The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the outbreak of fire at the Nguru market that gutted more than 90 shops and stalls on Saturday morning. The Agency on its official Facebook page said,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muazu Sambo as a minister and has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of the ministerial nominee from Taraba State. The president’s letter was read out by the Senate President,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed May Agbamuche-Mbu as a National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) for a second term of five years. Ms Agbamuche-Mbu, whose first tenure expired in September, was in acting capacity when the president...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, presided over Nigeria’s 61st Independence Celebration; with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), as well as former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, in...
President Buhari has written formally to the Senate requesting to replace the nomination of Engr. Sarki Auwalu as the Chief Executive Officer on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) board. The President’s request...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to confirm five commissioner-nominees to fill vacant positions in the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); and another nominee for appointment as a Federal Commissioner...
After a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan told reporters that taxes may go up as a result of the government’s plans to shore up revenue, block leakages in revenue generation...
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday reiterated the determination of his administration to create a just, harmonious and prosperous country in which the safety of lives and property is assured. The president, in a message to mark the...
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, accused of beating up one Clement Sargwak in March this year, has initiated a legal action against the Sargwak and the Senate Committee on Ethics,...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has justified the Senate’s position on the electronic transmission of election results. The Upper Chamber, had on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that: “The Commission (INEC) may...