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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, as he marks his 54th birthday. The president, in a release on Friday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, commended the party chieftain for providing exceptional and visionary leadership at state and national levels, noting in particular the role played by the chairman, who is also the Governor of Yobe State, in successfully repositioning the party, with remarkable evidence in increased membership, healthy social atmosphere and exemplary internal democracy. The president extolled the political leader for inspiring hope in the…

• Blinken: We insist on accountability, addressing victims’ grievances • Nigeria must be redesignated on religious violators’ list, U.S. agency kicks • FG, Oyebode, Oseni, HURIWA react to removal from religious freedom blacklist Three days after a leaked report of the Lagos State #EndSARS judicial panel went viral, which indicted the nation’s security forces of opening fire on the assembly of unarmed protesters and killing some citizens, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday broke his silence when he told the visiting United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, that his government would allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait…

The United States of America Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is currently meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Blinken who arrived at the Presidential Villa a few minutes before 4:00 pm, was received at the forecourt by State Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure, who led him to the President’s office. After he meets with Buhari, the Secretary of State will proceed to the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo where they will sign some agreements between Nigeria and the US. He will thereafter address a joint…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, signed two bills passed by the National Assembly into law. They include the Climate Change Act and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act amending the AMCON Act No.4, 2010. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari signs climate change, AMCON (amendment) bills into law.’ According to Shehu, the Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House of Representatives, Sam Onuigbo and provides for, among other things, the mainstreaming…

History and comparative experience teach us that where a broad consensus has been built on the fundamental issues underpinning the National Question, security and development becomes much easier to attain and sustain. One of the most critical factors for the success of any nation is the achievement of a broad and enduring consensus among the elite drawn from various walks of life on a fundamental set of questions that are germane to the establishment and nurturing of a stable foundation for the pursuit of security and development. Yet, on the other hand, this is not a charge to be left…

The Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has disclosed that his administration’s Food Support Scheme had fed over 240,000 citizens of the state so far. He said the scheme has also helped to stimulate the state economy as local productions of goods had been tremendously boosted to enhance the socioeconomic activities in the state. The initiative, according to him, has impacted greatly on the lives of the beneficiaries, particularly the vulnerable citizens ranging from the aged, the windows, people living with disabilities, youths, among others, with the multiplier effect on the status of the state economy. This is even as…

The death toll in Illela, a border town about 97 kilometers from Sokoto state capital, attacked by bandits on Monday, has risen to 43. This was disclosed when Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Wednesday led members of the state executive and security councils, as well as other top government officials on a condolence visit to the community. THISDAY had earlier reported that armed marauders attacked the town and some villages near it in the early hours of Monday, killing thirteen people. However, at the time of the governor’s visit Wednesday afternoon, the toll had risen to 43.…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Al-haji Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to honour the agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) made in 2020. The Sultan, who is also the Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (U.I) made the statement in Ibadan, Oyo State, in his speech at the convocation of the institution, which also marked its 73rd Founder’s Day. President Buhari was represented at the ceremony by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), National Universities Commission, Chris Mayaki. The Sultan said the Federal Government must be ready to ensure that its agreement with…

I was not in Anambra State to observe the November 6 governorship election but I was there in spirit. Apart from having physically observed the 2010 election that brought former Governor Peter Obi back to office for his second and final term, I observed the 2021 election won by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, remotely and virtually. Before, during and after the election, I was on several radio and television stations to analyse the preparations and the conduct of the poll. On D-Day, I crisscrossed three media houses, Love 104.5 FM, Police Radio 99.1 FM and Nigeria Television Authority, all…

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, has said that 15 million Nigerians indulge in the consumption of illicit drugs. Marwa disclosed this in an interactive session with Local Government Chairmen in Plateau on Wednesday in Jos. He decried the surge in the distribution and consumption of illicit substances, adding that one out of seven Nigerians indulged in drug abuse. He described the trend as “shameful”, saying that the agency had put modalities on the ground to curb the menace. The chairman said that the surge in drug abuse had destroyed…