President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the demand for a female vice president in 2019 was threatening the position of Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The President spake when female members of the state Houses of Assembly across the…
The Presidency on Friday evening confirmed the receipt of the 2018 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, confirmed the development to State House Correspondents at about…
The House of Representatives despite efforts from lawmakers to save the Peace Corps Bill, finally killed it after a two-hour long debate. The bill which was initially rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari who cited security and paucity reasons couldn’t…
The Presidency said yesterday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is angry with President Muhammadu Buhari because “Buhari is fixing Nigeria with improved power supply and OBJ (Obasanjo) is angry” In a tweet yesterday, Special Assistant to the President on social…
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has advised the Federal Government to solicit the support of the international community to combat insecurity in the country. Soyinka spoke yesterday in Makurdi. He was in the Benue State capital for the 35th anniversary…
Activities at the Abuja office of Amnesty International was temporarily brought to a halt as over 1000 protesters on Wednesday stormed the office to protest what they described as ‘plot to destabilize Nigeria.’ The angry protesters claimed that the international…
President Muhammadu Buhari once again incurred the wrath of Nigerians over his statement portraying the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, as a change agent who built roads and fixed the health sector. Buhari, while hosting the Buhari…
Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday failed to agree on whether the card reader should be used for the 2019 polls. Some members argue that the Supreme Court had in 2015 decided that the card was not recognized…
The Senate on Wednesday grilled heads of security agencies over the spate of killings and insecurity across the country. The meeting, which lasted four hours, was held behind closed doors. The lawmakers asked the security agencies to forward their requests…
The recent explanation by the Nigeria Police hierarchy to the effect that it conducted the psychiatric test on recruits to curb incidences of accidental discharge by its personnel is a right foot forward at repositioning the police force towards greater…