The Senate on Wednesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the replacement and confirmation of two non-career Ambassadors-designate. The request was contained in a letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The President sought to replace the earlier nomination of Mr Oboro Effiong Akpabio and Brigadier General Bwala Yusuf Bukar ...

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman, in a phone call with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, reviewed the current progress made on the Opec+ deal, state news agency (SPA) said on Monday. Bin Salman and Buhari also reviewed aspects of cooperation to enhance stability of oil markets, SPA added. Meanwhile,  Royal Dutch Shell reported a slew ...

Further, albeit exclusive details as to how the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), who were the legacy parties, teamed up to form a formidable political party since 2011 as emerged. Dr. Ahmed Kurfi, a former chieftain of the defunct CPC, said it was Col. ...

Mr Victor Giadom has received the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari as Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Presidency has confirmed. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu wrote: “In response to enquiry by some State House Correspondents: The President has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as ...

  The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs says Ghana must face the consequences of its actions and inactions as a bulldozer invade and demolished Nigerian Embassy staff quarters in Accra. In a statement by its chairman, Rep. Yusuf Buba on Monday, the committee frowned at the act, saying it infringed the International Rights ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan where they deliberated on nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to support and empower ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan where they deliberated on nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). From all indications, the National Assembly is ready to approve more funds for recruitment of personnel into the police and the Armed ...

The Federal Government says it is working with State governments across the county, and all other stakeholders to deal decisively with the problem of rape and gender-based violence in Nigeria. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, made this declaration today at a virtual meeting organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the Scourge of ...

The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the report of the Federal Government attributing about half of the deaths in the State to COVID-19 lacked variables and correlations. Ganduje noted this while receiving the report from the Kano State Investigative Panel on Mysterious Deaths on Tuesday which stated that only 15.9 per ...

  The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has condemned the rising cases and incidents of rape and gender-based violence in the country. The minister in a statement signed by his media aide, Kola Daniel, called on the Nigeria Police to review their methods of investigating cases of gender-based violence and rape ...