Buhari Still Scheduled For UK Medical Trip, Set Out On Sunday – Presidency
The Presidency has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday after a visit to Kenya. Nigerians had expected him to go to the United Kingdom for a medical check-up following the United Nations Environmental Programme at 50 in Nairobi, Kenya, as his media assistant, Femi Adesina, had indicated. While announcing Buhari’s trip […]
Proposed Demolition Of 800 Buildings Has Sparked Outrage In The Ogun Community
Residents of Ogunrun Ori in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, Ogun State, stormed the streets in large numbers on February 27, 2022, to protest the planned demolition of their homes to make room for the construction of a bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Their placards’ inscriptions conveyed their dissatisfaction. They noted that over 800 […]
Life Under Buhari Leadership Is Hard For Nigerians Says Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has stated that Nigerians have never found life much harder than under the present APC administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki, whose campaign team visited Kano on Thursday night, said that Buhari pledged to deliver power to Nigerians, but that the country’s energy supply is currently worsening. Prof. Iyorwuese […]
Kebbi Customs Seizes Items Worth N32 Million
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi Area Command claims to have confiscated smuggled commodities worth over 32 million in the last three weeks. In Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, the area controller, Joseph Attah, disclosed this while turning over 723 parcels of cannabis Sativa confiscated by the command to the commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kebbi […]
Bombing Of Shiite Mosque In Pakistan Kills At Least 45
A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 45 worshippers and wounding some 65 others, many of them critically, police said. Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when two armed attackers opened fire on police outside the mosque in […]
Ukraine Nuclear Plant: Russia In Control After Shelling
Russia has taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine after it was hit by shelling. A fire started at the Zaporizhzhia plant after it was shelled by Russian troops, Ukrainian officials say. The UN’s nuclear watchdog said radiation levels and the safety of reactors were not affected. World leaders have accused Russia […]
PMB Donates $1m To Afghanistan
The government of President Muhammadu Buhari has donated $1 million to Afghanistan. Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, disclosed this in a statement. Applauding the Nigerian government, Taha said OIC remains committed to supporting Afghanistan. “The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha has commended with […]
Aisha Buhari Inquires N/Assembly To Review Special Seats For Women
The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on members of the National Assembly to revisit the bills seeking special parliamentary seats for women in the national and state assemblies which they rejected on Tuesday. She made the call in a statement given on Thursday in reaction to the decision of the federal lawmakers who […]
Gov. Douye Diri: Electoral Act, Buhari’s Only Gift To Nigerians In 8 Years
Bayelsa State Governor Senator Douye Diri has defined the recent signing of the electoral bill by President Muhammadu Buhari as the only gift the president has given to Nigerians in his entire tenure. Speaking during the state executive council meeting in Yenagoa on Thursday, Diri praised the president for signing the amended Electoral Act Bill […]
NNPC, Dangote Accept Gas Supply Deal To Heighten Local Production Of Fertilizer
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it sealed an agreement to supply gas to Dangote Industries Limited. According to NNPC, the Gas Supply and Aggregation Agreement (GSAA) was sealed in Abuja on the sidelines of the ongoing fifth Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2022) yesterday. NNPC said the deal is with its partners […]
