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Nigeria’s president meets US president Obama at the White House this afternoon. Photo credit: AFP

The Blair House is the official guest House of the US President. The grand tale of United States’ history is in many ways composed from a procession of small moments. Important decisions are made in small rooms; grand strategies emerge from quiet chats beside the fire or from meetings around ...

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, said that despite her status as the wife of the Nigerian president, she still cooks her husband’s food. She revealed this at a party she organized to mark the Eid-el-Fitri celebration at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She said: �I’m ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Muhammadu succeeds Dr. Ade Abolurin, who has retired ...

Senator ‘Gbenga Ashafa has extended his warm felicitations and sincere congratulations to all Muslim faithful who were able to partake in the just concluded 2015 Ramadan fasting season. He urged them to allow the lessons of Ramadan permeate their souls even as he prayed that their show of devotion to ...

Asari Dokubo’s wife, Hajia Mujahidat Daba Dokubo-Asari recently went on Facebook to discredit President Buhari and his administration. Reda what she wrote below. Nigerians wants a messiah that will take them to the promise land but definitely it is not Buhari cos his hands are tight he who goes to ...

This vexed customer of GT Bank lost it when ₦25,000 was debited in error�by the bank and they refused to credit the money back. [youtube 9e6kfEdTsvg 300 200]

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday morning ordered his vehicle to stop on Osborne Road, Ikoyi, while on his way to the office. Reason? He had just witnessed an accident on the road and stopped his vehicle in order to assist in the rescue of the victim. Accoding ...

Former Super Eagles skipper Sunday Oliseh will sign a contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the country’s new head coach on Wednesday. The 40-year-old will succeed Stephen Keshi, who was dismissed from the job for what the federation has described as a breach of trust. The contract signing ...

President Buhari Monday in Abuja assured investors that his administration will implement far-reaching reforms to boost accountability and transparency in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Speaking at a meeting with senior officials of Chevron led by the company’s President for Africa and Latin America, Mr. Ali Moshiri, President Buhari declared ...

President Muhammadu Buhari along with Vice �President, Yemi Osinbajo will only get receive 50 per cent of his salary. Facts emerged about the pay cut emerged in a memo from the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi, to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, has turned down an offer by the Federal Government to procure five new armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars for his use. The cars which total cost is put at about N400m were planned to be purchased by the State House. A Presidency source told journalists on ...

A 4-storey building said to be under construction collapsed in the Sabo area of Lagos this afternoon. Not sure if there were people in the building at the time of the collapse. See More Photos Below:-

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday disclosed that the current administration under President Muhammud Buhari has been able to increase Nigeria’s foreign reserve from $29 billion to $31.89 billion one month. Former President Goodluck Jonathan left $29 billion in Nigeria’s foreign�reserve. Emefiele, who paid ...

The speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa yesterday July 5th paid a visit to the Agege, Lagos home of Mrs Ruth Uche, the woman whose husband, Mr Citizen Emeka Uche, fled their home after learning they were expecting their third set of twins. The speaker ...

A Malaysian court has ordered the detention of five Nigerian students in Malysia for their alleged involvement in a N125.2m (RM2.4 million) internet fraud in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to local media reports, the 5 Nigerian students who are between the ages of 20 and 30 are undergraduates ...

Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC Chairman reporting yesterday at the Dept of Political Science, Bayero University, Kano.

On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari fired his Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani, and requested the State Security Service to redeploy him out of the presidential villa, sources in the presidential villa and the State Security Service reported. �It was learnt that�Mr. Mani has since been replaced by Bashir Abubakar, who, ...

Mr Tumba Freeman, the Taraba Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, on Friday said that three 2014 Batch `B’ Corps Members (names withheld) would repeat their service year for misconduct. Freeman made this known at a news conference in Jalingo, saying that the culprits were punished for absenteeism at their places ...

The police yesterday arraigned three farmers in a senior magistrates’ court in Katsina for raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused are Yahuza Musa, 20; Tasiu Abubakar, 20; and Sadiq Isyaku, 20. The trio, who reside at Dakiya village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, appeared before Senior Magistrate ...