Monthly Archives: December 2017
Buhari to Make New Year Broadcast Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday welcome Nigerians to the New Year in a nationwide broadcast.
A statement by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, confirmed that...
2018: Dogara Urges FG to Attend to Needs with Direct Bearing...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, has reiterated the need for the Federal Government to attend to needs that have direct...
FG’s appointment of NFF Board Members an Oversight- Sports Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has urged football stakeholders to remain calm over some appointments into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)...
2018: Our Year of Possibilities : A Message to My...
As we bid an old year goodbye and welcome a new one, I want to express my deep appreciation to you all my compatriots.
Year...
NDDC Crisis :Ondo Group Seeks President Buhari’s intervention
The Centre For Justice And Fairness In Niger Delta (CFJFIND) Ondo State chapter on Friday called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow surreptitious...
Ondo APC Chairman, Olanusi,Akinyelure Others Get Federal Appointments
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of prominent members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo state as chairmen and members of the...
PDP Congratulates George Weah
The Peoples Democratic Party has congratulated the Liberian President-elect, George Weah on his victory in the country's election.
The Nigerian opposition party described the election...
Bauchi 2007: How Gov. Mu’azu and PDP Lost
Editor's Note: This 2007 political report on how Gov. Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu and his PDP lost out to the ANPP, how Isa Yuguda became...
Buhari Appoints Maida to Head NAN Board, Makes 1466 Other Appointments
President Muhammadu Buhari in one fell swoop on Friday night appointed 209 board chairmen and 1,258 members of government owned agencies and parastatals, redeeming...
U.S. Congratulates Liberia, Weah
The U.S. has congratulated the people of Liberia on the successful conclusion of the presidential run-off election, and President-elect George Weah on his victory.
The...
BREAKING: President Buhari appoints 209 board chairmen, 1,258 board members (View...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 209 Board Chairmen as well as 1258 board members, in a statement issued on Friday by...
We must work Hard to Resume Food Exports – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will not rest in continually reviewing and strengthening ongoing reforms in the agricultural sector until Nigeria regains its...
Buhari Congratulates Liberia President-elect, George Weah
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mr George Weah on his election as the next President of the Republic of Liberia.
President Buhari also commended the Liberian people...
Sen. Wamakko’s free Medical Outreach Programme Targets 3,150 Eye Patients
A 19 day free medical outreach programme sponsored by Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC- Sokoto), which targets no fewer than 3,150 persons suffering from various...
Our Constitution is Fraud- Gani Adams
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land designate, Otunba Gani Adams has reiterated the call for the restructuring of Nigeria as a nation.
Otunba Adams...
Police Arrest Mimiko’s Commissioner over Election Violence in Owo
A former Ondo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in the immediate past administration, Femi Adekanmbi, was arrested by the men of the state...
PDP can’t return to Power in Ekiti State, Nigeria – Fayemi
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Thursday described the attempt being made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to...
4 Killed, 13 Wounded in Borno Suicide Bomb Attack
No fewer than four persons were killed in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday at Amarwa community of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno.
The News Agency...
Kachikwu Denies Sending another Controversial Memo to Buhari
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has denied writing another memo to President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing fuel...
Prayer Session Held in Villa for Yusuf Buhari
Some Presidential aides and workers in the Presidency on Thursday attended a special prayer session organized for a son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, who was on...
Abdulmumin Jibrin Visits Buhari, Says his Suspension a Learning Curve
Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the suspended member of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Jibrin, who...
Ondo Monarchs Raise Alarm over Incessant attacks
Following the assault on Olu of Igbokoda, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo weeks ago by some thugs in Ilaje Local Government Area of the Ondo State,...
Gov M A Abubakar Presents a Budget of N167.9 Billion to...
Bauchi State Gvernor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, on Thursday presented a budget of N167.9 billion for the 2018 fiscal year to the state House of...
Ondo Approves Merger of School of Nursing with UNIMED
The Ondo State Government has approved the affiliation of the state School of Nursing and Midwifery in Akure to the state University of Medical...
Liberia Runoff polls: Official Results Expected Thursday
The National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has set Thursday for the announcement of official provisional results of Tuesday’s presidential runoff election in the...
NAHCON Allocates 3,090 Seats to Bauchi State for 2018...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated 3,090 slots to Bauchi State for the 2018 Hajj exercise.
The Executive Secretary of the Bauchi...
Buhari Felicitates with Christopher Kolade at 85
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated veteran broadcaster, administrator and Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, who turns 85 on Thursday.
President...
Buhari’s son, Yusuf, Sustains Head Injury after Bike Accident
President Muhammadu Buhari's son, Yusuf, on Tuesday night sustained injuries to the head after surviving a bike accident in Gwarinpa Estate in Abuja.
Yusuf who also broke...
Imo Govt Denies Renaming Street after President Buhari
The Imo government has denied renaming Assumpta Avenue in Owerri, the state capital, after Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr...
Murder: Ekiti Monarch, 5 Others Remanded in Prison
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that the Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Obasoyin Ganiyu, 50, and five other persons be remanded in prison...