Category: Politics
Only the guilty should be worried FG responds to Obasanjo
The Federal Government has dismissed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation of frame-up and impending arrest as groundless and the concoction [...]
Lai Mohammed disobeyed me by replying Obasanjo’s letter – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disobeyed him by replying the letter by former [...]
Buhari plotting to hang a crime on me, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to hang a crime on him. The elder statesman who fell out with Bu [...]
‘June 12 not public holiday’ — presidency clarifies new Democracy Day announcement
The declaration of June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day does not make it a public holiday, presidency has clarified. In a tweet on Friday through its of [...]
Senate asks INEC to announce June 12, 1993 election results
The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The lawma [...]
Federal Government scraps HND certificate
The Federal Government has scrapped the award of HND Certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on [...]
Buhari’s honour to Abiola smacks of desperation and hypocrisy – PDP
PDP in a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, says President Buhari's declaration of June 12th as the new democracy day in memor [...]
Mixed reactions from lawyers over Buhari’s right to honour Abiola
The move by president Buhari to honour late Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12 1993 elections, with the highest honour of the land, GCFR [...]
GCFR award to Abiola illegal – Ex-CJN, Belgore
The award of Nigeria’s highest national honour to late Moshood Abiola has been declared illegal by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore. Preside [...]
Buhari honours Abiola with GCFR, names June 12 as Democracy Day
President Muhammadu Buhari in a surprise move declared June 12 Nigeria’s Democracy Day and also awarded Nigeria’s highest honour, Grand Commander of [...]