The Presidential election tribunal rules that President Muhammadu Buhari validly won the presidential election and was qualified to contest. The Presidential election tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Wednesday evening, affirmed the re-election of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria. In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Mohammed Garba, the five-man-panel held that…
Relief for Internally Displaced Children in Abuja
Evergreen Initiative Unveils Scholarship Trust Fund for Internally Displaced Children in Abuja. A group of young Nigerian graduates under the name of Evergreen Initiative have thrown their hats in the ring to assuage the pains of internally displaced children scattered in various internally displaced persons camps in Abuja. The 2019 summer school the group organized…
Government Releases El Zakzaky for Treatment
The Federal Government agrees to obey court order and release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria for medical treatment in India. The Department of State Security Service, DSS, has at last bowed to the rule of law by agreeing to obey a ruling of the Federal high Court in Kaduna, which on Monday…
Who Rule Bayelsa, Kogi Next?
Aspirants warm-up for the November 16, election to Government Houses in Bayelsa and Kogi States. The race for who replaces Seriake Dickson as governor of Bayelsa State in the November 16 offseason gubernatorial election is gathering momentum. So far six aspirants have bought the nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at N21million each.…
NDDC: Oil Producing States Jostle for Board
In anticipation of the constitution of the next NDDC Board, politicians scheme for the top job. President Muhammadu Buhari will need a clear head to wade through the present cacophony of agitation to make the right decision in the appointment of the next board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC board. The last board…
Buhari Promises to Consolidate Change
President Muhammadu Buhari expresses confidence in the future of Nigeria at 2019 Democracy Day and promises to build on the gains of his first term. President Muhammadu Buhari began the era of June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria on an optimistic spirit at the Eagle Square Abuja. Having been sworn in on May 29,…
Senate Presidency: How Ahmed Lawan Won
79 Senators-elect Ahmed Lawan president of the Senate Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, Yobe North, was finally elected Senate President at a highly tensed contest at the Red Chamber Tuesday afternoon. He polled 79 votes to beat Ali Ndume, Borno South, who pulled 28 votes. A total of 107 senators-elect took part in the voting, which…
Buhari Dares DAAR Communications
For alleged violations of Nigerian Broadcasting Commission regulations, the Nigeria government shuts down African Independent Television and Ray Power Radio stations nationwide. The government, Thursday night, made good its threat and shut down the African Independent Television, AIT, and Pay Power Radio. Earlier in the day the chairman of DAAR Communications PLC, owners of the…
Second Term: Buhari Keeps Nigerians Guessing
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were sworn-in Wednesday for their second term of four years in a colourful ceremony at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Witnessed by a modest audience of local and the diplomatic community, the acting chief justice of the Federation, Justice Tanko Mohammed administered the presidential oath and oath of…
Menu for Buhari’s Second Inauguration
The Federal Government rolls out the details for President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration and Democracy Day celebration. Activities for the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the second term began in Abuja Monday with a press conference addressed by Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, at the National Press Centre, Abuja. He reiterated his briefing…
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