakar
A former Nigerian military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday advised politicians seeking election into public offices to learn from former President Goodluck Jonathan’s magnanimity in conceding defeat to the then opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Abubakar noted that this single patriotic act by Jonathan saved the country from political crises. Abubakar spoke…
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EFCC, ICPC can’t fight corruption alone in Nigeria – Abdulsalami Abubakar
A former military head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has called for the establishment of more anti-graft agencies in Nigeria insisting that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) can’t tackle the monster of corruption alone. Abubakar, a retired general, said this in Abuja at a public presentation…
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Niger Govt salutes Abdulsalami Abubakar at 75
The Niger Government has described former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, as a patriot who laid the foundation for the current democracy in the country. The government expressed the view in a statement in Minna on Tuesday, issued by Mr Jonathan Vatsa, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, to mark Abubakar’s 75tth birthday.…