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A popular politician and the People’s Democratic Party’s chieftain, Senator Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at the former and immediate past Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, over the recent appointments announced by incumbent president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that President Tinubu dismissed all service chiefs throughout the country and …

The Muhammadu Buhari presidency has said that neither Buhari nor Vice President Yemi Osinbajo nor the ministers in his cabinet are allowed to leave office with their official vehicles. Recommended articles Your performance is horrible! Oby smacks Fashola over scorecard (Proofs) Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour miffed as Lagos resident accuses LASBCA of …

John Onaiyekan, former Catholic archbishop of Abuja, says “it doesn’t make much sense” for President-elect Bola Tinubu to be sworn in before the conclusion of the election tribunal. Recommended articles Extend Buhari’s administration by three months, says ex-Ohanaeze nat. secretary Tinubu nominates APC gov, former Lagos Commissioner for transition council …

Chuks Ibegbu, the former National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the National Assembly to extend President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by three months, beyond May 29, 2023. Ibegbu, who made the call on Wednesday in an interview with Daily Post, asked the …

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general election in the country “will go down on record as one of the proudest achievements of my administration in addition to our neutrality in the conduct of the elections.” In his goodwill message to Muslims on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Solomon Arase as the new chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Arase, a former imspector-general of police, was sworn in on Wednesday at the council chamber of the presidential villa during the federal executive council meeting. Read More: PANDEF hails Buhari over Arase’s …

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has called off the annual colloquium to mark his birthday and instead opted for special prayers and a thanksgiving service. Tinubu will be 71 on Wednesday. The former governor of Lagos usually marks his birthday with a colloquium. In a statement on Monday, Tunde Rahman, a …

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima for winning what lawmakers described as a free and credible 2023 presidential election. The House also congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat while calling Speaker Obasa a ‘record breaker’ …

The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, has expressed Nigeria’s interest in strengthening trade relations with Iran, especially in the mining sector. He stated this when he received the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria, Morteza Rahimi Zarchi, who paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry last …

President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), today arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, to inaugurate a 50-megawatt power plant and other viable projects executed by the state government. The inauguration was part of his one-day official visit to the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari was received on arrival …

Aisha Buhari has set the agenda for Tinubu-Shettima Presidency. Freelanews Nigeria reports that the Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday, identified that the Presidency of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and vice president-elect Kashim Shettima will deliver the dreams of Nigeria’s founding fathers. The First Lady stated this in …

Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has congratulated Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect for winning the election. On Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu as the winner of the election that was held on Saturday. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission …

APC gubernatorial flag bearer in the last Edo State election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has sent congratulatory message to Nigeria’s president elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In his congratulatory message, the APC chieftain said Tinubu’s courage is needed at a time when Nigeria is facing many problems and healing. Read full …

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, delivered an acceptance speech in the early hours of Wednesday after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the presidential election. Read the full speech below. My fellow Nigerians, I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on winning the presidential election. According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 6,984,520 …

President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd.), has written to the Senate to confirm Anthony Ojukwu, for re-appointment as the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission. According to the letter read at the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, the re-appointment is for five years …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defense and Senator representing Sokoto North District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has commended the Federal Government for awarding contacts for the construction of the 25 kilometer Dange-Danchadi-Bodinga road linking Sokoto -Gusau and Sokoto -Yauri roads. Wamakko specifically expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the …

President Muhammadu Buhari said state governors are stealing from local government councils federal allocations. Buhari, who spoke after his speech at the presidential parley for members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at the State House on Thursday.  The …

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says Nigeria is not broke. Ahmed spoke on Thursday at the presentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard (2015-2023). The minister’s comments come amid criticism of the Buhari administration for copious borrowings believed to have sapped the country’s coffers dry. Data …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has slammed the Federal Government over its response to the terror attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train in March. Obi took a swipe at the FG during the Arise TV Town Hall meeting for presidential candidates which held on Sunday in Abuja. …