By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked the rumours making the rounds on social media that President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the party’s caretaker committee and its chairman, Mai Mala Buni. The National Secretary of APC’s Caretaker Committee, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, who disclosed...
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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open the 70th annual council meeting of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) next Monday in Abuja. WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO) in Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. According to him, the annual...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, stopped President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on an ex parte application by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) agreed that the...
…Thanks Buhari for appointing Benue son By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has congratulated the new Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, Arch Sunny Echono on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. In his congratulatory message, the Governor also thanked President Buhari for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for more prayers against challenges confronting the country. The President, represented by Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, made the call on Sunday at the opening of the first 2022 CBCN Plenary meeting. The meeting...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is now in charge of the country. The president said this shortly before he departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London, the United Kingdom. The president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the...
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has expressed satisfaction with the current high level of interest in the agricultural sector of Nigeria and the tremendous impact made across various value chains in the sector within the past six years. Emefiele, while addressing journalists during an...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has reminded the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba that Hijab does not protect female officers from AK-47 bullets. HURIWA, in a statement on Sunday, also faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to gift $1 million to Afghanistan through...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London. Recalled that the president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country. The president’s...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and...
Nigerians living in South Africa have asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to protect them and their properties from xenophobic attacks. The Nigerian community in that country made the request amid the recent wave of hostilities against foreigners in South Africa. The Nigerian community, under the aegis of Nigeria Union South...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in Nairobi, Kenya. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president, who initially planned to proceed to London for medical check-up, returned to Abuja on Friday at about 1.p.m....
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will continue to defend the interest of Nigerians wherever they may be as the nation begins the evacuation of citizens stranded following Russia/Ukraine war. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman said in a statement on Friday that the president made this assertion on...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of Sunny Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). This is according to a statement issued by Mr Ben Goong, Director, Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of...
Nations’ constitutions are fundamental aspects of their political processes and democratic existence. Many modern states have devoted a considerable amount of time and resources in their constitutional developments. This is because constitutions are products of a nation’s socio-political development. While there are no perfect constitutions, there are only those...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja received an award as the champion for global eradication of sickle cell disease of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President was represented at the event by the Minister of...
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday, to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50). The event is to hold from March 3 to March 4 in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), the Christian community, particularly clergymen in Nigeria and abroad, in celebrating with Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday, March 2, 2022. President Buhari also felicitated...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and professional associates of founder and Executive Chairman of Complete Communications Ltd, Dr Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, whose vision and diligence transformed sports reporting and inspired a generation of media entrepreneurs. President Buhari also commiserated with...
The APC Progressives’ Ambassadors, say having Sen. George Akume either as elected or consensus National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will attract the Northern minorities voting electorates, ahead of 2023 presidential and general polls. The National Coordinator of the Group, Dr Aliyu Ibrahim, stated this in a...