President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that the use of veils by female Muslims to cover their faces, commonly called hijab, may be prohibited if terrorists in the north eastern part of Nigeria keep using that avenue to carry out their deadly activities. The President, who made this known during his first media chat on Wednesday,…
Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named among the ‘100 most influential Africans of 2015.’ The list published by pan African magazine ‘New African’ presents Africa’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: Politics (22); Public Office (4); Arts and…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, finally read out names of the ministerial nominees sent to him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki unveiled the list to his colleague on the floor during plenary on Tuesday. The list was delivered to the Senate President by Buhari last Wednesday evening on September 30, 2015…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally declared his assets. Also, his vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has declared his too. This information was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu. According to the statement, “The documents submitted to the CCB, which officials say are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the country’s service chiefs. Spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Monday, July 13, 2015. He disclosed that their replacements would be announced later. The affected officers are the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; Air Chief, Air Vice…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors of the federation held an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning at the Presidential Villa. All the 36 governors but one were present at the crucial meeting with the President. The Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, who did not attend the meeting, sent his deputy, Admiral John Jonah,…
A top Nigerian television station, African Independent Television, AIT, owned by DAAR Communications, has been accused of lying about its online presidential poll it pulled down after it alleged that supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, compromised the integrity of the system. The station, in a press statement on Thursday, alleged that the opinion…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on relevant security agencies in Nigeria to investigate the introduction of violence into the politics of Rivers State by alleged prominent Ogboni member and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike. The party in a statement signed…
A group, New Foundation of National Understanding, NFNM, has called upon President Goodluck Jonathan to shift the 2015 Presidential elections and prepare for war against terrorism in the country. The group alleged that there is a plot by some disgruntled politician and religious extremists of northern extraction to extend the reign of terror of Boko…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) as the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2015 general elections has been described as an unmistakable quit notice to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Congratulating Buhari, who picked the APC ticket on Thursday at the APC…