Credit: Reuters/Amit Dave By Wole Oyebade and Femi Adekoya It was a sombre afternoon, early 2020, when the bad news wafted across the globe. The world battling its worst pandemic in 100 years was too weary to notice it. But in Nigeria, the shitstorm of “corruption and abuse of office” at the top of the […]
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Minister of Defence, retired Maj-Gen Bashir Magashi (R) leading Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor (L) and other Service Chiefs to a security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, yesterday. The service chiefs yesterday got a fresh marching order from President Muhammadu Buhari to crush the Islamic State of […]
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Mr George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, said more than 1.5 million registered Nigerians urgently needed the Nigerian passport. Omo-Iduhon stated this in an interview in Lagos on Saturday while reflecting on the activities of NIDOE in Europe. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian diaspora network, established […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia (former British Southern Cameroons), Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako, has disowned the allegation that his country was responsible for the recent attack on Taraba community, describing the situation as unfortunate. Recall that on November 17, 2021, about 11 persons, including the traditional ruler, were confirmed dead in an […]
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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari highlighting the problems with the inclusion of mandatory direct primaries in the Electoral Act amendment bill. It was gathered that the AGF’s letter on the amended Electoral […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday traveled with his wife, Aisha, and seven ministers to Istanbul to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit amid calls on him to visit northern Nigeria as insecurity rises in the region. Buhari had come under attack in recent times due to the rising insecurity in the region with youths campaigning […]
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Northern elders, Middle Belt Forum slam Buhari A damning report on the carnage of bloodletting across the country this year was, yesterday, released by SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence, which stated that 973 Boko Haram members, 1,989 bandits and 88 kidnappers have been gunned down between October 2020 and September 2021. It said that at least […]
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Buhari departing. Photo/ facebook/MuhammaduBuhari • Buhari departs Abuja for Turkey-Africa summit, returns on deadline day • Lawmakers proceed on Yuletide recess • Turkey trip stalls National Assembly leaders’ last effort to save amended bill • Fate of Ekiti, Osun governorship polls hangs over stalemate President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, departed Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey, to attend […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo-led Committee for the Goodness of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to accord the issue of constitution review the urgency it deserves. Speaking yesterday at the end of a two-day meeting, the forum admonished the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to mobilise strongwill, vision and action in the reform process to […]
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• Critics overheating polity, says minister The Federal Government yesterday faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s score card in the last six years. It disagreed with the former leader’s remark that the President has nothing to offer in office, particularly on the worsening insecurity that has upset the country. The government […]
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