Saturday, 5th of September 2015, marked President Muhammadu Buhari’s first 100 days in office. Days leading up to that, the media had covered the topic extensively; ranging from reactions from opposition parties, stakeholders, APC members and Nigerians. For starters, the popular micro blog, twitter went agog last week with hashtags by disappointed Nigerians, such as #100WastedDays and #100FailedPromises. This hashtags said a lot about how high the expectations of Nigerians are and how well they feel disappointed. As issues were being raised about Buhari’s performance in line with his 100 days in office promises, the presidency blatantly denied ever making…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned that it will no longer tolerate what it calls the continued ‘unlawful’ use of state apparatus of power by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to harass its elected officials at any level across the country. The party, which was reacting to the invasion and occupation of the Akwa Ibom State Government House, Uyo, last Friday by a special squad of the Department of State Services, DSS, said the action was in violation of the constitutional immunity of the government house. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Sunday,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has given a deadline of Tuesday, September 15 for full compliance with his directive that all revenue due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies must be paid into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) or designated accounts maintained and operated in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), except otherwise expressly approved. A circular issued to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi urged the MDAs to ensure strict compliance with the deadline to avoid sanctions. The circular – HCSF/428/S.1/125 of…
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and Ms. Arunma Oteh who were recently appointed into high positions at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank respectively. He boasted that the development testifies to the fact that his administration had a good economic team that managed the affairs of the country. Akinwumi was Jonathan’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and he is now the President of the AfDB while Oteh, who was the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was appointed Treasurer and Vice-President of the World Bank. In separate congratulatory messages…
A preliminary report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has shown that $1 billion in foreign exchange will be saved from fuel import substitution when local refineries commence full production. The submission of the report was confirmed by the president’s media aide, Mr. Garba Shehu. In the report, the NNPC said the nation’s refineries were likely to achieve full production by the end of the year. According to the NNPC boss, progress was being made towards bringing back the nation’s refineries to full production. He…
Presidential aide, Mallam Garba Shehu has expressed confidence that Boko Haram insurgency could end before the three months given by President Muhammadu Buhari to end the insurgency. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday, Shehu said the terrorists were now in disarray, having lost their central command and had been broken into splinters due to the efforts of the Nigerian troops under the new leadership. “From my conversation with these commanders, what they are saying to themselves is that they are not going to wait for three months, but do their best to beat the target given by…
President Muhammadu Buhari is on a one-day official visit to Ghana today. While in Accra, President Buhari will discuss regional security with his Ghanaian counterpart, John Dramani Mahama, according to a statement by the Presidency. He will also discuss trade relations with Ghana. In his less than four months as president, Buhari has visited neighbours Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin, strengthening relations and building a regional effort against Islamist extremists, Boko Haram. He is expected back in the country today.
In a combined effort aimed at combating illegal activities along the Nigerian water ways, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Nigerian Navy (NN) at a recent joint maritime operation code-named “Operation Saukan Mikiya” re-strategized to wipe out criminalities. The two days operation took place on September 3 and 4, around Port Harcourt, Brass River, Bonny River and seawards up to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). During the exercise, the Nigerian Navy deployed some patrol boats along the creeks of Bonny and Brass Rivers. NNS CENTENARY and NNS OKPABANNA were also positioned at the entry points into the rivers respectively to…
Nigeria senior women’s national team defeated hosts Congo-Brazaville 5-1 in their opening Group A game of the Football Tournament of the 2015 All-Africa Games on Sunday. Desire Oparanozie struck four times, with Chinaza Uchendu grabbing the Super Falcons’ fifth goal at the Stade Massamba Debat. The win took the reigning African champions to the summit of their pool with maximum points from their opening game. They face Tanzania women in their next match on Wednesday. Oparanozie had already completed her treble inside the opening 35 minutes to put the match beyond the home team’s reach. She added her second late…
Ogun State Police Command has arrested suspected armed robbers, who allegedly robbed and defiled patients and nurses at a private hospital in Ijebu-Ode. The suspects were also said to have been responsible for the killing of one Alayande Oladipupo after dispossessing him of his belongings in Ijebu-Ode. According to Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, no fewer than 10 armed robbers had been arrested in Ijebu-Ode for the two incidents. Adejobi said that the command made the arrest while acting on a tip-off that the armed men, who had been terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and its environ, were sighted…
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has advised Nigerians to be concerned with the change process rather than President Muhammadu Buhari’s wealth. “What the President has today in terms of his personal wealth ougth not to be the business of Nigerians,” Okowa said, yesterday, in Benin, Edo State at the 13 years anniversary celebration of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International Incorporation. Okowa described Buhari’s declaration as a welcome development. He said this in response to questions from newsmen on President Buhari’s asset declaration. “I don’t comment on asset declaration, assets declaration is personal. “But his personal wealth and all he…
Serena Williams’ hopes of completing a calendar slam hangs on the outcome of another stanza of the greatest sister act in modern tennis history as the women’s top seed prepares to face her older sibling Venus in the quarter-finals of the US Open. Both Williams sisters made a work of their respective round-of-16 opponents and fellow Americans, Ana Kontaveit and Madison Keys, to set up the 27th re-enactment of the Venus and Serena match-up – the younger of them leads that series 15-11. Against 20-year-old Keys on Sunday, Serena – after needing a decider to outwit her opponents in the…
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it is determined to restrict trailers and articulated vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. to prevent accidents. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Oluseyi Whenu disclosed this at a meeting in Lagos with the leadership of the various transport unions in the State. According to him, the restriction was to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law, which, according to him, was often violated by the trailer drivers. The meeting is coming just days after a fatal accident involving a container-laden trailer crushed two…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called on all public officers in the country to promptly make the details of their assets public. In a statement issued by its factional Deputy President, Issa Aremu on Sunday, in Kaduna, the NLC commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for making their declared assets public. The union therefore challenged other elected and appointed public officers such as governors, state and federal legislators to follow suit by making their assets public. “In a country whereby the common wealth had been serially looted by a few individuals, only those who make sources…
The Lagos State Government has restated its readiness to rid the state of street trading, with plans on track to fully enforce the provisions of the law restricting street trading in the metropolis. Chairman of the State Task Force on Environmental and Other Special Offences (Enforcement Unit), Police Superintendent Olubukola Abe, disclosed this to journalists in Alausa, Ikeja. According to him, the new drive is to reduce the traffic congestion on the road, often caused by the activities of street trading. He quoted Section 1 of the Street Trading and Illegal Market Prohibition Law 2003, which restricts street trading and…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto, Dr Jabbi Kilgori, on Sunday said that the first 100 days of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration had succeeded in restoring the country’s corporate existence. Speaking in Sokoto, Kilgori said that has restored the unity of the nation. According to him, the administration has succeeded in removing fear in the minds of Nigerians against possible breakup of the successfully federated nation. “Many Nigerians before the general election were seen in hundreds migrating to their states of origin for the fear of the nation’s break up,” he said. Kilgori commended the…
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has dismissed claims that the president ordered the shutdown of the Chapel in Aso Villa, Abuja. In a tweet to dispel the rumour, Adesina stated: “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) orders Aso Villa Chapel shut? There is no such thing. It’s only a rumour spawned by fecund imagination gone into overdrive. PMB respects freedom of worship.” Reports have said that President Buhari had allegedly moved against Christian religious activities within the precincts of the Aso Rock presidential villa. The Aso Rock Villa Chapel serves as the official…
The Aso Villa Chapel on Sunday denied rumors making the rounds that it has been closed down by the Presidency. The rumor mill, especially on social media, was agog with reports that President Muhammadu Buhari closed down the Chapel due to its closeness to his official residence. While describing the rumour as handiwork of mischief makers, the Presidency shared photos from the church service to back up its claim. In the same vein, the acting chaplain, Pastor Joseph Sheyi Malomo, who spoke with State House correspondents after the church service on Sunday, admitted that though there were some procedural issues…
Currently one of the hottest rappers in Nigeria at the moment, Phyno has just signed an endorsement deal with Football betting company, NairaBet. Barely 2 weeks ago, the indigenous rapper extended his endorsement deal with Guinness in the brand’s “Made of Black”campaign. Along side Olamide who similarly inked a deal with SureBet (Rival football betting company). The deal is said to worth a few millions, the elated rapper took on his Instagram to break the news.
New reports have emerged again for the 2nd time, that Kylie Jenner is engaged to rapper Tyga . It was spotted in Instagram by her followers when she posted picture showing her left ring finger gracefully dazzling. According to an exclusive report wrote by Hollywood life, An insider told them “Jenner’s boyfriend gave her a special diamond ring and asked her to marry him,” Although the couple hasn’t made any announcement yet, could it be that Kylie has been engaged before she turned 18?