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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said there’s been a massive rehabilitation of Nigeria’s infrastructure by the Buhari-led administration.   Speaking at the 34th convocation lecture of the University of Calabar as guest lecturer, the Minister reiterated President Buhari’s commitment to revamping the nation’s agricultural sector, noting that dams and irrigation works are …

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state has described President Buhari as the best thing to happen to Nigeria.   Abubakar said this while featuring on a Channels Television program. Listing some of the achievements of President Buhari, the Jigawa state Governor averred they won’t be able to lift their …

Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu has fired back at his colleague, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over comments he made about him.   Abaribe was the deputy governor when Kalu governed Abia in 1999 but he was impeached before the end of Kalu’s first term.   The Senator representing Abia South had alleged in his book …

Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe has apologized for the incendiary statement he made about an Igbo Presidency.   He had tweeted: “A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by nigerian soldiers of igbo extraction in …

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that politicians have a lot to learn from the church in the interest of the country.   Osinbajo said this when he spoke at the inauguration and commencement of duty service of the 8th President of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Pastor Samuel Oladele, …

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2019 presidential election.   The Bauchi state Governor in an interview on Channels Television, claimed that fraud on the part of either INEC or security operatives cost his party the election.   Bala also added that …

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has explained why kidnappers prefer carrying out their activities in Nigeria and not in Mali and other countries in the Sahelian region.   In an interview on Channels Television, the Chairman of the North-West Governors’ Forum stressed that Nigeria is economically attractive to kidnappers …

Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has said that bandits in the country have international sponsors.   Speaking at a training workshop for state commandants of the NSCDC in Abuja on Wednesday March 17, Audi stated that the asymmetric war witnessed in the country …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria is playing politics with its agriculture development loans to states.   Recounting how his state was denied of the loan by the apex bank while hosting the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development Mustapha Shehuri on Monday March …

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former Finance minister arrived the country on Saturday on a five-day working visit, two weeks after she assumed leadership of the global body. Relatedreading …