President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after his two-day state visit to Equatorial Guinea.
DG of International Atomic Energy Agency Mr Y. Amano and President Buhari during the meeting in Aso Rock. Photo: Femi Adesina.
The president was received Tuesday night, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by his senior assistants. The leader of the nation had left Abuja for Malabo to hold bilateral talks on regional security with President Nguema Mbasogo. On March 16, Wednesday, Buhari has received first giuests after returning to the country.
Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano visited the president in Aso Rock presidential...
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Sunday, 13 March 2016
– Obasanjo’s staunch supporter reveals details of the ex-president’s third term bid
– He stated that the Nigerian leader was very popular and didn’t want to cause confusion in the country
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Ibrahim Mantu, a former deputy senate president, has disclosed how the former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s third term agenda failed in 2006. Mantu, in an interview with Premium Times, said that Obasanjo was unhappy that the plan to extend his tenure beyond the two terms approved by the constitution failed. According to him, the Senate in 2006 overwhelmingly declined an offer to amend the Nigerian constitution, which would have made Obasanjo entitled to contest again for president,...
Honourable Hakeem Sokunle, has said that the country is going through challenges but expressed optimism in things getting better
– The PDP lawmaker said being a member of the opposition does not mean anti-progress Honourable Hakeem Sokunle, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 at the Lagos state House of Assembly has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is trying in his capacity as the country’s leader.
In an interview with naij.com, the PDP lawmaker admitted that the country is going through hardship but expressed optimism that things will get better.
Honourable Hakeem Sokunle, “He is trying his best. He is good. There is sacrifice for...
Thursday, 10 March 2016
– Governor Aregbesola announced the new names of higher institutions in the state
– He urged the institutions to prepare the students for post graduate life
– Mrs Alakija was made chancellor of the new renamed Bola Ige University Governor Rauf Aregbesola has announced that the Osun state university has been renamed Bola Ige University in honour of the late former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation. Vanguard reports that the governor made the declaration at the convocation of the university.
Apart from the state university other institutions in the states were also renamed.
Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke was changed to Bisi Akande College of Technology...
– Kachikwu says that the government haven’t unbundled NNPC – The government promises to resolve issues very soon Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu has revealed President Muhammaddu Buhari’s plans for the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC). He stated that the federal government has not unbundled the corporation. The minister, speaking with state house reporters on March 9, said the government only restructured the corporation for the sake of efficiency.
“We have not unbundled NNPC. We had a press conference yesterday where I explained this. What we have simply done is reorganisation,” Kachikwu said. “We have five business entities focused on business:...
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Reports just coming in have it that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate split of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into seven units. According to Premium Times, this approval was announced by Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for Petroleum Resources, on Tuesday, March 8. Speaking in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, Kachikwu said that five of the seven operational units will be strictly business-focussed in line with global best practices of national oil companies. The two other units are dedicated to those for Upstream, Downstream, Gas & Power, Refineries, Ventures, Corporate Planning & Services and Finance and Accounts. These new...
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Sunday, 17 January 2016
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has said that it is confident of reclaiming its governorship mandate from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Supreme Court.
Speaking to our corespondent, the state chairman of the party, Hassan Jika, said that although the party lost at the Appeal Court, they are hopeful of victory at the Supreme Court.
He said they will not rest “until they claim the mandate given to Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan by people of the state”.He added that the Appeal Court ruling is just a minor set back.
“We believe in the rule of law. The issue is all about the law and we are still confident that we will be given back our mandate to serve the people...
Saturday, 16 January 2016
TEARS flowed freely yesterday as the remains of the late wife of the former coach of the Super Eagles, Mrs Kate Keshi were lowered to mother earth in Benin City. The Technical Director of the Super Eagles, Shuaibu Amodu, Former Super Eagles Coach, Austin Eguavoen and officials of the NFF were among dignitaries that attended the burial. The requiem mass was held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Benin City before she was laid to rest at her husband’s residence in Ugbor, GRA, Benin City.
Coach Eguavoen who described the death as a huge loss to all sports lover in Nigeria described the deceased as a “wonderful person who was very close to my family.” He said ...