Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his pledge to a peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections, and that he would be retiring from active politics since he has run for the maximum two terms in office.
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, begged Nigerians to show more understanding on the current economic and security situations in the country. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President made the appeal while speaking with State House correspondents shortly after observing the Eid prayers, marking the end of one-month-long Ramadan fast, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari pledges action against bandits’ threat to national food security.’ Buhari was quoted as saying that “I expect Nigerians…
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The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has described the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Supreme Court as a victory for democracy. Gbajabiamila, who said though the victory of the President at the February presidential polls was never in doubt, however, expressed his appreciation of the final victory, whereby Nigerian democracy was tested by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, the Speaker said, “I want to…
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Security operatives dispersed RevolutionNow protesters during a demonstration in Lagos on Monday, August 5, 2019. The RevolutionNow protest is a nationwide demonstration called by online newspaper publisher, Omoyele Sowore, against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government that was re-elected in February. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had in a statement on Sunday described the planned protest as a call that amounts to “treasonable felony and acts of terrorism”. He warned the organisers, sponsors, allies, supporters, associates and sympathisers of the protest to desist from embarking on it. “The Police will…
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