Text of national broadcast by His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the 58th Independence anniversary, October 1, 2018 Fellow Nigerians, Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire…

President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Kaduna All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election with 19,565 votes cast by members of the party. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who is also the Returning Officer of the election, announced the results at the Kaduna APC Secretariat during the weekend, saying the President won in the 23…

Although the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) had fixed the party’s National Assembly primary for today, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly (House of Representatives), Alhaji Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, yesterday accused the Senator representing Kano South, Senator Kabiru Gaya, of being behind plans to assassinate him. Sumaila said he narrowly…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) for posting what it called “fictitious figures” as votes secured by President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s presidential primary. It said it was meant just to hoodwink Nigerians and create an impression of massive support. The PDP said the resort to allocation of…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday paid a get-well-quick visit to the two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers involved in a crash last week, at the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) hospital in Abuja. Buhari had returned to the country earlier from the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of Mrs Aisha Alhassan as Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development from the government with immediate effect. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. In a letter he signed on Sunday,…

President Muhammad Buhari has scored a total of 202,599 votes in the All Progressive Congress Presidential Primary Election conducted at 287 wards across the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has resigned from the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Suleiman Dantosho, her media aide, confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday morning. Dantosho said Alhassan has also withdrawn her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The minister submitted a letter to the APC in Sarakin ward of…

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that he is not ashamed to call President Muhammadu Buhari his friend despite belonging to the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP). Umahi made the assertion on Friday night in Abakaliki during the quarterly media chat/ dinner as part of celebrations to mark the nation’s 58th anniversary and 22nd…

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara chapter, has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to run for second term. Gov. Abdul’Aziz Yari stated this while announcing the results of the party’s presidential primary election conducted in the state. Yari, who is also the Chairman of the State Committee on Presidential Primaries, said 247,847 members of the party…

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose on Friday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police and other security agencies were compromised in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the recently-concluded Osun state governorship election. Fayose, a member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the result of the election…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged candidates of forty-eight political parties that participated in the Osun state governorship election to seek court redress should they disagree with the result of the election. Candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Gboyega Oyetola was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…