Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has again appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before exiting office on Monday. Kanu, who is the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), was first arrested in 2015 but was granted bail two years later. He jumped bail and fled abroad, but was re-arrested in Kenya and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all outgoing officials, elected and appointed – from the Vice President downward – must collect the assets declaration form, fill and return it as he has done. He said that his strict adherence to the constitutional requirement of asset declaration before and after taking office is aimed at strengthening best practices, raising moral standards …

President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu were on Friday spotted together going round the Presidential Villa. The tour around the seat of power is to familiarise the incoming President with the workings of the State House, from where he would preside over the affairs of Nigeria. This comes ahead of Monday’s inauguration, expected to take place …

President Buhari has the authority to borrow funds and allocate contracts up until the final moments of his tenure, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola said on Thursday at the flagging off of the construction and dualisation of the Akure-Ado Ekiti Expressway in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The road is about 49 kilometre long and has …

The outgoing Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barrister Festus Keyamo on Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari that it was an aberration to appoint a Minister of State. At the valedictory session presided over by President Buhari to mark the end of his administration’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Keyamo thanked the President for enriching …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reorganisation of agencies under the Ministry of Aviation. The President approved the appointment of Kabir Mohammed as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Until his appointment, Mohammed was the Regional General Manager (Central Region Airports) at FAAN and Chairman of the Aviation Roadmap Implementation Committee. Tayib Odunowo has …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to eight Bills passed by the ninth National Assembly. In a statement in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare said the President’s action was in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. He …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office next Monday. ASUP National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line, and Distribution Substation (Phase I) Project, at Kashimbila Dam site in Taraba State. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that President Buhari performed the inauguration in a virtual ceremony in Abuja. The President underscored the importance …

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). At the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, the Nigerian leader also highlighted numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. The President said that …