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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm host the 109 Senators of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is sequel to a resolution of the Senate on April 27, 2021, mandating the leadership of the upper legislative chamber to schedule a meeting between the president and …

– First coup – The first in a series of military coups takes place in 1966 amid dissatisfaction with progress since independence and frustration that most people in top government roles are northern Hausa-speaking Muslims. The main figures behind the coup are ethnic Igbo officers, from the mainly Christian south. …

The national assembly was flooded again following a heavy downpour today, July 12. The leak came from the dome at the complex, which houses a main lobby that leads to the chambers of the senate and the house of representatives.     While lawmakers were not present as there is no …

The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum yesterday said that the alleged appointment of a governor over some territories in Borno state by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), was not authenticated. Governor Zulum also declared that he was fully in charge of the state and …

According to reports, the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been apprehended by Haiti’s national police. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The suspected killers called him after the attack and …

The Nigerian Senate has began the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide Lauretta Onochie. The screening of Onochie and others for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission started on Thursday. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly about 11 am; accompanied by the Special Adviser to …

A middle-aged woman and her sister have sustained gunshot wounds following an attack on Katarko village by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Daily Post reports. The gunmen who invaded the village in the early hours of Thursday, but were reportedly repelled by the troops of Sector 2 Operation Hadin Kai mobilized …

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on …

The Presidency has defended the security crackdown on popular Yoruba secessionist Sunday Igboho and the ‘interception’ of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.   In a statement released by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of …

A nationwide blackout is imminent in Nigeria as electricity workers, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have vowed to embark on strike if the demand by the organised labour against plan to sell Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to some investors is not halted. The union …