Tag: President
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2019: Okotie ready to run for President, begs PDP, APC for ticket
Popular Nigerian cleric, Pastor Chris Okotie of Household of God Church International Ministries, has declared his intention to run for the presidency in the 2019 general elections. Reports indicated that the cleric declared his intention to run for the 2019 presidential election during his church’s service on Sunday. Okotie called on Nigeria’s two political parties…
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Buhari congratulates Turkish President on re-election victory
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening spoke with his Turkish counterpart, Mr Recep Erdogan, via telephone, and congratulated him over his re-election. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The presidential aide stated that Buhari in the telephone conversation with…
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Politics is not a clean business; it could kill me- Oprah Winfrey
Celebrated media entrepreneur, Oprah Winfrey who recently covered the August Edition of Vogue Magazine has made some shocking revelations about her political ambition. Winfrey revealed that she has no plans to run for president in 2020 because she believes the current political landscape would ‘kill’ her. ‘In that political structure — all the non-truths, the…
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2019: Why I am running for Nigeria’s President – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday explained why he is running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He noted that he was not running for selfish reasons but for the survival of Nigeria. Atiku said this at the symposium and inauguration of the Atiku Mandate Group codenamed TAM-G in…
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UAE President pardons 935 prisoners ahead of Ramadan
The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday ordered the release of 935 prisoners ahead of the upcoming holy fasting month of Ramadan, UAE state news agency WAM reported. The gesture is part of Al Nahyan’s attempt to provide prisoners “an opportunity to start a new life…
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Police acted like ‘upgraded barbarians’ over Melaye – Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said the police behaved like “upgraded barbarians” by taking Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) to Lokoja on a stretcher last week. Dogara said this in an interview with State House reporters on Monday after he and Senate President Bukoka Saraki met behind closed doors with…
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Dr. Francis Adedayo emerges new NMA President
Dr Francis Adedayo has been elected as the new President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Adebayo was elected on Sunday at the end of the association’s 58th Annual General Conference and Delegates Meeting held in Abuja. Also elected into the National Officers Committee of the NMA to run the affairs of the association for…
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2019: Only thieves end up being Nigeria’s President – Balarabe Musa
A former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Balarabe Musa has said leaders who emerge as Nigeria’s president are either thieves or supported by thieves. According to him, there is hardly how anyone can legitimately raise the kind of money required for presidential campaign in the country without soiling his hands in messy…
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Buhari condoles with Algerian President over military plane crash
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the people of Algeria over Wednesday’s military plane crash near the Boufarik military airport in Algiers which claimed many lives. The President gave his condolence message in a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in Abuja on…
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Buhari congratulates Sierra Leone’s new President
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated Julius Bio on his election as the new President of Sierra Leone after the presidential election run-off on March 31. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commended the people of Sierra Leone on the successful conduct of the presidential…