President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, as the fourth Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano. The President, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, performed the installation on Saturday at the 36th and 37th combined convocation of the university, where 16,581 students bagged various degrees. “There is …

More than 40 anti-corruption civil society organisations have expressed outrage over what they called the “continued disobedience of court orders” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), under Abdulrasheed Bawa. They also complained about the “politicisation of the agency’s operations”. The anti-corruption CSOs alleged on Friday at a gathering in Lagos that the EFCC had chosen to become an institution …

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined fans and lovers of Nigerian music all over the world in celebrating new heights of recognition and appreciation as Afrobeat crooner, Tems, wins the “‘Best Melodic Rap Performance” category at the Grammy Awards. According to the statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, President Buhari extolled Tems (real name, Temilade …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he suspects international groups that want to destroy Nigeria are behind the plight of Boko Haram we have faced, adding that it is fraudulent even by the name given to the terror group. He stated this while delivering a keynote address at a lunch organized by the Kano state government on Monday after the …

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), led nonagenarian Chief Edwin Clark has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Solomon Arase as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). In a statement on Thursday by PANDEF National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, the group said that it was particularly happy and impressed that President …

If President Muhammadu Buhari assents to a set of constitutional amendment bills about to be sent to him by the Senate, the Houses of Assembly and the judiciary in the 36 states will receive their financial allocations directly from the Federation Account. Two proposed laws making this mandatory are among the 35 Constitution Alteration bills that the Clerk of the …

Abiodun Aikomo has been appointed as the secretary of the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC). Aikomo’s appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, as contained in a statement issued by Modupe Ogundoro, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Justice. The new appointee is expected to retain the office for an initial period of four …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State said that he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is …

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Mental Health Bill 2021 into law, marking a major milestone in Nigeria’s efforts to improve support for psychosocial wellbeing. The new Mental Health Bill is the first legislative reform adopted in the field since independence. The regulation assented to last Thursday, establishes human rights protections for those with mental health conditions, such as …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advanced surveillance technology to address insecurity and crime in Imo and other South Eastern states. Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma told to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday that the President’s approval would usher in the use of advanced surveillance …