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Toronto Raptors GM Masai Ujiri of Nigeria hails NBA title triumph as a ‘championship for the world’

Naijiant June 14, 2019

14 June 2019 Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri hailed his team’s NBA title triumph as ‘a championship for the world’. The Raptors sealed a 4-2 series victory with a dramatic 114-110 win over the Golden State in Game 6 at Oracle Arena, the third time they have beaten the Warriors on their own floor in the season-ending showpiece. Speaking …

No, adverts on London buses are not calling for Nigeria’s Bukola Saraki to be jailed

Naijiant March 15, 2019

15 March 2019 Videos which claim to show adverts on London buses calling for the imprisonment of Nigeria’s departing Senate president Bukola Saraki have together racked up more than 130,000 views on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. But the videos have been digitally altered to add the advertising, and London’s transport authority confirmed that no such advertisements are running on …

‘Dictatorship’ row in Nigeria after top judge suspended

Naijiant January 25, 2019

25 January 2019 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the country’s top judge just weeks from elections, triggering condemnation from opposition parties who accused him of “an act of dictatorship” and mounting “a judicial coup”. The former military ruler, 76, is seeking re-election at polls on February 16, against a backdrop of mounting concern about vote-buying and violence. Chief …

Buhari’s 2019 budget a hopeless document – Bukola Saraki

Naijiant December 21, 2018

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Saraki: Buhari will not attend 2019 presidential debate

Naijiant December 20, 2018

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President Buhari is frankly a disappointment – Congressman Chris Smith

Naijiant December 14, 2018

14 December 2018 Rep. Chris Smith (Republican-New Jersey’s 4th District), Chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organisations, spoke yesterday a Subcommittee hearing he chaired on “Nigeria At a Crossroads: The Upcoming Election”. Watch his remarks below: Excerpts from his remarks are reproduced below: “Nigeria today is clearly …

Ahead of Nigeria’s election, opposition weaponises soldier deaths

Naijiant November 24, 2018

24 November 2018 Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers have been killed in recent months by Islamist militants who the president vowed to defeat when voted into power in 2015 – and the bloodshed has become a useful weapon for opponents aiming to topple him in coming elections. Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been largely silent about the fighting in the northeast as, …