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Atiku Vs Buhari: I am Not Neutral – Obasanjo Insists
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has clarified his stand between the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari and his former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar,insisting that he is not neutral in the battle of who becomes Nigeria’s president in 2019.
The former president made this known while reaction to report in the media that he was now neutral in the choice of a suitable candidate to lead the country.
President Buhari Sets Up Committee on Autonomy For State Legislature, Judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a Presidential Implementation Committee on Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary in accordance with the 4th Alteration to the 1999 Constitution.
The committee was created to ensure the actualization of the autonomy granted to the legislature and judiciary at the State level.
SERAP Drags Buhari To Court Over Non-Investigation Of Ganduje Bribery Videos
A group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for not ordering investigation of the bribery allegations against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State as alleged in the widely circulated video clips.
Naija News recalls that President Buhari last month promised that the videos will be investigated but since then the court had ruled on two occasions that the Kano State house of assembly has no power to investigate the Governor, over the bribery allegations.
Nnamdi Kanu Releases 6 ‘Facts’ To Prove President Buhari Has Being Replaced By Jubril Of Sudan
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari has been ‘replaced’ by an impostor known as ‘Jubril Aminu Alsudani’.
The IPOB leader in his submission, listed 6 ‘facts’ to support his position.
Zamfara Governorship: EFCC Looking For Charges Against Dauda Lawal – Activists Tell Buhari
Pro-democracy activists have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order accusing the agency of interfering in Zamfara State politics.
In a statement issued yesterday, the activists, under the aegis of the Zamfara Unity Forum, alleged that the anti-graft body had been contracted by politicians to intimidate and humiliate Mallam Daudu Lawal, whom the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nominated as the consensus governorship candidate of the party.
Why Nnamdi Kanu’s ‘Facts’ On Buhari And Jubril Of Sudan Can’t Be Taken Seriously – Arewa Youths
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has reacted to the claims by Nnamdi Kanu that President Buhari is not cloned but replaced by a body double.
The group on Sunday, rubbished the claim by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, saying Kanu is a drug addict whose statements can’t be taken seriously.
Legislative Aides Accuse Saraki, Dogara, Omolori Of Illegal Diversion Of Unpaid Allowances
Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers have written a petition to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, demanding an investigation into “criminal diversion of their budgeted legitimate entitlements.”
We r alleging criminal diversion of budgetd funds at @nassnigeria by collusion of management led by @CNA_Omolori n leadership led by @bukolasaraki and @YakubDogara that led to unpaid entitlements of Legislative Aides
@officialEFCC swing into action NOW!#WeAreAidesNotSlaves pic.twitter.com/x2oB422VSn
— Segun_Tomori (@seguntomori) October 9, 2018
Ogun State: Buruji Is An Agent Of APC, Adebutu Remains Our Governorship Candidate – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted the senator representing Ogun East, Senator Kashamu Buruji is a desperate paid agent of anti-democratic forces working to cause confusion, trigger violence and bloodletting in the 2019 general election and derail our hard-earned democracy.
The party also accused Senator Buruji of printing and selling fake PDP nomination forms to members of the public, in violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitution, which vest such powers only on the party’s National Working Committee.
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