President Muhammadu Buhari has asked state governors not to fix federal roads if they will eventually demand refund for the rehabilitation. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before…
Stop debtors from contesting elections, judge urges AMCON (Punch)
Now that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act 2019 has been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, Hon. Justice CMA Olatoregun of the Federal High Court has called on the management of AMCON to work with other…
Tell Buhari to release Sowore, Kanu urges UN (Punch)
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the United Nations to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the convener of #Revolution now#, Omoyele Sowore and the Shiites leader, Sheikh El-Zakzaky. IPOB’s Media and Publicity…
Group decries insinuations of distrust between Buhari, Osinbajo (Punch)
The Initiative to Save Democracy, a pressure group, has said that the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo remains mutually respectful. The group’s President, Mr Oladele Peter, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, condemned individuals…
Poll judgment: APC mocks PDP, says Atiku can’t win at World Court (Punch)
The All Progressives Congress and the Federal Government on Thursday derided the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal had on Wednesday dismissed the petition…
You smoke certified weed, Atiku’s aide tells Lai Mohammed for demanding PDP’s apology (Punch)
Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media adviser, Justice Paul Ibe, has taken a swipe at the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who had asked Atiku and the Peoples Democratic Party to apologise to Nigerians for suing President Muhammadu Buhari…
Apologise to Nigerians, FG tells Atiku, PDP (Punch)
The Federal Government has asked the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to apologize to Nigerians for willfully distracting the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari with a frivolous election petition, instead…
We mustn’t fail Nigerians, Buhari tells ministers at first meeting (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari reminded ministers again on Wednesday that they mustn’t fail Nigerians who entrusted governance in their hands. He said the prosperity, safety and security of over 200 million Nigerians were their responsibility in the next four years, adding…
Abacha family have sympathisers in Buhari govt –Adoke (Punch)
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, says he believes the late ex-Head of State Sani Abacha’s family have sympathisers in the Muhammadu Buhari government. General Abacha, who ruled Nigeria between 1993 and 1998, stole…
Buhari not against workers, says Ngige (Punch)
The Federal Government has reassured Nigerian workers that President Muhammadu Buhari is still committed to improving their welfare. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, according to a statement on Monday by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations,…