President Muhammadu Buhari Reacts To Election Outcomes Of Leaders Of The National Assembly

This Tuesday a statement issued by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president would have preferred that the APC process of electing leaders been followed.

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Muhammadu Buhari Buhari Media Team

Post elections, Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara State emerged as the Senate President while Yakubu Dogara was voted Speaker of the House of Representatives.

G7 Nations To Support President Buhari: Reason is out

Why G7 Nations Decided To Support President Buhari

Following the summit held in Germany, members of the G7 explained why they decided to support Muhammadu Buhari, the new president of Nigeria.

Muhammadu Buhari at the G7 Summit

It was disclosed on June 8, Monday, that the world leaders pledged support to Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, which was one of the major issues discussed at the meeting.

Nigeria:Buhari's Political Associates Surprised By London Trip, Diezani Denied Conversation With Him Throughout Trip

Buhari's Political Associates Surprised By London Trip, Diezani Denied Conversation With Him Throughout Trip

Last night’s secretive and rather abrupt trip to London by Nigeria President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari caught several of his political associates unawares, several of them learning about it only when we broke the story. President -Elect, Muhammadu Buhari Wikipedia

Asked if the President-Elect had any health issues that may have required urgent travel overnight, they insisted he appears to be healthy.

Nigeria:Northern Leaders Demand Pardon For Boko Haram

Prominent Northern leaders including the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais have called on the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to declare amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents when he takes over power on May 29.

The leaders include; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari.

NDLEA Officials to extracdit Buruji Kashamu’s Home

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly surrounded the residence of the Ogun state senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu.

According to Channels TV, the drug enforcers are set to extradite Kashamu to the US to answer to drug charges levelled against him.
Recall that Kashamu Buruji sued the chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency and 11 others over an alleged plot to extradite him to the United States of America to face trial on alleged drug-related offences.

The senator-elect is alleged to have been indicted for drug dealing in Chicago in 1998, a report which he has denied on several occasions.

2015 Budget Gets Jonathan's Approval

With just over a week before his official handover, the outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the sum of N4.5 trillion ($22.6 billion) budget for 2015.
According to a statement credited to the president’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the budget, which was by the National Assembly in late April, was approved by the Nigerian president on Wednesday, devoid of the usual fanfare.
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It was also reported that the budget is 3.2% smaller than last year’s, following the issues associated with global crude prices which are responsible for the cash crunch in the country.

Billboard Music Awards 2015: Nicki Minaj Gives Us a "Night" to Remember

Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles of One Direction, winners of the Top Duo/Group and Top Touring Artist awards, pose in the press room during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The 2015 Billboard Music Awards were much more than just the unveiling of Taylor Swift's new

INEC Denies Akwa Ibom APC Access To Election Materials, As REC Orders Detention Of His CSO For Demanding Share Of Bribes

 

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State on Friday May 15, 2015 deliberately frustrated and undermined the efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and

Afghanistan-Suicide car bomb kills at least three people near Kabul airport

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near the international airport in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding 18 in an attack that appears to have targeted vehicles of the European Union police training mission, officials said.

Nigeria:PDP Crisis: Party Trying To Join APGA, LP in coalition

Babangida Aliyu

As the Peoples Democratic Party continues to battle with an internal crisis, major stakeholders have unfolded plans to merge the party with other parties of a “similar ideology”.
This move, according to the leaders of the party, is to make the PDP a stronger and fresher coalition after the handover of power on May 29.