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Popular cleric, Godfrey Gbujie, has written a letter to President Mubammadu Buhari wherein he told him that God is not happy with the conduct of the last general election. The cleric who is more popular for predicting Buhari’s victory during the 2015 presidential election said God is not …...

The Presidency has welcomed the report of the European Union (EU) on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, promising to analyse it fully and act on the recommendations in the best interest of the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media … Read more...

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday said he has approved N208billion as part of 2019 intervention through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for infrastructural and teacher development in public tertiary institutions The president said the intervention was part of his administration’s effort to...

Top-ranking lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly said they were expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to submit a list of ministers that will form his federal executive council before or by July 2. The Ahmad Lawan-led 9th Senate would upon resumption from its two weeks recess in July begin...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reassured Nigerians that it is winning the war against banditry, kidnapping and insurgents soon. This was as he said the climate of fear being orchestrated by bandits, kidnappers and insurgents would soon come to an end.... Read more via Vanguard News...

The Federal Government has extended by two weeks, the time given to the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa traffic gridlock to resolve the matter following a request for extension by members of the taskforce and other stakeholders, Vanguard reports..... Read more via Tori News –...

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the renaming of the Abuja National Stadium to ‘MKO Abiola Stadium’. DAILY POST had reported that Buhari renamed Abuja National Stadium as MKO Abiola Stadium during the Democracy Day celebration at Eagle Square on Wednesday...

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted after Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, displayed his respect for President Muhammadu Buhari by kneeling to greet the nation’s leader Tuesday night. Omo-Agege was at the Presidential Villa with the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take 100 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity in the next 10 years. Buhari disclosed this in his speech at the inaugural June 12, Democracy Day, celebration on Wednesday in Abuja, NAN reports. The President said that his administration would...

President Muhammadu Buhari says most instances of inter-communal and inter-religious strife and violence were and are still being sponsored or incited by ethnic, political or religious leaders. … Read more via Daily Trust – http://bit.ly/2WyLkJt Get More Nigeria Political News

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will ensure effective asset declaration by public office holders and ensure sanctions by professional bodies against lawyers, bankers, brokers, public officials, and other individuals facilitating corrupt practices. The president gave this...

The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday said secret ownership of companies, especially in the oil, gas and mining sectors, was costing Nigeria and … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – http://bit.ly/2WJDS3n Get more: Nigeria...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the President Buhari-led government is driving Nigeria towards “disaster and instability”. Obasanjo said this in an exclusive interview with Premium Times at his Ibogun Olaogun ancestral home in Ifo … Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to voluntarily retire from office, despite his indictment by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Justice Walter Onnoghen and President...

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed today for hearing of six pending applications filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and its … Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2X10iw2 Get More...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the security and law enforcement agencies are capable of safeguarding the country, its people and property. The president gave the assurance when he responded to concerns raised by … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing Executive Order 5 with the intent to improve local content in public procurement as well as in the application of science, technology and innovation … Read more via Vanguard News...

Mr Buhari and his vice, Yemi Osinbajo, the governors and the country’s security chiefs met at the Villa. The governors of the 36 states of Nigeria on Friday said no position has been taken … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2R2XJEB Get More Nigeria Political News

The deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to settle the ongoing feud between the past and present national chairmen of the party. Nabena says it has become a necessity for Adams Oshiomhole, national...

Former Aviation Minister and a known critic of the Buhari-led Government, Fani Kayode has said if the alleged Fulanisation and Islamisation agenda continues in the country, he will move the motion for Oduduwa’s independence from Nigerian colonial rule. He disclosed this in a tweet last …...