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17 months to go: Buhari names Ass. Prof. Doyin Salami, his Chief Economic Adviser

Barely 17 months to exit office, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Dr Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser....

2022 federal budget: Buhari to spend N2.3bn on local, foreign trips, Osinbajo N777m

  Ostensibly in pursuit of his diplomatic shuttle and foreign investment drive across the world, President Muhammadu Buhari is to spend about N2.3...

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MKO Abiola’s poll challenger, Bashir Tofa, 1993 NRC Presidential Candidate, dies

  The 1993 June 12 Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, from Kano, has passed on....

2021 in review: the good, the ugly, the tragedies

  Like every other year in Nigeria, the year 2021 was not turmoil-free; it has its ups and downs. As Nigerians put the...

Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid-19

Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday announced that Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19. The 34-year-old Argentine is one of four players who have...

Sanwo-Olu Hosts Southwest Governors'Forum in Lagos

Probe governors’ security vote, Pres. Buhari urged

“Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any mismanaged public funds should be...

Minor fire at Port Harcourt refinery put out, authorities say

    The early Saturday morning fire at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has been put out, authorities have said.   As...

Nigerian nurse in U.S. jailed three years for sexually abusing patients 

    A Nigerian health worker, Godbless Uwadiegwu, who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving memory care patients in the United States, has...

APC-led FG is hellish, mobilise and get the evil out of your lives, PDP Chair, Ayu, tells Nigerians

The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the APC administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has succeeded in foistering on Nigerians...

Approach 2022 with optimism, positive disposition, Archbishop Martins urges Nigerians

    The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr Alfred Adewale Martins has enjoined Nigerians to be optimistic and embrace a positive...

The Journey To Economic Hades And The CBN’s Interventions – A PSN Analysis

  The year 2021, no doubts, will go down in the annals of our nation as a most challenging year, not only for...

Buhari signs N17.126trillion 2022 budget, queries NASS over ‘additions and reductions’

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Unimpressed with the alterations made in the 2022 Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the...

21 famous persons, celebrities, royalty, church leaders, who exited the world in 2021

The year 2021 came with its challenges, turbulence and calamities, leaving in its trail fatalities especially of no fewer than 21 notable personalities...

Buhari administration’s scorecard for 2021: Its stellar performance, says Information Minister

    In spite of insecurity and the COVID-19-triggered economic and health challenges which confronted the country, the Minister of Information and Culture,...

Igbo presidency not a right, requires negotiation, conversation with all parts of Nigeria — Abia Gov

  Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction come 2023 is a national question that requires negotiation, discussion and conversation...