Politics

The Presidency has reacted to comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the agitation by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Obasanjo recently urged Buhari to meet and negotiate with the IPOB leader over his struggle for secession. Reacting, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, …

After meeting with Hon. Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno state/Chairman Northern Governors Forum along with Governors Ganduje and Tambuwal of Kano and Sokoto states respectively, President Muhammadu Buhari has left the State House for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on his way to the United States for the 72nd Session …

Various state governors, dignitaries, and party leaders attended the grand reception in honor of the All Progressives Congress APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun on the occasion of his 78th birthday anniversary which took place yesterday at Sheraton Hotel Abuja. See photos below;   The post Photos From APC …

President Muhammadu Buhari (C) presenting copies of the 2017 budget documents to the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Senator Ita Enang, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said submission of 2018 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly in October was sacrosanct. Enang gave …

Members of the Nigerian Senate at a plenary. PHOTO: TWITTER/ NIGERIAN SENATE The Senate Committee on Works has asked the Federal Government to revoke the N3.2 billion contract for the reconstruction of Wannue-Yadev road in Benue, citing alleged incompetence by the handler. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), wrote Saraki urging him to urgently explain to Nigerians, “if it is true that a Senator gets N29 million in monthly pay, and over N3 billion a year.’’ Senate President Bukola Saraki has invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to a roundtable over the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for New York, to participate in the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity confirmed the departure on his Facebook page, on Sunday, in Abuja. Adesina posted: …

NIMASA has pledged to partner with National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to develop and make the nation’s inland water ways economically viable, NIMASA Chairman, Retired Maj -Gen. Jonathan Garba, said. Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has pledged to partner with National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to develop and …

Segun Oni said this in a statement by his media aide, Mr Steve Alabi, in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday. He advised all men and women of goodwill in the country to rise up and fight these evils to a standstill. Chief Segun Oni, the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All …

According to Enang, restructuring is a constitutional matter and the legislature deals with review of the Constitution and should therefore, handle any issue that calls for change of law. Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, said the president directed restructuring agitations …