Category: Africa News

Atiku was at Obasanjo’s residence for “a peace and fence-meeting which was attended by top clergymen in the country – Referring to Atiku as President-to-be, Obasanjo advised him to always give adequate places in his administration to youth and women The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar may have gotten the nod of his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, October 11, as he seeks to be Nigeria’s president in 2019. Atiku arrived Obasanjo’s home at about 1:12 p.m Thursday afternoon, accompanied by PDP national chairman, Prince…

Atiku, Secondus in a closed door meeting with Obasanjo The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is presently in a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta. Atiku who arrived the venue at exactly 1.7pm was accompanied by the National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, former Governor of Rivers State, Liyel Imoke, Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, Senator Ben Bruce among others. The purpose of the meeting may not be unconnected to the Presidential ambition of the former Vice…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday upheld the validity of the Presidential Executive Order 6 of 2018 which provides for the interim seizure of assets linked to ongoing criminal trials and investigations. resident Muhammadu Buhari had on July 5, 2018, issued the Presidential Executive Order, which two lawyers, Ikenga Ugochinyere and Mr. Keneth Udeze, had instituted a suit before the court to challenge its validity. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and affirmed that the President has the constitutional powers…

tiku was Obasanjo’s vice president for 8 years while the latter presided over the country between 1999-2007. Both men fell out after Atiku tried to succeed Obasanjo in office, but the former president preferred the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua. The visit to Obasanjo would be the first time the former president would meet with his former deputy since the latter emerged as presidential candidate of the PDP. Though Obasanjo had in the past vowed not to ever support Atiku’s long nurtured presidential aspiration, there is expectation that the former president…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged religious leaders in the country to assist government to overcome forces of destruction by enlightening their followers to guard against religious extremism and terrorism. He made the call while receiving the leadership of Qadiriyya Islamic Movement in Africa at the State House, Abuja. Buhari, in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, also noted that Muslim leaders have a duty to promote the principles and tenets of Islam as a religion of peace and justice. He…