nigerianbuleltin

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdullahi Jalo, has expressed readiness to give membership card to the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, following castigation she received over her recent interview on the British Broadcasting Service. Jalo...

Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie has said that if his wife went public to criticize him the way Aisha Buhari did to her husband, in her BBC Hausa interview, he would send her packing from his house. In an interview with Vanguard, Owie said although what Aisha Buhari said...

A new judge, Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court, has taken over the case filed by the Nigerian government against leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, made this known to newsmen on Friday. Justice Nyako has fixed...

Nigerian Senate on Thursday summoned the management of MTN Limited, their bankers and some businessmen over alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous) Act. They are to appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions next...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Wednesday said all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state would be shut in 2017. Shettima announced this at a plenary on Mitigating the Impact of Crisis and Conflict at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja. He said the IDPs camps were...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday directed its Committee on Youth Development to look into the reduction of batches of students to be mobilised annually by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), noting that the development would cause hardship for graduated students. The NYSC had...

Senator Godswill Akapbio, the Senate Minority leader, representing Akwa Ibom North-west has described as shock the ways some of his colleagues visited the toilets when the Senate moved for an emergency closed-door session. He said he understands that some of afraid of Department of State...

The Senate on Tuesday morning reconvened but immediately entered into an executive session to discuss urgent matters of national importance. In a closed session the senate discussed tropical issues concerning the economy.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday handed over two air crafts from the presidential air fleet to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The Presidency made the disclosure on Monday via its Twitter account, @NGRPresident. The two AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters was handed over to the Nigerian Air...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arrested Helen Ogunleye, a Federal High Court registrar for alleged corrupt practices. Sahara Reporters, the online news platform said Ogunleye was arrested for pairing Nigerian senior lawyers with corrupt judges.

Running into two years that the former President Goodluck Jonathan left office, market women and traders in Ebonyi still displayed his 2015 campaign posters as a show of love for him. Markets in Ebonyi State, including the over 70-year-old Abakaliki main market were seen with Jonathan's...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been named the Leadership Newspaper man of the year. Mr. Buhari was named alongside the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan and former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commision, INEC, Attahiru Jega. Leadership announced the awards on...

President Muhamamdu Buhari-led Federal Executive Council yesterday approved a memo for the procurement of 320 operational vehicles for the Nigeria Prisons Service at the cost of N3.5bn. Interior Minister, Abdulrahama Dambazau, while addressing State House reporters after the meeting said this...

Erisco Foods Limited has given the President Muhamamdu Buhari-led Federal Government 30 days to do the right thing by giving the requisite support to indigenous manufactures or else it would relocate its production base to another country. President and Chief Executive Officer of the company...

President Muhammadu Buhari, former president, Goodluck Jonathan and the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, will meet under one roof after the 2015 general election. The trio will be the annual Conference and Awards Ceremony of...

Rotimi Akeredolu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, says Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, should be asked why he demanded the resignation of John Oyegun, chairman of the APC. Citing the refusal of Oyegun to heed the recommendation of the...

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Timi Frank has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun to resolve the crisis or face a revolt. Mr. Frank, who asked to be addressed as the acting national publicity Secretary of the party told...

Kidnapping is one of the major problems being experienced in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kidnapping is abducting and holding anybody captive, typically to obtain ransom. Sometimes kidnappers hold their captives longer in order to demand more from the relatives of the victim. In 2016...

The price of Spinach, 'the vegetable' which is also referred to as ‘Green’ in Nigeria has increased by 100% in Sokoto due to recent flood in the state. Farmers in Sokoto have blamed escalation in the price of the commodity with consumers groaning over the prevailing situation over recent flood...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Thursday, Seeptemeber 29th, 2016 declared the Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has winner in the Edo gubernatorial election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner declared Mr. Godwin Obaseki as governor-elect...