Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the regional governor in restive northeast Nigeria, three security said.Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor,…
Buhari renews appointments of PTDF, PEF, NCDMB bosses President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday renewed the appointments of Chief Executive Officers of agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.In a statement, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said thatfollowing recommendations to the President by Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau has got…
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the party was preparing grounds to reclaim federal power and win 90 percent of states in the 2023 general election. The PDP lost power at the centre in 2015, after reigning for 16 years. But Jibrin, in a text…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on Wednesday, met with his Kogi state counterpart, Yahaya Bello in Abuja.Our correspondent reports that the APC candidate for the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, was also at the meeting held behind closed -doors at Buni’s Abuja…
The immediate past chief executive officer (CEO) of Transnational Corporations of Nigeria (TRANSCORP) Mr. Valatine Ozigbo has disclosed that he will use more youths and women in his government,if elected the governnor of Anambra state comes 2021.Ozigbo ,one of the governorship hopeful in Anambra state comes 2021 disclosed that he will prioritise on youths and…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Peter Obi, have both spoken on the need for the government to pay attention to education, saying that a nation’s development is directly proportional to the level of educational investment in the nation. Speaking Monday at…
The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to verify and pay all outstanding foreign scholarship claims within the next few weeks. Dr Cairo Ojougboh, the Executive Director, Projects, of the Commission made the pledge in London at a meeting on Monday with representatives of the Commission’s scholars in the United Kingdom….
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, confirmed this on his Twitter handle. The presidential aide, who could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, however, posted pictures in which…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to credible elections. The President while congratulating Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on his victory at the state governorship election held on Saturday, assured Nigerians that one major legacy his administration will never toy with is the conduct of credible elections. Obaseki, the candidate of…
Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun has said that the with credible Edo governorship election, president Muhammadu Buhari, has shown that credible election is possible in Nigeria. Oyegun said this yesterday while reacting to the outcome of the election in which governor Godwim Obaseki, emerged winner.He commended president Muhammadu Buhari for…
