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The Federal Government has directed the military to vacate the premises of @dailytrust and the order has been complied with. Issues between the military and the newspaper as they affect the coverage of the war in the Northeast will be resolved through dialogue.

Armed soldiers on Sunday invaded Daily Trust regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state and arrested the regional editor, Uthman Abubakar and a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab. It is not clear why they took the action but it may be connected with the lead story of Daily Trust on Sunday on military operation in the North East. Daily Trust also learnt that the soldiers shut the gate of the Maiduguri regional office, after arresting the two editorial staff on sight at the time of the raid. Daily Trust also learnt that the soldiers shut the gate of the Maiduguri regional office, after arresting the two editorial staff on sight at the time of the raid. https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/breaking-armed-soldiers-shut-down-daily-trust-office-in-borno-arrest-editor-reporter.html

PHOTOS: Amosun Leads APM Governorship Candidate To Meet Buhari Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the governorship candidate of Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the state, Adekunle Akinlade, on Sunday visited President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari received them at the State House in Abuja. Governor Amosun had earlier declared his support for the APM candidate, who was initially an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party primaries produced Dapo Abiodun as the APC governorship candidate but Akinlade described it as “the falsification of the people’s will,” and moved to APM. APM has since commenced ward to ward campaigns in Ogun State and adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as their presidential candidate. A former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba had earlier in December 2018, led the APC governorship candidate, Dapo Abiodun to President Buhari at the villa in Abuja.

Buba, a former ally of the President, Muhammadu Buhari had this to say about Atiku's chances in the upcoming general election. https://www.blueprint.ng/even-if-atiku-breaks-into-cbn-well-make-him-president-buba-galadima/

Malaysia's king, Sultan Muhammad V, has unexpectedly abdicated in an historic first. No Malaysian monarch has stepped away from the throne since the country gained independence from the UK more than 60 years ago. The National Palace did not give a reason for his resignation but said it would take effect immediately. It comes amid intense speculation about Muhammad V's private life following reports that he has married a Russian. He went on medical leave in November and, the following month, photographs emerged that appeared to show him marrying a former Miss Moscow in the Russian capital. Officials have not commented on the rumours or given any further details about his health. The sultan and the showgirl Sultan Muhammad V sworn in Malaysia: What you need to know "His majesty tells the people of Malaysia to continue to be united to maintain unity, tolerance, and work together," a statement from the palace said. It added that the king, who took the throne in Dec

The leadership of Kogi west senatorial district has described the alleged move to extend the tenure of Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and alleged insistence by INEC to have President Buhari’s niece, Amina Zakari as head of INEC ad hoc committee on National Collation Centre as part of the “grand plot” by the APC-led federal government to “rig the elections at all costs”. This allegation was contained in a communique issued to the press at the end of their meeting held over the weekend at Iyah-Gbedde, Ijumu Local Government. The communique reads in parts “We are taking these matters seriously because we cannot fool ourselves that we are comfortable. In view of our state of helplessness, we urge our people to watch out for the possibility of election not holding at all, and if election holds eventually, results may not be declared. “Also, the tendency of inconclusive election cannot be ruled out at any time under this regime, and if election is declared and the result does

Amina Zakari is Lying About her Relationship with Buhari By Farooq Kperogi Mrs. Amina Zakari just said to the BBC, “I’m not [Buhari’s] niece.” That’s flat-out mendacious. And it puts a huge question mark on her honesty, probity, and trustworthiness. A person who can lie this casually about something as basic and as verifiable as her relationships is disreputable and unworthy of the responsibility she's been entrusted with at INEC. So what is the truth? In a December 27, 2018 article, Mohammed Haruna, former Daily Trust columnist and current INEC commissioner, confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s biological sister was once married to Mrs. Amina Zakari’s father. That makes Amina Buhari’s niece. This is the definition of a niece in the Oxford English Dictionary: “A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.” Amina’s father was Buhari’s brother-in-law. So Amina IS INDEED Buhari’s niece. But that’s not all. At some point in his y

Presidential candidate returns home to rejig campaign • Jonathan, Bayelsa gov clash over party’s candidates The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is facing fresh challenges in the Southsouth, thus slowing down his campaign ahead of next month’s election. The Southsouth leg of his campaign which was originally scheduled for flag off on Tuesday, January 8, has been put off to enable the party “organize a bigger rally.” Party sources however told The Nation that the postponement was brought about by the inability of the PDP governors in the zone to work together on how to drive Atiku’s presidential campaign. Atiku who had been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for some days, returned home yesterday to rejig his campaign against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It was also gathered that the party and Atiku are trying to find ways of mending fences in the Southsouth and the Southeast before the PDP campaign train moves to the t

Aisha Lemu was a British-born author and religious educator who converted to Islam in 1961 and lived most of her life in Nigeria. She died on 5th January, 2019 in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. May her WONDERFUL soul REST IN PERFECT PEACE. May God give her family the fortitude to bear this great loss. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock over the death of Aisha Ahmed Lemu, describing her as “a repository of knowledge whose depth of scholarship was overwhelming and enviable.” According to President Buhari, “she admirably dedicated her life to scholarship and moral uplifting of her society, producing massive literature on religious education during her remarkable life on earth.” The President explained that, “as a Western woman who converted to Islam, Mrs. Lemu had demonstrated that knowledge was not about inheritance, but about curiosity, enthusiasm and dedication to expand our intellectual horizons.” He recalled that she wrote many books on Islamic education which ha

By Gbenga Ogunleye There have been interesting events in the political terrain in the past few weeks, but the one that has gained unnecessary attention was this allegation by Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, presidential flag-bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) that the president, Mohammadu Buhari and his family owned shares in Etisalat and Keystone Bank. He also called for probe into the substantial shares in Etisalat now known as 9mobile which has an estimated $2b (about N727b at 360 per dollar) of its estimated $20b global net worth. No doubt, all that have transpired in the political circles do not spring any surprise to many a political watcher, because we know it is all politics, going by the fact that 2019 elections are just few weeks away and this has elicited desperations from desperate politicians. However, the masses, nay the electorate will end up getting more confused as a direct product of spurious allegations like the aforementioned. Luckily, a group of inves

Buhari approves N161bn for 2019 TETFund interventions in varsities, others Published January 4, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N161bn for the 2019 Tertiary Education Trust Fund Intervention activities in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday at a news conference. Baffa explained that the approval of TETFund 2018 Intervention Guidelines of N161bn represented the education tax collection for 2017, which was a boost to the higher education institutions in the country. He stated that the money had been allocated to eligible institutions for 2019 intervention activities in accordance with the provisions of the TETFund Act 2011. He explained that each public university would get an allocation of N785,832,700, while each polytechnic would be given N536,703,502 from the N161bn. He also noted that each college of education would get N510,084,900 of the amount . ‘‘ Th

As wife of the President, Aisha Buhari flagged off her husband’s re-election campaign in Kano on Saturday, several women stole the show, sporting Buhari-branded sunglasses. Inscribed on them is ‘Sai Baba’, the buzzword of Buhari’s campaign. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/photos-aisha-buhari-flags-off-husbands-re-election-campaign-in-kano/