2019: Atiku 'll suffer bloody nose, won't win in Adamawa- Dambazau

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has said former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku is no match for President Muhammadu Buhari and will suffer a bloodied nose in the 2019 presidential election.

 Atiku is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party while the incumbent President, Buhari is of the All Progressives Congress.

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Buhari: Those Who Thought I Was Dead Begged Osinbajo To Make Them His VP

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said those who felt he had died during his medical vacation in the UK in 2017, asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to make them his deputy.

Osinbajo took over in acting capacity when the president was away.

Speaking on Sunday in Krakow, Poland, during an interactive session with the Nigerian community in the country, he said his deputy, Buhari said Osinbajo “received a lot of embarrassment”.

The president said he and Osinbajo discussed the issue when the acting president at the time visited him in London.

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Buhari departs Abuja for Poland

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday for Katowice, Poland, to attend the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) between December 2 to 4, 2018.

The COP24 Summit, which will be held at the International Conference Centre (MCK) and the adjacent Spodek Arena in Katowice, is being convened under the Presidency of Poland.

According to the organizers, the conference is expected to finalise the rules for implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) – the rule book for implementation.

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One dead, seven injured as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian Army base

Boko Haram militants attacked an army base in northeast Nigeria, killing one soldier, military sources told AFP Friday, a day after regional leaders urged more international support to fight the jihadists.

Fighters with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) came in trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns and attacked the base in Arege village near the fishing town of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad. The base came under attack before dawn, prompting clashes, a military source told AFP. 

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Nigerian Army says Boko Haram now uses drones

The Nigerian Army has reacted to series of Boko Haram attacks on its troops deployed in the North East.

It confirmed that the sect has been using drones and foreign fighters.

Brigadier General, Sani Usman, spoke to the press on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai on Wednesday.

He noted that soldiers at Kukawa, Ngoshe, Kareto, Gajiram came under fire at different times within a 2 week period from 2 – 17th November 2018.

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