The House of Representatives yesterday said the National Assembly was “under unprecedented, severe and sustained attack” from the executive arm over the allegations of forgery against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.Some…
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Nigeria: Aisha Buhari in Jefferson Bribery Scandal Not President Buhari’s Wife – – Ex-EFCC Boss, Lamorde
The Aisha Buhari named in the bribery scandal involving a U.S. Congressman, Williams Jefferson, is not the Aisha that is President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, has told PRE…
Nigerian President Returns After Treatment in Britain
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after almost two weeks in Britain where he was treated for an ear infection. “I am okay. You can see me inspecting the guards of honor,” the president told the throng of reporters waiting at th…
NIGERIA: PRES BUHARI SAYS FRAUDSTERS ASKED GOVT FOR MONEY TO NEGOTIATE CHIBOK GIRLS RELEASE
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said fraudsters have asked the government for money to negotiate the release of more 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram militants over two years ago from their school in the northeastern town of Chibok town….
Magdy Martinez-Soliman: Statement at the launch of the Report on ‘Financing Sustainable Development: The Critical Role of Risk and Resilience’
Ladies and gentlemen,In the last year alone we have seen the devastating effects of El Nino, an earthquake in Ecuador, record-breaking heat waves in India and Southeast Asia, the Zika virus in South America, floods across Europe and conflict stretchin…
Nigeria: Shehu Sani, Baba-Ahmed, Others Form New APC Group
Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, and other key members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, have announced the formation of a new group within the party.The group is named APC Akida.Akida, an Hausa word, means “our Interest”.Kaduna APC h…
Nigeria: Who Is Confusing Nigerians, Politicians or Judges?
In 1998, some Nigerian political leaders who described themselves as likeminded decided to set up political parties as channels for taking-over government from the departing military administration.The most formidable of such parties was known as the P…
Nigeria: The Biggest Issues That Shaped Buhari’s First Year in Office
President Buhari seems obsessed with the anti-corruption war. Here is a president who believes that if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. He constituted the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption on August 10. T…
Nigeria: Buhari – Niger Delta Militancy, Plot to Cause Chaos, Divisions
President Muhammadu has described the resurgence of the Niger Delta militancy as a plot by vested interests to cause chaos and divisions in the country.President Buhari this morning in his Democracy Day nationwide broadcast, bemoaned the recent spate o…
NIGERIAN ARMY AGAIN CALLS ON ON BOKO HARAM MILITANTS TO SURRENDER
The Nigerian Army has renewed calls to repentant Boko Haram fighters wishing to surrender to do so without wasting more time.Major-General Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander for Operation Lafiya Dole in northeastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram milita…