Office of the Nigeria president has Monday evening distanced itself from reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the implementation of state and local government police across the federation. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu refuted the reports in a statement. He said, “ Until a white paper is produced, it will be premature and pre-emptive to … Read more
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has begun his second tenure, following the confirmation of his re-appointment by the Senate on May 16. According to a statement by the Director Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, Emefiele was sworn in by the Bank’s Secretary and Director, Corporate Secretariat Department, Mrs Alice Karau. … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed concern over the current insecurity bedeviling the nation, saying kidnapping has now become an occupation as well as industry for the youths. Buhari, who was represented by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, during the flag-off of distribution of cotton seeds and inputs to 100,000 cotton farmers … Read more
Returning from a 10-day visit to London, the United Kingdom, yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari told newsmen that he will not make any comment about those who will make his next cabinet, saying he was ready to settle down and swear in the new cabinet. Asked who would make his cabinet at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to receive President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA) Ms Maria Espinosa, who is paying a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari Espinosa’s Spokesperson, Ms. Monica Gravley, made this known at a media briefing at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. According to … Read more
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to act over the killing of 50 people and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) by bandits in Zamfara State. It was earlier reported that the Speaker of the Zamfara State House Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on … Read more
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), Mr Aminchi Habu has been enjoined to serve his petition on President Muhammadu Buhari through the proper channel, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The Presidential Election Tribunal made this ruling on Saturday. Habu is challenging the declaration of Buhari as the winner of the Feb. 23 presidential … Read more
Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to place a ban on politicians and public office holders from seeking medical treatment abroad. According to the son of Afrobeat founder, Fela, denying politicians from seeking medical attention abroad will help improve Nigeria’s health sector since public office holders would know they have … Read more
THE National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has dissociated itself from the recent congratulatory visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the election, describing the visit as subjudice, as the determination of who won the 2019 general election is still before the court. A statement by the group’s President, Elder Solomon Asemota(SAN), said … Read more
Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, yesterday, praised President Muhammadu Buhari for declining assent to the National Housing Fund (Establishment) Bill 2018 sent to him by the National Assembly. NECA, in a statement, said the body was very happy that President Buhari directed that the Bill be returned to the National Assembly for amendment of the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Dakar, capital of Senegal, ahead of the country’s presidential inauguration on Monday, April 1. The disclosure was made on Monday, April 1, by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Adesina, President Buhari met with President Macky Sall of Senegal as he arrived … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the campaign trail was an eye-opener for him, assuring Nigerians that he will do his best for the country and her citizens when he begins a second term in office on May 29, while appreciating those that voted him in the election. He spoke while receiving the Board … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to end the “unjust persecution of the Chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen”. The body also accused both the hierarchies of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Court of Appeal as well as the acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed, of … Read more
The organisers of the Enugu International Trade Fare are expecting that President Muhammadu Buhari will declare open the fair in April, 2018. They said that plans have been concluded to have the President attend the fair in person. The President of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Mr. Emeka Udeze, … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that the Federal Government was doing its best to correct and reverse the terrible mismanagement the country had experienced in previous administrations in the country. President Buhari, who stated this when he received a delegation of non-career ambassadors, who were at State House, Abuja, to congratulate him on his … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, sympathized with the families of victims. The President in the statement charged the Lagos State government to do all that was needful, to avoid future recurrence of such tragic developments. He said: “It touches one to lose precious … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up an audit committee for the policies, programmes and projects of the Federal Government under his administration.The committee is to be headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibajo also has the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari as one of its members. This was disclosed on … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party has won with a total of 374,743 votes in Taraba State. While the All Progressives Party scored a total of 324,906 with a difference of 49,837.
The All progressive Congress, APC, has won with a wide margin in Kano State in the just concluded presidential election. The APC scored a total of 1,464,768 while the PDP polled a total of 391,593, with the difference being 1073,175.
