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Aisha Buhari Confirms SaharaReporters’ Story On Near Air Mishap On Way From Dubai

Aisha Buhari Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday night confirmed SaharaReporters’ story on a near air mishap she, her daughter, Hanan, and a few others experienced on their way back to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday. SaharaReporters had earlier exclusively reported how a national disaster was averted after the jet Aisha and her Hanan f  lost cy for about 10minutes after five hours of flying and only one hour away from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Twitter/AishaBuhari The First Lady and her daughter had jetted out to Dubai to shop for important items needed ahead of Hanan’s wedding scheduled for September 4. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: President Buhari’s Wife, Aisha, Daughter, Hanan, Co-Travellers Escape Air Crash On Their Way From Dubai 0 Comments 16 Hours Ago In a statement on Saturday night, Mrs Buhari said, “On our way back, the Nigerian Airforce Flight encountered a violent clear air turbulence which

BREAKING: Fulani, Atyap, Hausa Communities Agree To Embrace Peace In Southern Kaduna

Warring communities in Southern Kaduna have agreed to sheath their swords after a peace meeting between Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in the area. Participants at the meeting condemned the killings and destruction that have occurred and resolved to forgive each other, help security agencies with information to arrest and prosecute criminal elements. The meeting, which was held on Saturday at Mariyamu and Yakubu Event Centre in Ungwan Wakili under the auspices of His Highness, the Agwatyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya, brought together the three communities in a peace atmosphere. In a 14-point resolution, the meeting called on all residents of Atyap Chiefdom not to take laws into their hands and instead submit all grievances to lawful authorities. The communique reads, “The meeting appreciated the fact that all Nigerians have the constitutional or fundamental rights to move and reside anywhere in Nigeria, including Atyap Chiefdom, without any fear, molestation or harassment fr

We’ll Use Armed Thugs, Others To Rig Ondo Governorship Election, Says APC Stalwart, Isaacs Kekemeke

Isaacs Kekemeke Isaacs Kekemeke, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, has said that the party will use armed thugs and militants to disrupt the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state.  Kekemeke, who spoke in a video obtained by SaharaReporters, said the party would also contract leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state to rig the election in favour of the APC.  Isaacs Kekemeke He said the APC needed to win the governorship election at all cost, noting that the party was prepared to use ‘federal might’ to influence the election.  Kekemeke, who attacked the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede, said the APC would not allow an opposition party to win the governorship election.  He said, “We will use NURTW members and thugs loyal to us (APC) to win this election at all cost.  “Eyitayo (PDP candidate) is only crying foul that they tore his posters in town. He has not seen any

Who Dares Say The Emperor Is Naked? By David Hundeyin

David Hundeyin At the ripe old age of 11, when people are typically most concerned with videogames, action figures and the onset of pubescence, I had a different set of, externally enforced, concerns. Born into a religious cult, I was going through an unusually early period of development and self-awareness that made me keenly, painfully aware that something was definitely off.  When I was forced to carry around a legal document insisting that I must not be given a blood transfusion in the event of an accident no matter what, I suddenly began to understand. With mounting alarm I began to understand that the religion I had known all my life was a polished, socially graceful version of the various American religious cults I was raised to look down on including the Branch Davidians and the Mormons. David Hundeyin Of course leaving the cult even as an adult would be far easier said than done. If I wanted to retain all the privilege I was born into, the easier decision was to simp