The Nigerian Senate has issued a warning to President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in the submission of ministerial list. The Red Chamber said the President’s action will not disrupt its planned annual vacation billed to kick off by end of this July. President Buhari took oath of office sixContinue Reading
A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture a plot of land in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, belonging to Diezani Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources. Chuka Obiozor, the presiding judge, made the forfeiture order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graftContinue Reading
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Tuesday described Nigeria’s democracy as “embarrassing and insulting”. Ishaku stated this in Jalingo while answering questions from journalists shortly after he received a former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, who paid him a congratulatory visit at Government House.Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has rewarded two senior military officers and a subaltern of the Nigerian Army for gallantry in the fight against insurgency in the North-east as he approved their accelerated promotions. A statement yesterday in Abuja by Army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, said the president endorsed the promotion ofContinue Reading
Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to insinuations of him contesting for the presidency in 2023. Tinubu distanced himself from reports of him running for the highest political office in the country in 2023. He made this known while renouncing a group knownContinue Reading
H Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire who ran for the US presidency twice, has died according to a family spokesman. He died early on Tuesday morning, at the age of 89. The statement said: “Ross Perot, the ground-breaking businessman and loving husband, brother, father and grandfather, passed away early TuesdayContinue Reading
The Nigerian Army has denied the reported appointment of Major General Lamidi Adeosun as the new Chief of Army Staff. Reports emerged on Tuesday afternoon that President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai with Adeosun. However, speaking with Daily Post on the matter, the Army Acting Public RelationsContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said reviving the educational sector, with renewed focus on teaching valuable lessons like integrity in schools, will require giving priority to the welfare and training of teachers, who directly create the enabling environment for learning. Buhari spoke while receiving a delegation from theContinue Reading
The Rivers state monarch, Eze Edison Omeodu of Omofe Rundele in Emohua local government area of Rivers, who was kidnapped last week bu some unknown gunmen has regained his freedom. Confirming his release, his wife, Dr. Nnenda Omeodu, said a ransom was paid to secure the monarch’s release. Eze EdisonContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the immediate past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, at the State House, Abuja. Baru used the opportunity of the meeting to officially present the new GMD of the NNPC, Malee Kyari,Continue Reading
