“Biden’s symbolic repudiation of the Buhari regime is an acknowledgement that he knows what Nigerians know: that they have no president, that their country has gone to the dogs..” It is by now evident that although President Joe Biden appreciates and identifies with Nigerians (certainly in more ways than Donald …
Read More »Governor Matawalle gives bandits two more months to repent and surrender
Governor Bello Matawalle has given bandits in Zamfara state two more months to repent and surrender. Matawalle urged the bandits to embrace his government’s peace initiative in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday March 9. He also disclosed that President Buhari has ordered the deployment of 6,000 additional troops to …
Read More »Presidency dismisses report of a fire outbreak at the presidential villa
The presidency has dismissed media reports that a section of the presidential villa was gutted by fire on Saturday night, March 6. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement released today March 7, said there was no fire within the …
Read More »‘A reliable and dedicated deputy’- President Buhari celebrates VP Yemi Osinbajo as he turns 64
President Buhari has celebrated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on his 64th birthday, describing him as a reliable deputy. Osinbajo turns 64 tomorrow March 8. President Buhari in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu this night March 7, said he is proud to have selected Osinbajo as his running mate …
Read More »Jangebe students said their school watchman was involved in their abduction – Governor Matawalle
Governor Bello Matawalle has disclosed that the schoolgirls who were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara LGA in February, alleged that their school watchman was involved in the incident. The Zamfara state Governor made the disclosure while appearing on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. Matawalle said …
Read More »Buhari and Osinbajo to take Coronavirus vaccine on Saturday
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on live television on Saturday March 6. Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib disclosed this on …
Read More »The Danger of ‘Cattle Imperialism’
“By encouraging nomadism as a way of life for certain people, not only do we encourage a violation of the rights of land and property owners, we also devalue and deny those herders the full benefits of citizenship.” From Olusegun Obasanjo to Goodluck Jonathan and now Muhammadu Buhari, ‘triumphalism’ by …
Read More »Police nab 3 suspected cultists in Anambra
The Police Command in Anambra says they have arrested three suspected members of different cult groups in the state. Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer (CSP), announced this in a statement on Sunday in Awka. Mohammed said the arrest followed the raid of their hideouts by personnel of Special …
Read More »Why Buhari Is keeping Oyeyemi as FRSC Chief
For some time now, the tenure of Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been the subject of public debate interrogating the legality or otherwise of Oyeyemi’s continued stay as Nigeria’s number one Road Safety officer. The opposition relies on the …
Read More »Invictus Obi: KICC pastor, family beg US court for leniency
A group of sympathisers is appealing to a United States court to temper justice with mercy on former Forbes U-30 honoree Obiwanne Okeke known as Invictus Obi over his conviction for wire fraud. The sympathisers in separate letters of attestation to character sent to Rebecca Smith, the judge handling the …
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