By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, informing them of his resumption of duties as President and Commander-in- Chief of the Armed Forces. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on MediaContinue Reading
Fresh from his return home on Saturday from a 10 working day vacation in London, President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a message to treasury looters and corrupt Nigerians. In an interview with NTA, he gave an assurance that he would not spare anyone found guilty of any corrupt practice or sabotagingContinue Reading
Mr Yusuf Lasun, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, says he will not leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) inspite of losing the party’s governorship primary in Osun. Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo, Lasun alleged that though there was a conspiracy against him in the primary,Continue Reading
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools result, a statement issued on Monday in Minna said. The Acting Registrar, Alhaji Abubakar Gana, said in the statement that 1,041,536 candidates registered, while 1,032,729 candidates actually sat for the examination. Gana said that 939,733 candidates representingContinue Reading
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Administration Chapter, says it will commence an indefinite strike on Aug. 25. The union made this known in a statement jointly signed by its President, Michael Olarewaju and Secretary Roland Aigbovo, on Wednesday in Abuja. It said that theContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Mr Joseph Ari, the Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), says the fund will train 13,000 Nigerians on 11 vocational skills in order to achieve the Federal Government’s policy on job and wealth creation. Ari made this known in Abuja on Tuesday during a news conference. According toContinue Reading
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured inflation for July dropped to 11.14 per cent (year-on-year) from 11. 23 per cent recorded in June. The NBS disclosed this in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for July released on Wednesday inAbuja. According to theContinue Reading
The Presidency has described the social media report that President Muhammadu Buhari, extended his ongoing 10 working days vacation in London as fake. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the purported fake news indicates that the President had already transmitted a letter to the National Assembly to thisContinue Reading
The Jama’tu Izalatul Bidi’a Waikamatus Sunna (JIBWIS), an Islamic group, in Kano has called on eligible voters, irrespective of religious background, to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The state Chairman of JIBWIS, Sheikh Abdallah Pakistan, made the appeal on Saturday in Kano during a courtesy visit to Gov. AbdullahiContinue Reading
