THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE AUGUST 15, 2018 Lagos ranked world’s third worst city to live in (ThisDay) Lagos State has been ranked the third worst city for humans to live in the world. according to the latest 2018 Global…
Dauragate and the shame of a nation – Reuben Abati
The week that just passed will for long be remembered as perhaps the most momentous week in the history of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since 2015. Exactly a week ago, officers of the Department of State Security Services (DSS), acting…
PDP is behaving like a militant organisation – Presidency (Vanguard)
The Presidency on Monday said that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was behaving like a militant group instead of following the democratic tenets in its activities on national issues. This is as the Presidency has also said that the victory…
Political campaigns: Presidency tells Buhari’s supporters to take it easy
The Presidency has said that those campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari should not jump the gun but rather wait until the stipulated time for political campaigns as it is laid out in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) timetable. “It…
Giving land for ranching better than death – Presidency (Vanguard)
The Presidency, yesterday, charged those against the administration’s ranching and colony programmes for herdsmen to rethink, noting that they are better off living with the ranches and colonies than dying through the persisting conflicts. Special Adviser to the President on Media…
In defence of the Fulani in our midst -Reuben Abati
State of the nation: In the last two weeks, over 200 persons in Plateau State were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen, 45 villages were ransacked and sacked and those villages we are told have been taken over by Fulani, and…
No evidence that Abiri is a journalist, only a guest of DSS – Presidency (Nation)
Presidency has dispelled insinuations that the arrest and continuing detention of Jones Abiri, who claimed to be a journalist, trampled on freedom of the press. The presidency said on Thursday that Abiri has not been able been able to prove…
Presidency, PDP not involved in Obi’s impeachment — Aide
A former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, has confirmed the recent revelation by the Presidency that erstwhile governor of the state, Peter Obi, was impeached because of his failure to inflate the budget. Uzodike, however, clarified…
Presidency parades Buhari’s 3-year achievements in 41-page document (Punch)
The Presidency on Friday said it has released a document outlining the policy and programme achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since its inception three years ago. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on…
Presidency says Peter Obi was impeached for refusing to inflate Anambra budget
Eleven years after his impeachment, The Presidency has confirmed that former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, did not commit any crime deserving removal from office but that his offence was his refusal to inflate the budget of the state.…