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Buhari Opens Up On Cabal, Osinbajo, TY Danjuma’s Secrets

January 26, 2020 5:29 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up on relationship with his Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

He also spoke on comments by former Minister of Defence, T.Y. Danjuma, about the general election in Nigeria and the speculation that a “cabal” exists in his government

Buhari, in a chat with The Interview Magazine, also gave an insight to his formation of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), the rule of law, among others.

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On the EAC and how the body has been silent, Buhari said: “They don’t have to play to the gallery in

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Fayemi Opens Up On Security Buhari Govt Declared Illegal

January 19, 2020 2:30 pm
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has given insight into Amotekun, the Southwest security outfit declared illegal by the Buhari government.

Fayemi, in an interview with THISDAY, stated that Amotekun was not in conflict with the role of the police.

He also dismissed fear that governors may use the outfit to fight perceived political opponents.

Fayemi said: “If people have obsession with governors, they should declare their interest. Does the Federal Government not misuse the police? I know what happened to me in 2014 during the election. I was a sitting governor. I had immunity, but I was assaulted.

“Go

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Ihedioha: Olanipekun Opens Up

January 19, 2020 11:38 am

Just as the Nigerians of different divide are about to recover from the shock of Supreme Court Judgment that sacked the former Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha, Wole Olanipekun, senior advocate of Nigeria, says President Muhammadu Buhari, never used his office to influence the decision of the courts that sat over the 2019 presidential election petitions according to a report by News Agency.

This was made known through a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Olanipekun spoke on Thursday at a dinner organised by Buhari for members of his legal team for the 2019 presidential election petition the …

Uche Nwosu Opens Up On Buhari, Ex-Imo Gov, APC In 2023

January 10, 2020 1:15 am
Former Imo Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, says achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would earn the All Progressives Congress (APC) continuity in power by 2023.

Nwosu, an in-law to former Imo state governor, Rocha’s Okorocha and his Chief of Staff, recently returned to the APC along with his supporters.

“I believe him; that is him and that is leadership”, NAN quoted him as saying on Wednesday in an interview.

“The APC under President Buhari has done well in the areas of fight against corruption, insecurity and agricultural development.

“In the area of agriculture, we now have

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Guards Brigade Commander Opens Up On Aso Rock

December 28, 2019 11:38 am
The Commander, Guards Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Usman has explained the uniqueness and magnificence of Aso Rock in Abuja.

NAN reports that Usman disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at the 2019 edition of the Guards Brigade Ascent of Aso Rock.

During the event, the commander led his officers and soldiers alongside personnel from the Defence and Army Headquarters to the hill top.

Other participants at the rigorous exercise were diplomats, security agencies, and interested members of the public.

According to Usman, Ascent of Aso Rock of the Guards Brigade is observed at the end of every year.

He said

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Trump Impeachment Debate Opens With Fiery Partisan Battle

December 12, 2019 2:43 pm

Democrats warned that US President Donald Trump was on the verge of dictatorship while Republicans fiercely defended his record at the opening of a stormy, historic debate on impeachment charges Wednesday.

The parties held tightly to diametrically opposed views of Trump as they weighed articles of impeachment at the beginning of a two-day debate.

Trump is alleged to have wielded the power of the presidency for personal and political gain by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 US election.

There is little question about the outcome in the House Judiciary Committee: by the end of the week the majority-Democrat …

Talks

Russia’s Top Diplomat Opens US Talks Amid Impeachment

December 10, 2019 3:33 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday opened a visit to Washington in which he will meet Donald Trump, the very day when Democrats unveiled impeachment charges against the president.

The timing marks a redux of the veteran Russian diplomat’s last visit to Washington in May 2017, when Trump was fighting off allegations that he cooperated with Russia and was accused of sharing classified information with Lavrov.

Lavrov began the day of talks by meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said the Trump administration was determined to pursue its work despite the politics at home.

“We didn’t …

Rape

Rape: IGP Re-Opens Case Against Osun Cleric

November 25, 2019 3:28 am

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammad Abubakar Adamu has re-opened the case of an Osun State based Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Habeebullah over alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl. 

Habeebullah, popularly known, as Al-Edewy in Ede area was re-arrested at the weekend after his trial before the state Magistrates’ Court was initially discharged in August, following an out-of-court settlement.

Al-Edewy was first arrested by the police on July 1 and arraigned before the court on July 4.

His arrest followed a petition written by a lawyer, A.A. Maisolati, to the state Commissioner of Police, on behalf of the teenager detailing …

NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

October 22, 2019 3:03 pm

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has opened an area office in Enugu to meet the needs of the increasing number of corps members mobilised annually in the South-East.

The Area Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, at the inaugural meeting with members of staff of the scheme on Tuesday in Enugu, said the office would serve the five states in the South-East.

Ikaka said the management of the scheme had experimented with the area offices in the six geopolitical zones in the 1990s, but could not sustain them.

“However, the number of corps members mobilised annually which stands …

UK court opens way for $9bn claim against Nigeria

UK court opens way for $9bn claim against Nigeria

August 16, 2019 10:19 pm

British judge on Friday gave the green light for a tiny private firm to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the Nigerian government over a failed natural gas deal.

The amount represents one-fifth of the foreign reserves held by Africa’s largest economy.

The decade-long dispute pits an unheralded firm founded by two Irish business partners against an energy-rich but a politically-troubled nation of 200 million people.

The 2010 deal between the Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) company — widely reported to be registered in the British Virgin Islands — and the Nigerian government was meant to be …

Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year.

Africa’s largest wind power project opens in northern Kenya

July 20, 2019 2:14 am

Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year.

The sprawling wind farm of 365 turbines on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya was designed to boost the nation’s electricity supply by 13 percent, giving more Kenyans access at a lower cost, President Uhuru Kenyatta said at its launch.

Kenya has made great strides in renewable energy in recent years and is considered to one of the few African nations making …

Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

June 10, 2019 10:42 am

Rwanda said on Monday it would re-open its busiest border post with Uganda to cargo trucks for 12 days, more than three months after it was closed amid tensions between the two neighbors triggered by security and economic disagreements.

In a statement, Rwanda’s revenue body said it was “pleased to inform the general public that heavy trucks are allowed to provisionally cross Gatuna border,” for 12 days starting Monday.

At the end of February, Rwanda started blocking Ugandan cargo trucks from entering at the crossing, which Rwandans call Gatuna and Ugandans call Katuna. Authorities in Kigali also stopped Rwandan nationals …

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