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Those calling me âBaba Go Slowâ will be shocked in my second term – President Buhari
President Buhari has said that the people who have referred to him as Baba Go Slow during his first term in office, will be shocked at the pace he will work in his second term which commences tomorrow Wednesday, May 29th. The President made this known during a special interview session with the NigerianRead More
President Trump has a message for illegal immigrants and its hilarious
From the desk of President Trump. President Trump has a message for illegal immigrants and its hilarious
University degrees wonât necessarily usher you into an El Dorado- President Buhari tells Nigerian graduates
President Buhari has told graduates from Nigerian Universities that a university degree wonât necessarily usher them into an El Dorado and its not a meal ticket. The President said this today May 10th at the 13th Convocation ceremony for the conferment of higher degrees, postgraduate diplomas and honorary degrees at the NnamdiRead More
PDP wants the Appeal Court president to quit presidential poll tribunal, says sheâs the wife of an APC senator-elect
The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday asked the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to withdraw as a member of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. In a petition received in the Court of Appealâs Presidentâs office in Abuja, on Thursday, the party allegedRead More
President Buhari participates at the opening of 2019 Ramadan Tafsir at the State House Mosque
President Buhari today in Abuja said he will not let Nigerians down in providing effective and result-oriented leadership that safeguards and ensures a better life for citizens, assuring that he is conscious of the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. Speaking after attending the daily Tafsir (Quranic interpretations) markingRead More
NFF President Amaju Pinnick, 4 others arraigned over $8,400, N4bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, arraigned the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, and four others for alleged mismanagement of $8,400 belonging to FIFA. According to a report by The Nation, the five officials were charged on a 17-count charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/93/2019, forRead More
Education is a wise response to Boko Haram terrorism – President Buhari
President Buhari today in Maiduguri, Borno State, praised the efforts of outgoing administration of Governor Kashim Ibrahim Shettima in promoting education as counter strategy to Boko Haram ideology and insurgency. President Buhari gave the commendation at a ceremony to commission six model schools, out of 40 world class facilitiesRead More
President Buhari to dissolve cabinet May 22nd
President Buhari will on Wednesday May 22nd dissolve his cabinet. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to state house correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The last session of the FEC will come one week beforeRead More
Breaking: Snakes force Liberian President George Weah out of office
Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah’s office, forcing him to work from his private residence. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, his official place of work. All staff have been told toRead More
French President, Emmanuel Macron vows to rebuild burnt Notre-Dame within five years
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral âwithin five yearsâ, after a fire that toppled the steeple of the 850-year-old landmark and caused major damage to the roof. âWe will rebuild the cathedral even more beautiful and I want it to be finished within five years,âRead More
President Buhari heads to Chad for security meeting
President Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday for NâDjamena, capital of Chad Republic to participate in the Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, CEN-SAD. Created by the Treaty of Tripoli on February 4, 1998 with six founding members, NigeriaRead More
President Buhari departs Nigeria for Jordan, Dubai
President Buhari today departed Abuja for Amman to honour an invitation by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa holding at the Dead Sea, Jordan. President Buhari will deliver an address at the opening of the plenaryRead More
Three more presidential candidates file petitions against President Buhariâs victory
Three more presidential candidates have separately approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, asking it to void the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. In their various petitions, the three presidential candidates, urged the tribunal to invoke its powers and quash the declaration of President BuhariRead More
3 schoolgirls in Burundi risk being jailed for scribbling on the president’s photo in their textbooks
3 schoolgirls in Burundi risk being jailed for five years for scribbling on President Pierre Nkurunzizaâs photo in their textbooks, says campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said the three were arrested last week and are awaiting trial after being charged on Monday with insulting the Burundi head ofRead More
Photos: President Buhari, his wife, Aisha and children at the 2019 presidential election victory dinner
Last week, President Buhari was declared winner of the 2019 presidential election. To celebrate his victory, a dinner was held in his honor at the Presidential Conference Hall, State House in Abuja last night Saturday March 2nd. See more photos below
Only persons of integrity will be appointed in my next cabinet â President Buhari
President Buhari has vowed to ensure that only credible persons with proven character will be appointed into office in his second term. The president who won the February 23rd presidential election, said this during a victory dinner organised for the All Progressives Congress Women and Youth Campaign Council at the PresidentialRead More
Former Liberian President, Ellen Sirleafâs son arrested after probe at the country’s central bank
Two senior figures at Liberiaâs Central Bank, one of whom is the son of former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, have been arrested following a probe into reports of missing banknotes, police said Friday. They were detained just hours after independent US investigators dismissed rumours that a haul of newly-printedRead More
South Africa President warns pastors against using religion to profit from vulnerable, unsuspecting people
The president of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned church leaders against using religion to profit from vulnerable, unsuspecting people after a Johannesburg-based pastor made headlines claiming to have raised a man from the dead on Sunday. A video clip of prominent Pastor Alph Lukau of Alleluia Ministries prayingRead More
Here’s the certificate of return presented to President Buhari and VP Yemi Osinbajo by INEC (Photos)
INEC has officially presented certificates of return to President Buhari and his VP, Yemi Osinbajo at an event which held at the International Conference center Abuja this afternoon. See more photos from the presentation ceremony below…
President Buhari resumes office after election break
President Buhari on Tuesday resumed office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after returning from the presidential election break. See another photo below.