The controversial governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reach him on telephone to prove that he is hale and hearty. The presidency has released a long list of persons Buhari has had telephone conversation with since he left the country for the UK on January 19. Among them are […]
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In 44 BC the respected Roman seer and soothsayer Spurinna warned the great Consul and ruler of the Roman Empire Julius Caesar about the “ides of March”. He counselled him not to go out on that day because he had perceived that something terrible would happen. According to the Roman calendar the ides of March […]
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco Wednesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari in London, where the Nigerian president is on vacation. The King, who initiated the call, asked after the President’s health and expressed satisfaction at his rate of improvement. The two leaders also discussed the current stage of the Morocco-Nigeria Atlantic crude […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a statement released on Thursday, urged justice Binta Murtala-Nyako to dismiss four of the charges brought against its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari and his family will be embarrassed if its Nnamdi Kanu is tried for treason and defamation. Murtala-Nyako had on Wednesday, March […]
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Justice Walter Onnoghen has been unanimously confirmed Nigeria’s chief justice after some one hour of grilling by the Nigerian Senate. His name was forwarded for screening by Acting President Osinbajo two weeks ago. The confirmation hearing began with Onnoghen taking senators through his educational background, his service year at the Lagos Ministry of Justice and […]
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Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, has urged Nigerians to stop comparing the achievements of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo with those of his boss, noting that he is only building on the foundations laid by the president. Buhari is currently on medical vacation in London. He transferred power to his […]
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As compiled by Daily Trust, this is the third time Osinbajo is acting as president. The first was in February 2016 when the president embarked on a five-day vacation, and the second time was in June 2016 when President Muhammadu Buhari went on a trip to the United Kingdom to treat an ear infection. Unlike […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has allayed the anxiety of Nigerians about his health, assuring them that there is no cause for worry. In a statement today, President Buhari, who is in London thanked millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country. […]
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The Office of the Press Secretary of United States’ White House has published readout of President Donald Trump’s call to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. In the readout published on the website of the White House, President Trump was reported to discuss the strong cooperation between the United States and Nigeria in the areas […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari who is on vacation in London, hosted the Senate president, Bukola Saraki; the speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, during their visit Wednesday. Pictures from the visit: Welcome to London: Buhari receives Senator Saraki Ahmed Lawan’s turn: The senate leader bows as he shakes the President’s […]
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