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June 12: Why President Buhari must restructure Nigeria – General Akinrinade
Former Chief of Army Staff, Rtd General Alani Akinrinade on Wednesday said it is imperative for President Muhammadu Buhari to visit the vexed issue of restructuring for the good of the country.
June 12: Elected officers must be accountable – Governor Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday said the philosophy behind June 12 must continually be celebrated by ensuring that elected officers were accountable and every Nigerian treated equally.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, others hail President Buhari for honouring MKO Abiola, June 12
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, praised President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the hero of June 12, the late MKO Abiola and making the day a national public holiday.
General Akinrinade: Ex-President Obasanjo lacks ‘good sense of judgement’
A former chief of Army staff, Lt-Gen Alani Akinrinade (retd.), on Thursday described former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo as a man that lacks a good sense of judgement and should be ignored.
General Akinrinade: Ex-President Obasanjo belongs in dustbin of history
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Alani Akinrinade (retd.), has asked Nigerians to ignore former President Olusegun Obasanjo, adding that Obasanjo belongs in the dustbin of history.
Governor el-Rufai: Northerners ready for restructuring
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors of Kaduna and Oyo states, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and Abiola Ajimobi, respectively and other eminent Nigerians yesterday stressed the need for the country to be restructured to overcome myriad of problems confronting it as a nation.
VP Osinbajo: Atiku Abubakar, PDP have always opposed restructuring
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in February 16 presidential election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku have always opposed restructuring of the country.
President Buhari, WAEC and PDP’s toxic air
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Friday, said the controversy concerning President Muhammadu Buhari’s school certificate is embarrassing and felt a sense of duty to produce and deliver to him a confirmation and attestation of his results, in form of a duplicate certificate.
Presidency: Muhammadu Buhari certificate saga is dead issue
The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress have hit back at the Peoples Democratic Party after the opposition party took President Muhammadu Buhari to task over his Secondary School certificate.
Killings: President Buhari urged to change security architecture
A former Chief of Army Staff and member of the defunct National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, General Alani Akinrinade (retd.), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to change the country’s security architecture.
Governor Ambode: Fiscal federalism only path to true nationhood
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has said Nigeria’s democratic experience would never be an ideal model without entrenching fiscal federalism, noting that a true federal system “is the only path to nationhood”.
President Buhari’s response to killings by herdsmen feeble, half-hearted – Alani Akinrinade
Alani Akinrinade, former Chief of Army Staff, on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari was not doing enough to stop killings by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria.
Alani Akinrinade: Restructuring unavoidable for Nigeria
A former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade, has said that restructuring is unavoidable and inevitable for Nigeria in the face of national consensus.
Restructuring not solution to Nigeria’s problems – Don
A professor of Political Science from University of Ibadan, Bayo Okunade, has declared that restructuring of the country being agitated for by some section of Nigerians is not the solution to the immediate problems that the nation is having at hand at present.
I am satisfied with President Buhari
It was always predictable that, given his notoriety on that score, it was a matter of time for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to resume his pastime of undermining his military and civilian successors, by making President Muhammadu Buhari his latest victim.
Why Awolowo did not make West to secede
The same Chief Awolowo made another controversial statement on July 6, 1974 at the University of Ife when he said “the 1973 census is a barren exercise,” an event which I covered for the Nigerian Tribune. We shall come to that later.
Restructuring call, not attack on the North – Mimiko
The former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has lent his voice to the call for the nation’s restructuring, saying it is not an attack on the North.
Southern leaders berate N’Assembly over devolution of powers
The Southern Leaders Forum has condemned the decision of the National Assembly to reject devolution of powers in its ongoing constitution amendment.
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Olu Akerele: Naming national stadium after MKO Abiola shows President Buhari has good heart
A former aide of Chief MKO Abiola, Lisa Olu Akerele, has said that naming National stadium after the late winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election was an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari has good heart.
President Buhari: I declared June 12 democracy day to correct injustice meted-out on Nigeria
Contrary to speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari fell to pressures from leaders of the South-West geopolitical zone to recognize June 12 as national Democracy Day over political interest, the President on Wednesday said his decision was hinged on the need to correct alleged injustice meted out on the entire country by the military government.
DSS warns against undemocratic activities, confirms arrest of culprits
The Department of State Services said it has observed with concern the deliberate plots and attempts by some subversive and undemocratic elements to incite or pit one ethnic group against the other by stoking the embers of tribal sentiments to cause disaffection and violence across the country.
Don: Honouring MKO Abiola one of President Buhari’s boldest decisions
Prof. Akinyele Aluko of the Global Knowledge Group has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s renaming of Aura stadium after the late MKO Abiola as one of the President’s boldest moves thus far.
June 12: Ex-President Jonathan reduced MKO Abiola to ethnic champion – Tony Momoh
Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information on Wednesday said former President Goodluck Jonathan reduced the late MKO Abiola to an ethnic champion by renaming the University of Lagos (UNILAG) which is located in the South- West after him.
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Governor Makinde pledges to waive immunity for corruption trial
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Court remands four suspects in Ilorin prison over alleged murder
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Abdullahi Wuse emerges Niger Assembly Speaker
The Niger House of Assembly on Tuesday elected Alhaji Abdullahi Wuse (APC), member representing Tafa Constituency, as the speaker of the 9th Assembly in the state.
Senator Ekweremadu: Why I contested deputy senate presidency
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