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Buhari, Elumelu, Umunna Among 100 Most Influential Africans In 2015

Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named among the ‘100 most influential Africans of 2015.’ The list published by pan African magazine ‘New African’ presents Africa’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: Politics (22); Public Office (4); Arts and…

At Last, Saraki Unveils Ministerial Nominees

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, finally read out names of the ministerial nominees sent to him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki unveiled the list to his colleague on the floor during plenary on Tuesday. The list was delivered to the Senate President by Buhari last Wednesday evening on September 30, 2015…

Botched Presidential Poll: AIT’s Lies Exposed

A top Nigerian television station, African Independent Television, AIT, owned by DAAR Communications, has been accused of lying about its online presidential poll it pulled down after it alleged that supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, compromised the integrity of the system. The station, in a press statement on Thursday, alleged that the opinion…

Arrest Wike And His Supporters Now–Rivers APC

The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on relevant security agencies in Nigeria to investigate the introduction of violence into the politics of Rivers State by alleged prominent Ogboni member and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike. The party in a statement signed…

There Will Be War If Jonathan Is Assassinated—Group Warns

A group, New Foundation of National Understanding, NFNM, has called upon President Goodluck Jonathan to shift the 2015 Presidential elections and prepare for war against terrorism in the country. The group alleged that there is a plot by some disgruntled politician and religious extremists of northern extraction to extend the reign of terror of Boko…

Buhari’s Emergence: A Quit Notice To Jonathan, PDP—Rivers APC

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) as the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2015 general elections has been described as an unmistakable quit notice to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Congratulating Buhari, who picked the APC ticket on Thursday at the APC…