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June 12: Leaders join Buhari in Aso Rock for gala night 

President Muhammadu Buhari alongside his vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday hosted visiting world leaders to a dinner and gala night to celebrate...

Omo-Agege is new deputy senate president

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has emerged the Deputy Senate President with 68 votes He defeated the last Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu with 37...

NSIP And Buhari’s War On Poverty

By Olu Tayo With 80 million Nigerians classified as poor, the war against poverty is not only a herculean task, but presents formidable...

Buhari signs June 12 bill into law 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to the Public Holiday Amendment bill into law.  The Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate),...

Naiveté as Obaseki’s hubris

By Sufuyan Ojeifo I haven’t met the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, before. My closest to “meeting” him is seeing him...

36 State Governors Undecided on State/Local Government Police After Meeting with Buhari 

The governors of the 36 states of the federation are yet to decide on state and local government police because the financial muscle...

The Day In Pictures: VP Osinbajo receives High Commissioner of India to Nigeria

        Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, receives in audience High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, H.E. Shri Abhay Thakur, at the Presidential...

The Day In Pictures: President Buhari hosts Ghana’s President

President Muhammadu Buhari receives President of Ghana, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo on a private visit at the Residence, State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE....

Coffee cancer risk insignificant, says California state

Officials from the State of California gave its blessing to coffee this week, declaring the beverage does not pose a “significant” cancer risk....

The Day in Pictures: President Buhari, Gen Abdusalami at the OIC in Makkah

President Muhammadu Buhari received Chairman National Peace Accord Committee and Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in Makkah during the OIC Summit...

Aisha Buhari to security agencies: End bandits’ attacks now

Wife of President, Aisha Buhari, has called on security agencies to quickly end banditry and other insecurity challenges in parts of the country...

Buhari seeks more OIC interventions for Nigeria as summit slams US embassy move to Jerusalem

President Mohammed Buhari has asked the Organization of  Islamic Cooperation (OIC), for more intervention programmes in Africa and Nigeria in particular. He made the...

Abdullahi Abubakar, Imam who saved Christians gets Presidential recognition

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo grasped the hand of 83-year-old Muslim Cleric, Imam Abdullahi Abubakar, on Thursday, thanking him for his heroic acts and...

Rohingya crisis likely to dominate OIC summit As Buhari Arrives Makkah

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived the Saudi Kingdom for the 14th Islamic Summit conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be...

EFCC arrests Rochas Okorocha, wife

Reports from Ogboko, Imo state indicate that the EFCC has arrested Rochas Okorocha, his wife Nkechi Okorocha, Gerald Okorocha and Okey Okorocha, according...

Nigerians got poorer in Muhammadu Buhari’s first term – The Economist

He will need to solve a revenue crisis in his second May 29th 2019 He will need to solve a revenue crisis in...