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Usman Bugaje detained after criticising Buhari on AIT It was learnt that Bugaje was invited by the secret police after appearing on a programme aired by the African Independent Television.... By Thu Apr 29 2021 Security agencies on Wednesday detained a former national secretary of the defunct Action Congress, Dr Usman Bugaje, for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s handling of insecurity in the country. It was learnt that Bugaje was invited by the secret police after a...

2 min read The State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday interrogated Usman Bugaje, an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari administration, over a recent interview he granted African Television (AIT). Sources close to Mr. Bugaje said he reported at the SSS headquarters in Abuja at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, based on invitation. Mr Bugaje, who in 2016 turned down the Buhari administration’s ambassadorial appointment offer, was interrogated in custody for eight hours, th...

Views: Visits 46 The Directorate of Security Service, DSS has held Usman Bugaje for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s handling of insecurity across the country, Peoples Gazette is reporting. Bugaje, a politician and a scholar, was held by state agents after appearing on AIT. He has been at the secret police’s custody since 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Bugaje added his voice to growing concerns amongst Nigerians about insecurity. The politician had previously conde...

Promoters have to revert to N/Assembly — Lawyers Leaders of thoughts under the aegis of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) have said the group is on course towards delivering a new people’s constitution for Nigeria. Speaking with our correspondent, yesterday, the National Secretary of the NCFront, Veteran Wale Okunniyi, said the committee’s work is on-going and assured that the committee is on course. According to him, the sub-committee is expected to come up with the draft by the...

Views: Visits 3 University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) has urged Nigerians to shun the idea of prioritizing ethnicity, tribalism and religion over competency, which is a threat to national development. Speaking during the 26th Pre-Ramadan lecture of the alumni themed: ‘Though Tribe and Tongue May Differ: Interrogating Nigeria’s Nationhood’, the former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Usman Bugaje, stated that competency in governance remains the driving force that can...

By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar Ojo, Rotimi Ojomoyela and James Ogunnaike Some Yoruba leaders, at the weekend, reacted with cautious optimism to the news that a coalition of northern groups was supporting the demand for the restructuring of the country but rejected zoning. “We keep our fingers crossed because this type of grandiloquent declarations are not new from the leadership   of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) which are the only known ...

RESTRUCTURING WITHOUT ZONING: Yoruba leaders cautious on ACF, NEF, others’ move On Kindly Share This Story: By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar Ojo, Rotimi Ojomoyela and James Ogunnaike Some Yoruba leaders, at the weekend, reacted with cautious optimism to the news that a coalition of northern groups was supporting the demand for the restructuring of the country but rejected zoning. “We keep our fingers crossed because this type of grandiloquent declarations are not new from the lea...

The emir of Birnin Gwari, Malam Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari, ll has lashed out on Nigerian politicians whom he described as greedy opportunists. The monarch made the comment in Kaduna during the North-West Conference on the State of the Nation and contemporary challenges in Nigeria organised by Arewa Research and Development Project ARDP AND Savanah […]

Translate UNILAG Muslim Alumni holds pre-Ramadan lecture On …Okunnu, Bugaje, Utomi, Oladosu to discuss Nigeria’s unity The divisive ethnic nationalism threatening the existence of Nigeria will be one of the issues to be discussed at the forthcoming Pre-Ramadan Lecture organised by University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) on Sunday. The annual event will also touch on a number of issues slowing the nation’s bid to be at par with other developed countries. UMA in a state...

NEF, CNG, ACF, others reject zoning, back restructuring On By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF and other conveners of the Northern Peoples Summit have described restructuring as a vital necessity for survival as one united entity. The North, they insisted, will not be stampeded or blackmailed into taking major decisions around rotating the Presidency. While reading the commun...