President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence that the nation will overcome the prevailing situation of insecurity in parts of the country. Speaking during a visit on Friday to the State House, Abuja by the Grand Khalifa (overall head) of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement World-Wide, President Buhari said the present...
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, a fake Army General, over an alleged N270m fraud. The suspect, who posed as a General in the Nigerian Army, allegedly made false representations to the complainant, Kodef Clearing Resources,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated over 200 Buffalo branded operational vehicles and other security hardware procured by the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), for the Nigeria Police. Inaugurating the vehicles and other security hardware in Abuja, Buhari described the provision of the equipment as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the Tahir family on the passing of Professor Gidado Tahir, the Chairman, Board of National Commission of Nomadic Education (NCNE) and pioneer Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Council (UBEC). The President’s condolence message was contained in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ogun for the inauguration of some projects executed by the state’s Governor Dapo Abiodun. He was received by Abiodun and other top state government officials at 10.40 a.m at Mojoda area in Ijebu-Ode, where he cut the tape for the inauguration of the...
The microblogging site, Twitter has reacted to the Federal Government’s decision to lift the restrictions placed on it in Nigeria since June. “We are pleased that Twitter has been restored for everyone in Nigeria. Our mission in Nigeria and around the world is to serve the public conversation,” Twitter’s...
The Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disregard calls for sack of the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Malam Ahmed Rufa’i. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Arewa Youth Groups (AYG) had called for the sack of the NIA director-general....
A coalition of political groups, The Progressive Project (TPP), has vowed to mobilise all necessary support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to emerge as the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Head of TPP’s Situation Room, Mr Jeffry Omoh, stated this at the group first interactive...
Many Nigerians on Thursday were able to access Twitter without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) after the Federal Government lifted its suspension on the microblogging network. The Federal Government had suspended Twitter in Nigeria last June after accusing the platform of enabling the spread of fake news and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the suspension on Twitter operations in the country. Mr Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday The suspension, according to the statement, is expected to take effect...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed strong concern over the increasing presence of terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in some parts of the state, and called for urgent security measures to curtail their growth. Governor Zulum disclosed this on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Super Eagles of Nigeria for an impressive start at the ongoing 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles had on Tuesday defeated a formidable opponent, Egypt 1-0, in their group stage...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that it has shifted its National Convention earlier slated for February to June. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe described the report as fake...
It is a common knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari during an exclusive interview with Channels Television, reportedly made the following remarks; that state police is not an option for the nation. “Find out the relationship between local government and the Governors. Are the third tiers of government getting what...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on his 63rd birthday. Senator Lawan, the ninth Senate President turns 63 on Wednesday. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday in Abuja congratulated Lawan on the strides so...
The Organised Private Sector for Osinbajo (OPS 4 Osinbajo) has said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is better equipped intellectually to be the country’s next president in 2023. The group’s spokesman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Farouk, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, that Osinbajo was far better intellectually equipped...
A soldier marching past a flag being flown at half-mast. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast in honour of the late Ernest Shonekan. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast, effective from the 12th to 14th...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of a compendium entitled...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has received with profound sadness the news of the death of a great statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mr....
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday publicly signalled his intention to run for President in 2023. Tinubu made his intention known during a State House briefing in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Below is a...