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The National Assembly has suspended all legislative activities in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London, United Kingdom, on Sunday. Kamoru Ogunlana, the Clerk to the National Assembly, announced the plenary rescheduling in a statement on Monday. According to him, the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives […]

Group CEO, NNPC Ltd, Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari addresses the staff of the company during his inaugural town hall meeting held at the NNPC Towers, on Thursday. Credit: NNPCL Oil marketers and industry stakeholders have thrown their weight behind the proposed sale of Nigeria’s refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, […]

The life and legacy of a fearless monarch President Bola Tinubu and Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, mourned the passing of the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The paramount ruler joined his ancestors on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the age of 91 years. He reportedly died in the evening […]

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, will return to Ibadan, Oyo State, on July 28, after the 21 days mourning of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Oba Olakulehin died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, after a brief illness at an undisclosed private hospital at Jericho in Ibadan, the state capital. […]

Shettima arrives with corpse, national flags fly half-mast as Obasanjo, govs lead tributes A General’s legacy: Buhari’s march through history President Bola Tinubu and a roll-call of Nigeria’s past heads of state  will converge on Daura today as the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari are interred according  to Islamic tradition. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, directed […]

One of Nigeria’s most revered royal fathers, the Awujale of Ijebuland, in Ogun State, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has joined his ancestors. He was 91. The monarch passed away on Sunday according to palace sources. He reigned for 65 years, a record difficult to beat. Remarkably, he was renowned nationwide as a royal moral barometer, […]

[Press Release] It is with a deeply heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of my friend, my brother, my course mate, and a fellow soldier in the journey of nationhood — President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Our paths crossed in 1962 when we both joined the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna. […]

The departed ex-President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried in Daura, Katsina State on Monday in line with Islamic rites. He passed in London about 4.30 pm on Sunday, His media aide, Garba Shehu, disclosed this on Sunday. Shehu had earlier announced Buhari’s death in a terse statement on Sunday, confirming that the former Nigerian leader […]

President Bola Tinubu has summoned an emergency session of the Federal Executive Council for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in honour his departed predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a UK hospital on Sunday. This was in a tribute he signed Sunday evening, shortly after news of Buhari’s passing broke. The President confirmed that Buhari would […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has commiserated with President Bola Tinubu, Katsina State government and people and family of the departed former President Muhammadu Buhari, over the latter’s passage. In a condolence message he signed, the governor wrote’ “I received the news of the passing of former president Muhammadu Buhari this afternoon. It’s one death […]