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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed to the United Nations (UN) High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation along with 17 other current and former global leaders. The Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez had in September announced the establishment of the board to provide him with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific mediation efforts around the…
South West region of Nigeria is leading in the appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari since he took office on May 29, 2015. According to a list of 157 appointments provided by the Presidency on Saturday, South West Nigerians took the lion share, 38 followed by the North West, the president’s region, which…
Below is a distribution of the number of appointments made by Mr. Buhari from the 36 states and FCT, as tabulated by the presidency. President Muhammad Buhari has appointed more people from Ogun, Imo and Kano States than other states, the presidency said Saturday. The claim came as the president’s office denied a newspaper report…
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu An explosion, suspected to have been caused by an improvised explosive device, rocked Enugu as voters were coming out to cast their votes in local council elections on Saturday. The incident occurred in the Coal Camp area of Enugu, by the entrance of a road that led to a polling station located at…
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thanked Nigerians for their show of concern over the death of his eldest son, Jide. Thirty-seven-year-old Jide died of cardiac arrest in Lagos on Wednesday, following which condolence messages poured into the APC chieftain’s home from President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, ministers and the generality…
The Federal Government has concluded plans to make importers take delivery of their cargoes cleared from Lagos ports at Papalanto in Ogun State via rail lines. Disclosing this at the just concluded World Maritime day celebration in Lagos, Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said the government has made provisions for the supply of 100…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out an application by former President Goodluck Jonathan seeking an order setting aside the subpoena issued to him to appear in defense of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh. The court presided over by Justice Okon Abang, also dismissed…
Buhari condoles with Tinubu over first son’s death President Muhammadu Buhari says he is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. President Buhari in a telephone call on Wednesday to Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of the Federal Government and his family…
For millions of Nigerians looking for jobs, there is a ray of hope as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is set to create one million jobs for them. To this end, the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ondo State Government to establish a 65,000 million liters bio-fuel plant in…
APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dispelled the rumour of an existing cabal in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, saying it was both myth and fake news. Tinubu spoke with State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Buhari ahead of the party’s caucus meeting in Abuja. He said the APC is a party for…
