The past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to issuance of the attestation of school result from the West African Examination Council, WAEC to President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Buhari had been under attack after he failed to submit his credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the 2019 elections. Buhari only submitted an affidavit wherein he claimed that his credentials were with the Secretary to the Military Board. However,  Buhari on Friday received the attestation his school results  from the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and displayed it online to Nigerians. This, however, did not douse doubts surrounding the certificate saga as some Nigerians queried the authenticity of the attestation. Fayose, on his part, questioned why it took so long for Buhari to receive the document. The former governor, while describing the controversy surrounding Buhari’s WAEC certificate as embarrassment to the country, urg...

As the 2019 general elections gradually approach, the various candidates vying for different elective positions have submitted their credentials. The various candidates’ credentials were made available to journalists on Thursday. In the affidavit which he swore to, Buhari said ,  “I am the above named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. All my academic qualification documents as filled in my Presidential form , APC/ 001 / 2015 are currently with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the time of this affidavit.” Now, Reno Omokri a former presidential aide, has reacted to Buhari's claims. He took to his Twitter to register his reaction. He wrote:  "@MBuhari again tells @INECNigeria his certificate are with the army. Who controls the army as Commander-in-Chief? Is it not Buhari? We‘ve seen the evidence of certificateless leadership. We won’t accept that excuse. "Retweet to insist Buhari produces his certificate #RenosDarts" "@MBuhari again t...

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering issue of his WAEC certificate. President Buhari, who is the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, failed to submit his credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Wednesday. It was reported earlier that the various candidates’ credentials were made available to reporters in Abuja on Thursday and President Buhari only submitted an affidavit where he claimed that his credentials were with the Secretary of the Military Board. In his affidavit to the electoral umpire, Buhari explained, “I am the above-named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. All my academic qualification documents as filled in my Presidential form, APC/001/2015 are currently with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the time of this affidavit.” Reacting to the development, Melaye tweeted, “Atiku submitted His certificates to INEC, ...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said the South-West should vote for Buhari in 2019 so that the region will get to power after him. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South-West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023. The minister stated this at a special town hall meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed led three other ministers including Fashola, Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu to the town hall meeting. Fashola said besides, the massive investments by the Buhari administration on infrastructure across the country and in the South-West particularly, ...

In this interview he speaks extensively on burning national issues, flaying the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC for talking excessively. W hat   is your response to the Osun state governorship election that was declared inconclusive ? First  of all, for me, I am  very  happy  about the performance of the PDP, we have become a party to beat .This was clear in Osun state. The inconclusive decision of  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  was not fair but if the rules did say that the margin of majority which should have obviously made PDP be declared winner , for  example in one local government PDP was denied one thousand votes if this had been added to the votes I am sure the PDP would have  won completely. The important thing is that PDP has performed  very well contrary to the expectations of many and it demonstrates what is ahead of us. PROFESSOR Sam Oyovbaire was Minister of Information Aga...

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research unit of The Economist Magazine, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 presidential election. This prediction is coming as the Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday night in Abuja, told President Buhari and the APC that the PDP “will not be a push over” in the general elections. The Economist’s forecast came less than two months after it had earlier predicted that Buhari would lose the election. The EIU made the latest prediction in its country report on Nigeria, dated October 17, which was obtained yesterday. The London based magazine said, “The Economist Intelligence Unit expects that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, will lose power at the February 2019 elections and that the next government will be led by Atiku Abubakar of th...

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, why President Muhammadu Buhari wants to jail him. Metuh Metuh, who is facing money laundering charges alongside his firm, Destra Investment Limited, spoke on a day he mounted the witness box to personally defend the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Testifying as the 15th Defence Witness, DW-15, the erstwhile PDP spokesman, said his trial was a calculated attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, led government to silence him from criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s dictatorial tendencies. He told the court that top APC members had prior to the time the EFCC arrested and subsequently charged him for fraud, tried to dissuade him from attacking President Buhari in the media. Metuh told the court that some of the APC members, met him on several occasions in Duba...

The new PH airport terminal President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday, inaugurated the new terminal building at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The Presidential Special Adviser on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, shared the news and photos on his verified Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. See more photos of the new terminal below; The Port Harcourt International Airport has a new terminal, President Muhammadu Buhari has just commissioned it.  pic.twitter.com/0z3POiYsnk — Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad)  October 25, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Republic of Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon, are scheduled to perform the official hand-over of the new Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Border Posts at Seme-Krake and Neope-Akanu in Badagry on Tuesday. In a statement yesterday, the Lagos State Government said all necessary arrangements to ensure a hitch-free unveiling ceremony had been concluded. Buhari would be accompanied to the venue by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. “Already, all necessary security and logistic arrangements have been firmed up by the state government, in partnership with relevant federal government agencies. “To this effect, the Lagos State government is soliciting the usual support and cooperation of residents throughout the visit,” Ambode’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Haruna said in the statement.