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Buhari, Aso Rock Cabals Secretly Working Against APC Candidate, Tinubu, Supporting PDP’s Atiku – Presidential Source
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Aso Rock cabals are plotting to retain power in the Northern region in 2023, a presidential source has informed SaharaReporters. According to the source, Buhari and members of the cabals are secretly supporting Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party against Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the…
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Lawyer Asks Court To Declare Ekweremadu’s Seat Vacant
Ogochukwu Onyema, a lawyer, has asked the federal high court in Abuja to declare the seat of Ike Ekweremadu, senator representing Enugu west, vacant. Onyema contested the party’s ticket for the position in 2019 but lost to the former deputy senate president. Ekweremadu has been in detention in the UK since July. The senator and…
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Wike’s Camp Pulls Out Of Atiku’s Campaign Council As PDP Crisis Bites Harder
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gets messier on Wednesday with a group loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike announcing that they will not be part of the campaign of presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 elections. The group, after an all night meeting in the private residence of Wike…
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EFCC Arraigns Ex-President, Obasanjo’s In-law For N120million Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday filed an accusation of fraud against Dr. John Abebe, the younger brother of Stella Obasanjo, a former First Lady, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja. Abebe was charged with six counts of conspiracy, theft, and acquiring money by deception along with Kamoru Alade Oladimeji,…
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‘It Has No Nutrients’ — FG To Ban ‘Ponmo’
The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this in Abuja on Sunday. Yakubu said the litigation was necessary to revive the comatose leather industry…
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Zamfara Hisbah Arrests Two Persons For Having Sex In Motor Park
Operatives of the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission have arrested a man and woman who were allegedly having sex publicly inside a motor park in Gusau, the State capital. Basehitz gathered that the two people (names withheld) committed the sexual act on an open field inside the motor park, neglecting people in the motor park who…
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Nigerian Students Protest, Block Lagos Airport Road Over Prolonged Strike By University Lecturers, ASUU
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, on Monday blocked the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, protesting against the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students who were blocked by security operatives from gaining access…
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I’ve Lived My Life, My Presidential Ambition Is A Struggle For You, Your Future—Atiku Tells Nigerian Youths
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his 2023 presidential ambition is not about him but the struggle for Nigerian youths and their future. Atiku, who said this during an interactive session in Lagos on Friday with some Nigerian content creators including some popular skitmakers, said that he…
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Nigerian Students, NANS To Shut Down All Airports Over University Lecturers’ Strike
Angered by the seven-month standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has threatened to halt operations at all international airports in the country. The national body of NANS met over the weekend in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and condemned the…
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Police Teargas, Arrest Obi’s Supporters At Rally In Ebonyi
The police have reportedly dispersed and arrested supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), who had gathered for a one-million march in Abakaliki, Ebonyi on Saturday. The supporters of the Obi-dient movement reportedly converged on Pastoral centre, Abakaliki, before setting out for the march to the other parts of the city.…
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I Was Misquoted On Abacha’s ‘Hospitality’, Nigeria Needs His Ruthlessness – Shettima
Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he was misquoted on a recent comment he made which cited a reference to the late Sani Abacha. Speaking on Thursday at the 96th anniversary celebration of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Ikoyi, Lagos state, NAN had quoted him as saying Nigeria needs the…
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Tinubu Won’t Islamise Nigeria; Some Of His Children Are Christians – Shettima
Kashim Shettima, vice presidential candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress has said the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will not Islamise Nigeria if he becomes president in 2023. The APC presidential candidate, Tinubu and his running mate Senator Shettima are Muslims. The issue has sparked a national debate over whether it is…