President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said on Thursday. In a statement issued in Abuja, Adesina said the president communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly in a memo dated September 16, 2020, through the Clerk of the legislature. Read More
The news of the events in Osun State a few days ago is quite a refreshing one, especially times like this when good and cheery news are hardly reported. The Chief of Army staff COAS Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai was in the state of Osun to launch some projects that were executed by the Army Corps of engineers. The Read More
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has directed immediate provision of food, water and construction of additional toilets to displaced people affected by the floods in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi. According to a statement Saturday by the Special Adviser on media to the governor Yahaya Sarki, the governor gave the directive on Friday while on visit to commiserate with internally Read More
The crisis bedeviling the fortunes of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in Zamfara State , seem to be defiling solution as the warring factions are still poles apart even with the intervention of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee. The crisis which had the former governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa as Read More
The federal government and organised labour will meet on Saturday, September 12, on the state of the economy. Consequently, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday gave the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, the directive to attend the meeting with an enlarged group of government institutions connected to government finances. The meeting will enable the government to up open Read More
Professor Charles Dokubo has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dikio (retd.) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) with effect from August 21, 2020. “This followed Read More
The Centre for African Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has called on the federal government to begin the process of rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts in the five states liberated from Boko Haram in the North-east. The centre also hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for liberating five states in the North-east from the terrorists. CALSER called on the government to begin rebuilding Read More
Director General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh Lukman, said he has respect for the immediate past national chairman of the the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and other party leaders. Lukman declared that his recent public statements were not meant to disrespect any party leader but as a geniue member of the ruling party, where internal Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, to concentrate his energy on recuing his party which has allegedly become “shockingly rudderless” under his watch. The APC was reacting to the recent comments by the PDP national chairman on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) decision Read More
Federal and state lawmakers under the Niger South Senatorial District, have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to include Baro port on its list of projects funded through its Sovereign Wealth Fund, in view of the economic importance of the port. The lawmakers, led by Senator Bima Mohammed, made the charge while addressing newsmen on Saturday after a tour on the project Read More
The federal government Committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonisation said it has concluded its assignment and substantially addressed the concern of the United States America on citizen data that led to its imposition of visa ban on Nigerians. Following the temporary visa restrictions placed on Nigerian citizens on January 31, 2020 by the United States Government, President Muhammadu Buhari, Read More
Barely two weeks after Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum alleged sabotage in the military’s fight against insurgency, his Zamfara counterpart, Dr. Mohammed Bello Matawallen, has also accused some ‘power-seeking’ politicians of benefitting from the nation’s security challenge, particularly in the northern part of the country. In recent time, the northern part of the country has continued to face one security Read More
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, refuting claims that he is corrupt and has embezzled public funds. Malami in the letter, listed the sources of his income before he became a minister and how he came about them, claiming that he is not corrupt and has never taken Read More
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ismail Danbaba, has been declared winner of the bye election into Nasarawa central state constituency in Nasarawa sate held August ,8 2020. The returning officer, Mr. Iiyasu Umar, who announced the results on Saturday night in Nasarawa local government area said the APC candidate scored 7,475 to defeat Mr. Bage Nuhu of Peoples Read More
Senator Buruji Kashamu, the immediate past lawmaker who represented Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, is dead, Blueprint has learnt. His former colleague and ally Ben Bruce who announced his demise on his Facebook page Saturday evening said, “I have just lost my good Read More
The planned protests by the Coalition for Revolution, conveners of the “Revolution Now” protests, is only a subterfuge. It is, in fact, another attempt by the anarchist Omoyele Sowore to actualise his desire for chaos and destabilisation, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has warned. “Security agents, including the Directorate of State Services (DSS) must understand that what is being touted Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has named some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/Aladja/Warri corridors after some statesmen. Details in the image illustration.
Presdeint Muhadmmadu Buhari on Tuesday welcomed his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan inside the presidential villa. Jonathan visited to report back to Buhari after serving as Economic of West African States (ECOWAS) envoy to Mali.
The steady decline in voter turnout in Nigeria remains a cause for concern and calls to question the nation’s 21 years of uninterrupted democracy. After six circles of general elections, citizens are yet to trust the electoral system enough to participate in it. This is rightly so because the system is yet to inspire citizens’ confidence, and this calls for Read More
Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State Governorship Campaign Council, Governor Nyesom Wike Tuesday said nobody can intimidate members of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), assuring that Godwin Obaseki will return on September 19. Wike stated this during the inauguration of the 92-man campaign council at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja in reaction to Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje’s Read More
Following his summon by a presidential panel to answer some questions bordering on his integrity as the acting chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), there are speculations that the embattled anti-graft boss, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, may be on his way out of office. Indications to this effect came to the fore Tuesday following disclosures by multiple sources who spoke Read More
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