President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday swore in the 43 appointed ministers at the Federal Executive Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari who announced the portfolio of each minister shortly after they were sworn in, urged them to direct all memos to his Chief of Staff Abba Kyari. The president retained the portfolio of Minister of […]
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Yunus Usman, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the claim that results of the February presidential election were transmitted to a server is “the greatest lie of this century”. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, are challenging the outcome of the election and asking the presidential election
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, conspired with Nnamdi Kanu to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a counter-affidavit filed at the federal high court, Abuja, in response to an application by Sowore, the DSS said Sowore held a series of meetings with
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he anticipated the supreme court’s decision to deny the opposition party access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) server. In a judgment on Tuesday, the apex court held that the request to access the server could not be granted because it was brought
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Force spokesman, Frank Mba, has described how the Police re-arrested millionaire kidnapper, Hamisu Wadume. Wadume escaped when the operatives of Intelligence Response Team came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed the kidnap suspect from the scene of his arrest. “His arrest followed massive manhunt launched by the Police
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has commended his men for the perseverance and painstaking efforts exhibited that led to the arrest of suspected notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala, popularly known as “Wadume”. Adamu gave the commendation on Tuesday in a tweet on the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Police Force
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Kidnappers seems to have adopted a new measure to ensure they stay alive while carrying out their nefarious activities as they now demand for foodstuffs as condition to release their victims. The families of the Chief Imam of Ode-Omi, whose son Abdulazeez Sanni and two others – Adams Bamidele and Jelili Adams – were abducted
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Former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday urged his supporters and the general public to remain calm and law-abiding as there was no cause for alarm. Ambode, in a statement by his media aide, Habib Aruna, spoke on the backdrop of a search by the EFCC on his Epe Country home and Parkview
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Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, official sources said. It was not immediately clear when and where Mr Wadume was taken into custody, but a source informed about the development informed Premium Times about it on Tuesday. Mr Wadume was sighted at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied raiding the residence of the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, in spite a trending video signifying their presence at his house. The EFCC, in a statement on its Instagram page on Tuesday said it had been inundated with calls that operatives of the
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