Throughout last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly – the congress for the world – gathered for its annual re-affirmation of the principles upon which the organisation was founded. These are the principles of territorial integrity of…
Is President Buhari turning the page for a more inclusive government? – Magnus Onyibe
The balance in the ethnicity of Nigerians recently appointed as members of the boards of both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari underscores the fact that after all, building…
Buhari hails Sunmi Smart-Cole at 80
President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm greetings to professional photographer, Sunmi Smart-Cole on his 80th birthday, September 25, 2021, congratulating the veteran photo-journalist and talented jazz music instrumentalist for capturing history in frames for about half a century. The President, according…
UNGA: Buhari seeks debt cancellation for developing countries
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked world leaders to consider debt cancellation for developing countries. The president made the appeal in his speech at the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly. Critics of the Buhari administration have accused him of…
*Court jails Lagos prince, other for cybercrime (Punch)*Lagos diverts traffic at Yaba for Red Line railway for 3 months (Vanguard)
Court jails Lagos prince, other for cybercrime (Punch) Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has imposed a six-month jail term on one Adedoyin Oyekan, who claimed to be a prince from the Kosofe Local…
*Coronavirus: Pain, anguish at Lagos isolation centre (Sun)*Igboho: Yoruba group to sue FG for disrupting Lagos rally (Tribune)
Coronavirus: Pain, anguish at Lagos isolation centre (Sun) As the third wave of Coronavirus is raging and currently wreaking havoc in communities across the country, some survivors have come out to recount the pain and anguish they went through. Their…
Buhari attends UN General Assembly in New York
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). The session opened on Tuesday, September 14, according to a statement by Special…
*How policemen rejected N.5m bribe offered by cultists -Lagos PPRO (Punch)*Fani-Kayode In Aso Rock As Buhari Welcomes Him To APC (DailyTrust)
How policemen rejected N.5m bribe offered by cultists -Lagos PPRO (Punch) The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, has narrated how men of the Command rejected a N500,000 bribe allegedly offered by suspected cultists. This was…
Buhari greets poet, author, journalist, Lindsay Barrett at 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has facilitated with consummate author, journalist, poet, essayist, photographer, and Pan-Africanist, Lindsay Barrett, as he turns 80 September 15, 2021. A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, said Jamaica-born Barrett took…