As the dusts raised by the June 11 inauguration of the National Assembly and election of the presiding officers begin to settle, Ismail Omipidan, who has been following the developments, writes that immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Ike…
Obiano commends Buhari for MKO Abiola honour
– Asks him to declare Zik’s birthday national holiday The Anambra State government has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential vote, Chief Moshood Abiola, with a national holiday and the renaming of…
Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 National Democracy Day Speech
All Praise is due to GOD Almighty Who spared our lives to be present at this great occasion. We give thanks also that the democratic process has been further entrenched and strengthened. Twenty years ago, a democratically elected government took…
Eight ways I’ll fight corruption in second term, by Buhari (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday listed eight priorities he will give more attention to give his anti-corruption agenda a big bite in the next four years. He also said the governments will soon device new strategies to win the war.…
Sanwo-Olu in Abuja for security meeting with Buhari, governors and service chiefs
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was in Abuja to attend a security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors and service chiefs on Friday, June 7, 2019. His counterparts from Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu; Osun State,…
Buhari directs justice ministry, IGP, NHRC to implement SARS reform, state police
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja directed the Inspector General of Police, Ministry of Justice and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to work out modalities for the implementation of the report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of…
Inauguration: Obi advises Buhari, others on the way forward
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and others sworn-in on Wednesday, reminding them that by their swearing-in, they have begun the journey of retrieving Nigeria from its present…
*Presidential order on Apapa gridlock: Enforcement suffers set back as trucks remain (Vanguard) * Lagos businessman’s decomposing corpse found inside Magodo residence (Punch)
Presidential order on Apapa gridlock: Enforcement suffers set back as trucks remain (Vanguard) Despite the expiration of the presidential order for the relocation of trucks from roads in Apapa and its environs, the enforcement is suffering set back following the…
*Apapa gridlock: Sanity gradually returning to Lagos (Nation) *Ambode: Exiting strong with wild applause (Nation)
Apapa gridlock: Sanity gradually returning to Lagos (Nation) Yesterday was Day Three of the Presidential Task Force exercise to clear trailers from the Apapa Port and its environs. The Nation learnt that sanity is gradually returning to the port access…