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– Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that all speculation regarding rifts in the APC must be dumped in the thrash – Tinubu said he still stands in alliance with Buhari and the APC – Asiwaju Bola Ahme Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked Nigerians to shun news making the rounds, regarding the alleged divide within the All Progressives Congess (APC). Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has warned Nigerians about spreading false reports that he is in disagreement with Buhari and the APC. The APC co-founder made the disclosure in an address to Nigerians via one of the APC-run Facebook pages. According to the statement titled:  “Stop all these media nonsense, I stand with Buhari and APC” . Tinubu said: “Its all falacy, am fine with Mr president, there is no cause for alarm, I don’t need to be living in Aso Rock before you know I am in government, VP Osinbajo is there, Abike Dabiri is there, Fashola is there, Lai Muhammed, Fayemi, Fowler and so many others are all there, I and the...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday countered claims by the Nigerian government that the terrorist Boko Haram group has been defeated. Speaking in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, at the 11th Founder’s Day Ceremony of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), the former vice president said Boko Haram remained deadly, and that it was premature to declare that the insurgency was over. “The insurgents still occupy a specific geographical space,” Atiku said. “They (Boko Haram) still retain the capacity for occasional deadly attacks. Many citizens in the zone still remain vulnerable and live in fear.” The former vice president’s comments appeared to counter repeated claims by President Muhammadu Buhari and his information minister, Lai Mohammed, that Boko Haram had been defeated, and was no longer holding any territory in the country. In his 2016 Independence Day speech, October 1, Mr. Buhari insisted the sect was defeated in December 2015 even as the group continued its ...

Niger Delta militants have renewed their threat to blow up more oil facilities in the region if the Federal Government do not drop the charges against a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has since declared Tompolo wanted in February over an alleged N45.9bn fraud and charged him to court in absentia. The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front, General Playboy, yesterday warned the Federal Government to leave Tompolo and any indigene from the oil-rich region alone. The militant leader condemned the raid of Gbaramatu Kingdom by soldiers and said government must apologise to Tompolo over the death of his (Tompolo) father. He said, “You (Federal Government) are coming to Gbaramatu Kingdom in search of militants; how many communities in the North-East have you raided in search of Boko Haram? “We have said it before now that we will not stop bombing until the Federal Government drops...