President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of funds recovered from looters under the 2018 federal budget. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, announced this at the Herbert Macaulay Memorial Lecture at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, yesterday. Fashola said…
2019: I’m better educated than Buhari, says Turaki (Punch)
A former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, (SAN), has said that he is better educated than President Muhammadu Buhari and therefore in a better position to lead the country in 2019. Turaki, who is a…
Buhari holds talks with French President today (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari, who returned to Abuja last night from AU Summit held in Mauritania, is billed to hold bilateral talks with President Emmanuel Macron of France at presidential villa, Abuja, today at 4.00 pm. The French leader would discuss…
Pressure mounts on Buhari to sack security chiefs (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari is facing growing pressure to sack his security chiefs over indiscriminate killings across the country. A group, Good Governance Initiative (GGI), yesterday, took its view even a notch further by asking the president to resign. “What is…
Name those responsible for killings, Nigerians tell presidency (Vanguard)
Claims by the presidency that politicians were culpable in the recent wave of killings in the country have been rebuffed by political actors and many Nigerians who have dared the administration to name politicians involved in the killings. Politicians drawn…
Buhari departs Katsina for Mauritania (ThisDay)
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed his hometown Daura, Katsina State for Mauritania after a one-day official visit to the state. Buhari was in Katsina to commiserate with the victims of windstorm which affected some parts of the state recently. The…
* Togo’s President condoles with Nigeria over Lagos tanker fire (Guardian) * PDP mourns victims of Lagos tanker fire, Katsina windstorm (Vanguard)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 30, 2018 Togo’s President condoles with Nigeria over Lagos tanker fire (Guardian) President Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo on Friday in Katsina, condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on the fire disaster caused by a…
President Buhari is a man of God –Emir of Katsina (Punch)
The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, on Friday described President Muhammadu Buhari as a man of God, while assuring him of 100 per cent support from the people of the state in his bid for a second term in…
FG begins HIV/AIDS survey nationwide (SUN)
The Federal Government has launched the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), which, they believe, will end the era of “guess work” in terms of burden of HIV disease in Nigeria. The survey will be conducted by experts from…