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A Plateau State couple has decided to settle for a divorce after the wife insisted on voting for  President Muhammadu Buhari  in the 2019 elections. Premium Times  reports that the couple,  Abdullahi Yada’u  and  Hafsat Suleiman , had an argument where the husband insisted his wife must not vote for the president. Yada’u, who shared his story with the BBC Hausa Service, said he asked his wife to choose between staying with him and voting Buhari. I told her that she must not vote for him but she insisted which led to a quarrel which attracted the attention of our neighbours, I slapped her and told her to choose between voting for Buhari and staying with me. She ran away. Later her parents called me and I narrated to them what transpired between us. But still my wife insisted on voting for Mr Buhari, that’s how I divorced her in the presence of her parents.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday, Jan 19, inaugurate the new Baro River Port in Niger, which has just been completed by the Federal Government at a cost of N6 billion. Mr Tayo Fadile, General Manager in charge of Corporate Affairs, National inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), made this known in Lokoja on Thursday. Fadile said that the port was built by the CGCC Global Project Nigeria Ltd. According to him, the new port is fitted with a mobile Harbour Crane, Transit shed and an administrative block. "It is also equipped with facilities such as wateer hydrant system, water treatment plant, reach stacker, 100KVA power generating  set and three forlifts of various tonnages, among others. Baro port is one of the river ports being by the Federal Government to support thee dredging of the Lower Niger project. "The  Baro river port is expected to create at least 2,000 direct jobs and hundreds of thousands indirect jobs. "It will help keep off the road seve...

President Buhari has declared that if he loses the February 16th presidential election, it will not be the first time of him losing elections. President Buhari said this when he spoke at The candidates, a live presidential Town Hall Meeting for the 2019 presidential candidates and their deputies today January 16th. When asked by the moderator, Kadira if he would leave office should he lose in the February 16th 2019 election, President Buhari said he would not be perturbed as it would not be the first time he would be losing an election. ''It won’t be the first time I will lose election. I tried 2003 and I was in Court for 13 months, 2007. I was in court for 18 months in 2011 and went up to the Supreme Court. I sat down and said God Dey. For the fourth time, God and technology helped me'' President Buhari said

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says its presidential candidate, President Buhari, may choose not to attend the 2019 presidential debate slated for Saturday January 19th if he feels there are other viable options with which he can speak to Nigerians. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in an interview with Daily Independent. He said the APC will look at several options through which President Buhari will engage Nigerians, adding that there is no big deal if it believes debate is not one of such means. “What is special about presidential debate? Presidential debate is one of the several platforms for presidential candidates to engage with the public. As a party, we will look at all the options and pick the ones that we can accommodate and those that will be impactful and effective in achieving our goals. We will be the ones to determine that. If presidential debate happens to be one of that, fine. “If it wasn’t, then it is no big dea...

President Buhari on Wednesday called on the media in the country to make an extra effort to report actual and reliable information and avoid fake news stories. Speaking during a courtesy call by Jamie Angus, the Executive Director of the BBC World Service at the State House in Abuja, President Buhari said facts must form the basis of all news reports. He congratulated the BBC for the high reputation they earned through difficult times, such as the period of the Nigerian civil war. The President noted that by devoting time and resources to research into their stories before going public with them, “the BBC has earned a reputation for being an impartial news medium that is relied upon by the people for correct information about events and happenings.” He commended their sacrifices in conveying news and information to the vast communities in Hausa across the Sahel region, and their recent commencement of broadcasts, from Nigeria, of news and programming in Igbo, Yoruba and ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, today said that President Buhari’s trustworthiness is what distinguishes him as the candidate to beat in the 2019 presidential elections.  Speaking at a function in Lagos today, Tinubu said unlike the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, President Buhari is not a thief. “President Buhari is a straight and honest man. Leave a Naira on the table with Buhari in the room. You will find the Naira on the table when you return. When Buhari says ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ you know where he stands. He means what he says, no more, no less.  With Atiku, things are more nuanced. This shows he has no vision for the nation except the naked pursuit of power for the naked use of that power'' he said The APC National Leader said that Atiku had his chance to shine as Vice-President when he controlled the privatisation programme of the Obasanjo government but abused this assignment and helped squander bill...

President Buhari Friday in Abuja called on Nigerian youths to prepare themselves for political leadership as his generation will eventually quit the scene for the younger ones to takeover. Receiving the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing led by the Acting National Leader, Kingsley Dozie Lawrence, President Buhari described Nigerian youths as very active and critically important in the Nigerian project. ‘‘Youths are very virile and active. A greater part of the Nigerian population is made up of youths. They must always be a factor at all times. Youths must begin to groom themselves for the leadership of Nigeria. I said this to the leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students yesterday (Thursday) - sooner than later we will leave the stage and you will takeover. You have to equip yourselves properly,’’ he said President Buhari welcomed the group for appreciating his administration’s effort in providing the much-needed infrastructure across the country and for e...