Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says there is no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The governor stated this on Thursday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president. Okorocha, who is chairman of the Progressives governors’ forum, an association of governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the national assembly (NASS), seeking to present the estimates of the 2018 budget. Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, read the letter at plenary on Thursday. Buhari requested to present the budget to a joint session of the national assembly at 2pm on Tuesday. Udoma […]
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Ayo Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over the $43.45 million discovered in an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, the commission said Folashade, wife of the intelligence officer, had also […]
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A video of the altercation involving Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president and Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the service of the federation, has emerged online. Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were seen with the two top government officials. Although the noise at the background overshadowed her voice, it […]
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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has lost his son. According to sources, the deceased identified as Jide Tinubu died suddenly on Wednesday. “He was not sick. As at last night, he was full of life. But we leave everything to God,” the source said. Henry Ajomale, chairman of the […]
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The new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, was on Wednesday sworn-in by President Muhammadu Buhari at the state house. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and some aides of the President and top bureaucrats were also present. President Buhari also at the venue inaugurated the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced that he plans to expand the Federal Executive Council, an indication more ministers are to be appointed into the cabinet. Mr. Buhari stated this in his address to the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday. “The compressed Federal Executive Council will be expanded to bring […]
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Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of service of the federation, says she warned President Muhammadu Buhari about the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), into the civil service. Maina, who had been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of fraud, was reinstated into the civil […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement by its spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, described the sack of Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and Ayo Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as a slap on the face of Nigerians. The party thereby called for the impeachment of the president. “First […]
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Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Monday asked state house correspondents not to discuss the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari with him. He, however, commented on cabals in Aso Rock. He fielded questions from reporters at the end of Monday’s meeting. However, when asked to […]
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