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Buhari assures 2023 election will be free, fair, and transparent President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has guaranteed Nigerians and the international community that the general elections in 2023 will be free and fair, with a peaceful transfer of power. He further stated that appropriate processes will be established in order to …

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, on his 70th birthday. Buhari said Mohammed was a devoted public servant who has made sacrifices for the country. In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president said Mohammed has worked assiduously in enhancing …

Two hippopotamuses, Imani, aged 14, and Hermien, 41, have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo in Belgium. They have no symptoms apart from runny noses, but the zoo said they had been put in quarantine as a precaution. “To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. …

Okonjo Iweala listed as one of the FT’s most influential women of the year. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has made the ‘Financial Times’ list of the 25 most influential women in 2021 globally. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala In a list recently released …

The shorter window between infection and infectiousness for the Omicron variant increases the efficacy of pre-departure testing, says the latest analysis conducted by the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA).   As a precautionary measure to cope with the fear of spreading of Omicron,  the UK has re-introduced compulsory pre-departure …

President Muhammadu Buhari has underscored the need to enhance people-to-people relations between South Africa and Nigeria to avoid unhealthy competition. The President spoke Wednesday while receiving President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the State House, Abuja. Buhari, at the opening of the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) held in …

Under the leadership of governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Government has released the White Paper on the #EndSARS Panel of Inquiry Report. In the report, the state government says of the 32 recommendations by the panel, it accepts 11, accepts 6 modifications, rejects one. The document also says 14 of …

It was a delight to reconnect with my former school mates from the University of Port Harcourt, forty years after graduation at the ongoing Unique Uniport Class of 1981 Reunion in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State . Today was an eventful day as we visited notable sites in Bayelsa like the first …

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has hit out at calls for bandits to be declared terrorists, saying the decision won’t change anything. In a statement by Malam Tukur Mamu, the Dan-Iyan Fika and Media Consultant to Sheikh Gumi, the Muslim scholar said: “I think the Federal Government has succumbed to …

President Buhari has urged all security agencies to double their efforts in tackling all those challenging Nigeria’s sovereignty and creating insecurity through criminality in whatever way. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this after a Security Council meeting presided by President Buhari on Thursday at the Aso Villa in …