President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan arrived the forecourt of the State House around 3.25pm. He was still in the President’s office at the time of filing this report. Details shortly… The NationContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the state will no longer operate an amnesty programme. The governor said this when he received the Ekpeye Traditional Rulers from Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Areas at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Wike said some cultistsContinue Reading
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the selection of 700 Yobe indigenes for foreign scholarship awards to study undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Europe and Asia. The Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Scholarship Board, Musa Mustapha, who disclosed this to Journalists in Damaturu yesterday, said the boardContinue Reading
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent speech declaring war on poverty, which, according to the monarch, was well received “nationally and internationally”. A statement sent to Premium Times by Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa, an official of the Kano Emirate Council, said the EmirContinue Reading
President MuhammaduBuhari has approved part of the funds for the Super Eagles campaign at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. This was made known in a media statement made available to Sports Extra by the Nigerian Football Federation Communications Department on Tuesday after the players staged a protestContinue Reading
A former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has denied illegally importing massive cache of AK47 assault rifles and ammunition into the country and handing them over to the police towards the end of his administration. Reports had emerged Monday night in some quarters that the ex-governor imported, withoutContinue Reading
Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 on Tuesday declared that Nigeria is on the threshold of bankruptcy following unfavourable economic policies such as subsidizing petroleum products and electricity tariffs. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke during the ongoing 3rd National Treasury Workshop organized byContinue Reading
The Presidential Committee on the Implementation of autonomy of State legislature and State judiciary on Tuesday submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. The Committee which was chaired by the former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami recommended theContinue Reading
The Afenifere on Tuesday demanded for true federalism to be enthroned in the country.They made the demand during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Afenifere group was led by Pa Ayo Fasanmi.Other requests of the group included security, education, youth employment and power supply.TheContinue Reading
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has attacked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over some of the issues he (Osinbajo) raised during his visit to the United States of America. Speaking in New York yesterday, Osinbajo had claimed that, “As at 2010, Nigeria had about 112.7million people living in extreme poverty. Nothing in place,Continue Reading
