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The Federal Government, through its National Biosafety Management Agency, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to retail store giants, Shoprite and Next Cash ‘N’ Carry to withdraw any product that contains Genetically Modified Organisms from their shelves or risk a total shutdown. The warning was handed out to representatives of the two superstores at a briefing in Abuja on Friday. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari friday expressed optimism about the release of more of the girls abducted at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following more than two years of captivity. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said Buhari spoke at a …

Nigerian yesterday closed ranks in their condemnation of President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement to the effect that his wife,Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who lamented that the All Progressives Congress,APC-led Federal Government had been hijacked, lacked knowledge of the workings of his administration. Nigerians made up of women activists, party leaders, and socio-political organisations among others, the angry Nigerians did not …

Controversies have continued to trail the comments of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari in an interview with BBC Hausa where she said cabals had hijacked Buhari’s government. However, below are five takeaways from the said interview that has left some people’s mouths wide open in astonishment. 1] “Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that his wife’s place belongs to his kitchen and that he knows not which party she belongs to. However Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, speaking on the development on his twitter handle said the President Buhari was only joking. The comment by the president was made during …

Controversies have continued to trail the comments of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari in an interview with BBC Hausa-language service broadcast last Friday, where she alleged that cabals had hijacked her husband’s party and that she might not support her husband should he decide to contest the 2019 elections. President Buhari who is currently on a state visit to Germany …

The names of the 21 Chibok girls who were released on Thursday have been made public by the Federal Government. The names were posted on the official Twitter handle of the Office of Digital Engagement in the Presidency. See full list below: Mary Usman Bulama Jumai John Blessing Abana Luggwa Sanda Comfort Habila Maryam Basheer Comfort Amos Glory Mainta Saratu …

The Senate on Thursday passed the amendment to the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The law now extends the validity of the result of the board’s examination from one year to three years. (Punch)

The presidency on Thursday confirmed the release of 21 Chibok girls hitherto in the custody of their abductors, Boko Haram. The girls were among the 219 students stolen from their dormitory bed in Chibok community, Borno State on April 14, 2014. One of them, Amina had earlier this year escaped from their abductors’ grip and was received by President Muhammadu …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed delight over the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls by the Boko Haram sect. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said this in his twitter handle. He stated that the president, however, cautioned “Nigerians to be mindful of the fact that more than 30,000 fellow citizens were killed via …