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2023: PDP will give Nigeria an acceptable President through consensus option – Makinde …As Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed, Hayatudeen visit Gov

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde said on Tuesday that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election would be someone that has everybody’s buy-in. The governor, who was speaking while receiving leading presidential hopefuls of the party, who paid him a visit at the Government …

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Train attack: el-Rufa’i briefs Buhari; Addresses Correspondents in Hausa; Warned Railway Corporation of Boko Haram’s planned train bombing; Says no action taken

By Ismaila Chafe   Abuja, April 1, 2022 Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday in Abuja updated President Muhammadu Buhari on security developments in his state following Monday night’s terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train. The governor, who was sober about recent happenings in his state, told …

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Buhari welcomes $200m African Development Centre by Microsoft, says Nigeria ready to lead in digital technology  

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said Nigeria stands poised to welcome more initiatives and investments in digital technology, while appreciating Microsoft for an engineering hub, African Development Centre, worth $200 million. Receiving the President of Microsoft Corporation, Brad Smith, at the State House, accompanied by the Minister of Communication …

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Terrorism: El-Rufai, Amaechi’s confessions confirm complicity by APC govt

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that some comments credited to Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai have confirmed the position of the opposition party that the ruling “All Progressives Congress (APC) administration knows the whereabouts and plans of the terrorists ravaging our nation but deliberately …

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Train attack: DIA uncovers bandits’ camps, NAF shells scores of terrorists in Kaduna Village …. Troops plot ‘massive’ operation

The joint intelligence service has uncovered scores of makeshift facilities and forest settlements, serving as camps for armed bandits and kidnappers terrorising travellers along Abuja-Kaduna highway and train routes. This is coming as the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) aircraft killed scores on bandit terrorists on Wednesday after obtaining intelligence on their …

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Gunmen attack Obowo police divisional headquarters in Imo (See full text of Police statement)

  By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, March. 28, 2022 Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network attacked the Obowo Divisional Police headquarters in Imo on Monday. Police spokesman in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, stated in Owerri that the assailants approached the station from an …

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Buhari attends APC National Convention 2022; Adamu emerges new Chairman; Buni drums support for party’s new leadership

By Ismaila Chafe/Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, March 26, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Eagle Square to participate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention 2022 at about 8.23 p.m (WAT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of …

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