A consortium of partners involve in the Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa, has unveiled plans to invest about $1.9million to support seed companies in the production of quality early generation seeds in Nigeria. The three-year project is being supported by Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), United State Agency for International Development (USAID), United […]

The duo of ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan were absent at the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term on Wednesday. Also noticeably absent was ex-military president Ibrahim Babangida, among others. The only past head of government present at the Buhari-Osinbajo inauguration was ex-Military Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), who occupied […]

The Senate yesterday confirmed the payment of N11 trillion as fuel subsidy claims in the last six years. The chairman of its Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara), made the disclosure while tendering a report.This comes as the upper legislative chamber approved the payment of N129 billion as subsidy arrears for 67 oil […]

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to reverse its executive order restraining gun ownership. It said the decision strips citizens of their rights to life and self-defence amid growing attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. It also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law a bill establishing a commission against […]

The raging crisis between Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state and Emir of Kano, His Highness Mohammadu Sanusi II, continues as Sanusi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of the governor. Ganduje created four new emirates with first class emirs, a development many believe was targeted at curtailing Emir Sanusi’s powers in Kano Emirate. […]

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in the country’s capital city Abuja for a second term. Buhari won a disputed presidential election in February, defeating his former ally and the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar. “I do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal […]

We are joined by a Public Affairs Analyst, Ambrose Igboke as we discuss the challenges and expectation of the new administration as the presidential inauguration holds in Nigeria.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) ahead of the oath-taking ceremony slated for May 29 and in compliance with the requirement of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]

riA deployment of heavily armed soldiers is causing heavy traffic along the Nyanya axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) making it herculean for commuters to access the city centre. This is coming after the Nigerian Army recently alerted the Federal Government and Nigerians of an orchestrated plan by some groups and foreign interests to […]

Yobe State’s new governor-elect will be Alhaji Mai Mala Buni will be sworn-in on Wednesday behind closed doors at the Government House in Damaturu, a government official said on Tuesday. Chairman of Publicity Sub-Committee for the 2019 inauguration Mala Musti, who is also Commissioner of Information, said only a handful of invitation cards were printed […]

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday a work-free day in commemoration of the 2019 presidential inauguration. The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, (retd.), made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in Abuja in a statement by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Dambazau […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Monday night admitted that the country’s security apparatus has declined, making citizens vulnerable to different attacks of insurgency groups. President Buhari, who begins his second term in office Wednesday, May 29, made the assertion in an interview aired on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). “The security in relation to when I was […]