Nigeria intends to procure weapons, including fighter helicopters, from Russia to strengthen the ongoing fight against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes across the country. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. President Buhari is currently in Sochi,…
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu following the shift in the conduct of 2019 elections. In a statement by its Spokesman Ikenga Ugochinyere, CUPPING raises the alarm to replace Prof. Mahmoud with…
Ex-Niger Delta agitators Ateke Tom and Chief Government Ekpemuopolo a.k.a Tompolo have denied news reports in the media (not News Ring) that they have endorsed the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. In separate statements, the two militant leaders dissociated themselves from the endorsement of another ex-agitator, Ebikabowei Victor Ben, a.k.a. Boyloaf. Ateke Tom…
Ahead of the presidential elections on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation in a televised broadcast on Thursday evening. Campaigns end by midnight according to INEC regulations. President Buhari used the opportunity of the nationwide broadcast to outline the achievement of his administration since 2015 as he asked Nigerians to vote according to…
The suspension of Nigeria’s most senior judge by President Muhammadu Buhari broke international human rights standards on independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers, a U.N. expert said on Monday. “International human rights standards provide that judges may be dismissed only on serious grounds of misconduct or incompetence,” said Diego Garcia-Sayan, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) advanced cancer treatment centre in Lagos, with a pledge to ensure that facilities for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer are available to many more Nigerians. At the inauguration of the state-of-the-art centre in…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday swore in Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Also sworn in were eight other new Board Members for the Commission. At the ceremony which held in the Council Chambers of State House, President Buhari noted that he was…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Aba, Abia State, pledged to provide more infrastructure to the South-East geopolitical zone of the federation to give a further impetus to the spirit of industry, hard work and competitiveness for which the Igbo are known. In a series of tweets, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said President Buhari received two…
The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed one marriage, sources can confirm. A man named Abdullahi Yadau has divorced his wife claiming differences over choice of candidate in the presidential elections slated for February 16. Abdullahi, a resident of Jos Plateau state, told BBC Hausa that he had divorced his wife,…
Read the full text of the state of the nation statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on the course of stability, unity of purpose,…
The three presidential candidates present at last night’s presidential debate organized by the Nigeria Election Debate Group in conjunction with the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) have lashed out at the absence of the front-runners in the race, President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of…
A petition was written against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen on the 7th day of January 2019 by a former media Aide to President Muhammad Buhari, one Mr Dennis Aghanya who is also the former National publicity Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), a party on which platform President…
The Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization has explained the absence of President Buhari from the presidential debate organized by the Nigeria Election Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria. In a statement signed by its Spokesman Festus Keyamo, the campaign organization said the President’s busy schedule could not afford him the opportunity of attending…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, commissioned the new terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The new international terminal sits on 56000 square meters with a 60metre long skywalk that connects the airport to the metro station which was commissioned earlier in the year. It also has 66 checking counters, 28 immigration desks at…
The National Assembly was thrown into confusion on Wednesday as lawmakers disrupted President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget presentation speech. While the President’s loyalists cheered him, those against him booed loudly, chanting ‘no, no!’ and ‘lies!’ intermittently. The President’s formal budget presentation ceremony had been foreshadowed by rumblings within the political parties and general discontent among some…