Time Up for Ministers, as they Hand Over Today
The life span of the current Federal Executive Council, FEC, ends effectively today as ministers will hand over to their respective permanent secretaries. This is in sync with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, on Wednesday, May 22, when he ordered the ministers to hand over their portfolios to their Permanent Secretaries. Buhari gave the directive at […]
U-20 World Cup: U.S. Show Class, Maul Flying Eagles 2-0
The forward’s two goals led the way, but Tab Ramos’ side put together a complete team performance to bounce back from its World Cup-opening loss It took a loss to wake up, but the U.S. Under-20 national team rebounded from its World Cup-opening loss to Ukraine with the exact type of performance expected from the […]
Rejected Stone: Ghanaian University Offers 15 Year Old Nigerian Best JAMB Candidate $40,000 Scholarship
Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, the candidate who scored 347 – the highest score – in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has been offered scholarship worth $40,000 by CADEMIC City College, a private university in Accra, Ghana. The College Senior Admissions Manager (Nigeria), Mrs Ogechi Ekpe, said on the sidelines of a workshop organised by […]
Special Interview: Police, NASS Leadership, Community Leaders Failed Nigeria – Buhari Fumes
By Gboyega Adeoye President Mohammadu Buhari has said that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and community leaders have failed Nigeria in reaction to the insecurity in the country. He said this just as he blamed the chunk of the inability of his administration to deliver to the expectations of Nigerians on the leaderships of the […]
Buhari to Appear in Special Interview with NTA Tonight
By Gboyega Adeoye The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) will today (Monday) air a special interview with President Muhammadu Buhari on its network service at 10 pm. This was contained in a short statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the President’s media aide, Femi Adesina. The statement advised all television stations and other electronic media outlets […]
Buhari Signs N8.91Trn 2019 Appropriation Bill Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N8.91 trillion appropriation bill into law. The signing of the budget signals the beginning of the implementation of the 2019 fiscal year. The national assembly passed the budget from its original proposal which was N8. 83 trillion to the newly approved budget of N8.91 trillion raising it by over N90.3billion […]
Cultists Disrupt Birthday Party, Kill One
Four suspected cultists have been arrested for allegedly killing a 26-year-old man, Saibu Azeez, at a birthday party in the Abule Lemode area of Ijoko in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects, Opeyemi Olalekan, Azeez Ologundudu, Emmanuel Omoboriowo and Anigilaje Babatunde, were arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command […]
Ambode’s Wife To Mrs. Sanwo-Olu: Don’t Forget Where You Are Coming From
Outgoing Lagos State first lady, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has told her incoming successor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwoolu, in equivocal terms to keep her feet on the ground and not get carried away by her new status. This was contained in Mrs. Ambode’s advice to the wife of soon-to-be Lagos governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a medical doctor […]
Body of Missing Adewura Bello Recovered in Lagos Canal
By Gboyega Adeoye A decomposing body suspected to be that of chartered accountant, Adewura Bello, 26, declared missing two weeks ago, has been found. Adesuwa got missing on May 15 on her way home from work. She was said to have been on a motorcycle inside Gowon Estate and might have been carried away by […]
Why I’m Keeping Quiet – Aisha Buhari
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, said she has formed the habit of maintaining sealed lips about happenings in her spouse led-federal government. “I kept quiet because I don’t want people to say that I talk too much,” the first lady said during an interactive programme she organised for women at the Presidential Villa on […]
