The APC National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu has presented the newly appointed Director-General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau to President Muhammadu Buhari. The presentation was made at the Statehouse Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairman also...
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to demand a refund of the N1.4billion it gave to Niger Republic authorities and use the refund to offset ASUU funding. Recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed confirmed on...
The Federal Government has purchased vehicles worth N1.4 billion to help Niger tackle insecurity. the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this to statehouse correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting today August 3. The minister said providing intervention to the neighboring Niger Republic is...
Recuperating Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday virtually attended the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The vice-president underwent a surgical operation on July 16, at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. Spokesperson for Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, had in a...
Similar to the Famous novelist, poet and critic, Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) who in his widely circulated book, ‘The trouble with Nigeria’, among other things stated as follows: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Iyeneobong Essien, a 16-year old Nigerian girl, for finishing second at the Champion of Champions World Golf Championship Invitational in Northern Ireland. The president saluted the achievements of the youngster, who currently topped the junior player cadre in Nigeria....
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau states. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the president...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended collective efforts of nations towards tackling security challenges across the globe, and within Nigeria, urging more collaboration to check terrorism, banditry and insurgency. The president gave the commendation when he received Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. James Christoff and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, was agog on Saturday morning when dignitaries from far and near stormed the city to attend the wedding fatiha of the daughter of the 2023 All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential Candidate and former Governor of the state, Senator...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the designation of Lekki Deep Seaport as a Customs Port and Approved Wharf. This is contained in the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday. It stated that the Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, in a letter through the Ministry...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed serious concern over the current security challenges facing some parts of the country and will stop at nothing to change the tide. The National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, said the president made his feelings known when he summoned...
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly. Minority leader of the House of Reps, Ndudi Elumelu, revealed this after a closed door meeting of the...
Barely 48 hours after the Presidential Brigade Guards came under attack by terrorists; President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting which will hold on Thursday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Wednesday during an...
The presidency has called the bluff of Senators from opposition parties who on Wednesday issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the country. Recall that the lawmakers staged a walkout from the Senate and threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against President Buhari...
Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, probably knows a lot more about the Boko Haram terrorists on rampage in some parts of the country than he is telling Nigerians. Raising this alarm, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said the manner Galadima spoke on the possibility of...
Senators from opposition parties have issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country. They also threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address the insecurity within the period given by the lawmakers. The Minority Leader of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in celebrating with former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. President Buhari hailed the political leader, whose profile reflects his dedication to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged the Federal Government to give account of the one billion dollars security funds jointly put together by the 36 states of the federation to fight insurgency in the country. Governor Ortom threw the challenge in Tuesday...
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated four persons for appointment as Non-Executive Directors of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is contained in a letter dated July 21 and read at Tuesday’s plenary by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari in the letter, said that the request...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to the Senate for confirmation of his appointment. His request for the confirmation of the appointment of Justice Ariwoola as CJN was contained in a letter that was read on the...