President Buhari has commended the outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Ambassador Perry Calderwood. The President applauded the Government of Canada’s humanitarian assistance to Nigerians displaced by the insurgency in the North East, and their commitment to polio eradication in the country. He highlighted the Federal Government’s effort to facilitate voluntary return of displaced…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja expressed appreciation for the important role the United States Government played in the success of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. Receiving the outgoing Ambassador of the US, James Entwistle, at the State House, the President said the US insistence on free, fair and violent-free elections largely contributed…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, will lead the country’s delegation to the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union starting on July 18 in Kigali, Rwanda. This was made known on Monday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. He said the occasion would afford Nigeria the opportunity to showcase the successes recorded by…
An appeal has been made to loyalists of President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, and those loyal to the first Vice President, Riek Machar, to allow peace to reign. Over the weekend, a clash broke out between supporters of the two leaders, leading to the death of over 200 persons. On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned that his administration will do everything to clampdown on criminals in the state. He disclosed that his government will continue its anti-cultism and anti-kidnapping war until all criminals are rooted out of the state. Wike, who spoke on Monday after he supervised the demolition of two hideouts…
About N70 billon was remitted into the Federation Account in the last one year by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. This information was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Special Assistant on Media to the chief executive of the commission, Yakubu Musa. The NCC further disclosed that, “This is in…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the state governor is planning to use the N9 billion he asked for to prosecute the July 30 rerun in Rivers. The opposition party in the state, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Davies Ikanya, therefore condemned what it called “unconscionable and…
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said its attention has been drawn to attempts by those it called “some enemies of the President Buhari change Agenda” to harass one of their illustrious sons, Brig. Gen Paul T. Boroh (rtd.) through the publication of malicious falsehood in ThisDay newspaper of Tuesday February…
Reports say scores of people have been feared dead in rural communities in Benue State by some suspected Fulani herdsmen. Survivors and victims of herdsmen attacks in Logo and Ukum council areas in Benue State claimed not less than 81 persons lost their lives were killed in the last two weeks. The traditional ruler of…
A student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has reportedly died after he slumped while playing football with his friends. The victim, identified as Odusami Ajibola Mathew, was said to be a 500 level student of the Department of Estate Management of UNILAG. According to a statement issued by the suspended University of Student Union…