Tag: Pantami
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Northern governors allege plot to blackmail forum over Pantami
The Northern States Governor’s Forum says it has uncovered a plans by a shadow group to engage in a smear campaign against the forum as well as its chairman and governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong. This was revealed in a statement by spokesman to the governor, Dr. Makut Simon Macham. The…
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Pantami needs to step aside for investigation – PFN leader
The Chairman of the Financial Accountability Council of the Pentocostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Charles Ighele, has advised the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, to step aside for proper investigations to be conducted over the allegations of his link to terrorist organisations. Ighele also called on the Presidency to investigate the…
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Forces against me plotting to release doctored videos to damage my reputation – Pantami
The embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday raised the alarm that some unnamed persons were planning to release some doctored videos against him. Pantami, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Uwa Suleiman, said the move was the next stage of the forces against…
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Nigeria needs more Pantami’s in Power – Gumi
Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has warned that Nigerians will regret it if the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami is removed from office. Nigerians had continually mounted pressure on the presidency to sack the minister while some called for his resignation following the re-emergence of his public declaration of support for terrorist…
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Pantami: Buhari-led govt unserious about fight against terrorism – PFN
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has decried the continuous retention of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isah Pantami, in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the development as absurd and ludicrous. It also noted that the defence of the embattled minister by the Buhari administration shows that the government is not serious…
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Conversation Nigeriana (1)- Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha Emeka: I’m fed up with just everything in the country! No light. No governance. No leadership. No equity. No justice. No security. No fairness! No this, no that! Phew! I regret being born here and I think I should migrate to America now that Donald Trump has been booted out of the…
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Mr. President, Let this Minister Go – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta President Buhari’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Sheikh Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, could have casually slithered through public office with scant notice if he could delete his past. Unfortunately he cannot run faster than the jagged shadows from his past. In these parts, a ministerial portfolio with an oversized office and…
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Why Pantami can’t get the Kemi Adeosun treatment – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday insisted that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is standing firmly behind the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. Appearing as a guest on monitored Channels Television programme, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu compared the case of Pantami with that of Mrs Kemi Adeosun, a former minister of…
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Presidency’s statement on Pantami confirms sympathy for terrorism – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said the statement by the Buhari Presidency showed desperation to provide official cover to a terrorism apologist that further confirmed public and international apprehensions that the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were patronising acts of terrorism in the country. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary…
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For siding Pantami, Nigerians now know Buhari’s stand on terrorism – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has condemned President, Muhammadu Buhari on his support for the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Recall TheNewsGuru( TNG) yesterday reported that the Presidency through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, threw its weight behind Pantami amid calls for his resignation…