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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said it would neither be prudent nor serve the interests of sound government for him to have formed his cabinet immediately he was inaugurated on May 29. He said it was necessary for the country to first put new rules of conduct and good governance in place before he could make critical appointments into his …

BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, let me confess that in over 30 years of writing no President has ever reacted directly or positively to my constant admonitions, lamentations or commendations. Rather, most of the time, their aides, cronies and acolytes used to fire darts and barbs at us from every direction. We were called unprintable names that our parents did …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on a four-day official visit to United States, where he is expected to discuss bilateral issues with President Barrack Obama and other government officials. The president, who arrived at Joint Based Andrews Airport Washington, was received by the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Mrs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Mr James Entwistle, US …

Indications emerged on Sunday that the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, might be charged to court for sponsoring terrorism. It was learnt that having taken some items from Dasuki’s homes in Abuja and Sokoto, including undisclosed amount of money in a bag,the DSS was seriously weighing options whether to immediately press terrorism charges against the man or …

By Sonny Atumah Bravo! I have been vindicated on subsidy. President Muhammadu Buhari you indeed understand what subsidy is. We have been clamouring for transparency, honesty and accountability in running the affairs of the NNPC. Last Monday, the President aligned himself with my campaign that subsidy removal was not the issue but the management of our petroleum resources. According to …

It was a bloody Eid-el-Fitri celebrations in Benue state, and Damaturu the Yobe state following the killing of about 35 persons including a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and elder statesman, Chief Atoza Ihindan, in Katsina/Ala local government area of the state. In Damaturu the Yobe state capital the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, was marred by bomb explosion in two locations in …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Friday said the perceived failure of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in office amounted to a betrayal of the collective aspiration of the South-South geopolitical zone. He also noted that Jonathan’s record in the estimation of Nigerians, would hunt the zone for a long time. Obasanjo, who said this in Benin at the eleventh convocation ceremony of Benson …

Nigerians in London, United Kingdom, have expressed frustration over the compulsory payment of £30 (about N10, 000) for the registration of the Bank Verification Number, as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Apparently sad over their plight, some of them during the week stormed the Nigeria High Commission in London to protest against the directive of the apex bank. …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday dissolved the governing boards of all federal parastatals, agencies and institutions. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the dissolution took effect from Thursday. Adesina said until the boards are reconstituted, the Chief Executive Officers of the affected parastatals, agencies and institutions are to …

ABUJA — Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd), yesterday, lamented the resurgence in the murderous activities of the Boko Haram sect in the last four weeks of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying that it has struck fear in the hearts of most Nigerians. Since May 29, Boko Haram has unleashed an avalanche of suicide bombings and attacks on …