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President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja assured the UK Prime Minister Theresa May of his commitment to conducting free, fair and credible elections in 2019. In a bilateral meeting with the visiting Prime Minister, President Buhari welcomed UK’s support at strengthening democratic institutions in the country. ‘‘I assure you that I’m all out for free, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has called on institutions like the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to ensure the effective administration of justice for building a society with strong moral values. Prof. Osinbajo said this today during an interactive Q&A session at the 58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), with the theme: […]

*Adds: Geographical restructuring not the problem In contrast to simple geographical restructuring of the country, prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly, are better ideas for Nigeria’s development challenges, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo who stated this while fielding questions from a cross-section of Nigerians at a […]

*Geographic restructuring not the problem In contrast to simple geographical restructuring of the country, prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly, are better ideas for Nigeria’s development challenges, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo who stated this while fielding questions from a cross-section of Nigerians at a town […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Daura broached the issue of his opting to trek some distance after observing Eid prayers at Kofar Arewa Eid Ground and the humbling hero’s welcome from the well-wishers that lined the street. In a meeting with representatives of the 5 local governments in Daura Emirate, the President Buhari explained that […]

President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura on Friday said the string of victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in bye-elections in Bauchi, Katsina and Kogi States is sufficient proof that 2019 elections will be won by the party. Receiving the representatives of the 34 Chairmen of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it is heart-warming that more Nigerians are appreciative of the implementation of policies and projects of the Federal Government aimed at improving the standard of living in the country. Receiving the leadership of Kano Traders Association led by Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Sani, Chairman of Kanti Kwari Traders Association Friday […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, heartily congratulates President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali on winning the country’s election for a second term in office. President Buhari also felicitates with majority of Malians for giving the incumbent another opportunity to serve them after the August […]

On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, Akin Oshuntokun, a chieftain of the stillborn Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), appeared on Politics Today programme of Channels Television, and made the false claim that a bomb blast had gone off earlier in the day, killing about 88 people in Maiduguri, Borno State. Oshuntokun, a newspaper columnist and public […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Daura said the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it is doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. President Buhari stressed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges and […]

*There is relative calm in Benue, says Deputy Governor Short of constitutional amendment, the Federal Government and State Governors have resolved to explore how the operations of the Nigeria Police can be decentralised in order to improve the level of policing and security in the country. This is one of the highlights of the National […]

It is necessary to respond to a tendentious story published today as cover choice by Daily Independent Newspaper. Under the headline, ‘Pressure mounts on Buhari not to seek re-election,’ the fiction parading as news claims that foreign powers, including the European Union, United States of America, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, are putting pressure on […]