PATRICK ABANG Calabar Former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke has assured the people of the state that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), remain the only viable option to restore the country’s lost glory and should be voted into power in 2023 elections. Senator Imoke, who is...
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The ancient town of Yola in Adamawa is full of activities as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari is expected to arrive the Yola International Airport by 10.30...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections, and retirement, since he has satisfied the constitutionally required two terms in office. The president said this at the State House, Abuja, when he hosted the Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, Thursday, dismissed the notion of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) firm grip of the state. He told journalists after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja that “Delta is very ripe for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advance technology to tackle insecurity in Imo and other parts of the South East. Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo revealed this to correspondents after a closed door meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. He said he...
The Federal Government has recruited and trained 8, 000 personnel of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to safeguard highways in the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday in Abuja while decorating the new FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu with...
Some broom sellers in Dadin-Kowa community of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State said they have had high patronage since the commencement of the 2023 campaigns in the state. They stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dadin-Kowa community on Saturday. Malam...
The Kogi Government has described Thursday’s Okene bomb explosion as the handiwork of enemies of progress. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser to Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, made the statement in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday. The explosion, which...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has warned President Muhammadu Buhari; Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; the Senate of the National Assembly; Mrs. Lauretta Onochie and Chief Samuel Ogbuku on the consequences of flouting an earlier restraining order. In a notice of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to thoroughly, effectively and transparently investigate spending on all social safety-nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022.” Joined in the suit as...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said he wrote a letter the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate allegations against him but did not submit the letter. He said he was convinced by President Muhammadu Buhari who humorously told him not to take the issue seriously. “One day, I...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi says he is satisfied with the Police the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration will bequeath to his successor, come 2023. The Minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 15th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’s Administration Scorecard Series organised by...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night met behind closed door with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed door with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the speaker said he discussed various national issues with the president, including next year’s...
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, says there is no plan by the Federal Government to make the mandatory one year NYSC programme optional. He said this during the14th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’s Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Paulen Tallen on Monday betrays emotions and wept on live television over continuous captivity of Leah Sharibu and over 100 other Chibok girls. The minister’s action took place after presenting the achievements of her ministry at 13th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’...
The Federal Government has refuted the allegation by a former Twitter staff that the micro blogging site did not negotiate with the Government in the wake of its suspension. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday in Abuja who discredited the claim also released to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the academia over the passing of renowned historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Abdullahi Mahdi. President Buhari in his condolence message issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, also condoled with family members,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the family of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)whose passing has left the government in shock. He also had a concurrent accreditation as a Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations World Tourism Organization-UNWTO. President...
President Muhammadu Buhari came into office in 2015 to find that a law, which stipulated for the collection of a token on banking transactions existed but was not being correctly implemented This anomaly arose because certain characters apparently formed a cartel with collaborators in the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST...