President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a committee to audit the assets recovered by government agencies. The committee, which has Olufemi Lijadu, Gloria Bibigha and Mohammed Nami as members, is expected to audit all recoveries from the beginning of this administration until April 10, 2017. It has been given four weeks to submit its report. Speaking
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari cannot get an automatic ticket for the 2019 election. Tinubu made the statement less than 24 hours after Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, said 34 governors had endorsed Buhari for a second term. Speaking in Akure, capital of Ondo state,
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has urged youths in the country to join political parties ahead of the 2019 elections to enable them to be voted into political offices. Osinbajo, who was represented by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, made the call at the Emerging Political Leaders Summit in
WEDNESDAY’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will hold at the office of the wife of the President, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. It was gathered that ministers and other cabinet members had been informed of the development. President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to preside over the meeting slated for 11:00am. Sources at the Presidency
Katsina state Governor Aminu Masari has called for strict regulation of the social media giving its increasing damages to families, communities and leadership. Speaking when he received the minister of communication on courtesy call, Masari stressed the need for the ministry to come up with operational guidelines and regulations to sanitise it. According to him,
Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has retired from football at the age of 35. Yakubu scored 114 times in 293 league appearances, mostly in the top flight in almost a decade in English football, between January 2003 and June 2012. He averaged nearly a goal every other game at Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester and
Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, whose sacking led to the shock resignation of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, will be sworn in as the new president on Friday, the state broadcaster says. Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South Africa two weeks ago, would also fly home on Wednesday, it added. His dismissal led the ruling party and the
The National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC) has described the eventual end of former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe as a lesson for African leaders, urging them to do away with personal agenda and pursue mass oriented policy that will liberate their citizens. This was disclosed by the Spokesperson of the group, Dr Wilson Ochoroghene V.
When Alexandra Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme drew his last breath on Saturday night at a London hospital, it was not just a chapter that closed in Nigeria’s history: a library also shut down. Regarded as one of the most educated politicians Nigeria has ever produced, Ekwueme churned out political ideas that have continued to shape the debate
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, is capable of resolving the brain drain and medical tourism challenges plaguing the nation’s health sector. Professor Temitope Alonge, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, made this known at a news briefing to herald the week-long activities lined-up for the 60th anniversary of UCH. According to