After an additional week in the United Kingdom, where he had gone to attend the coronation of King Charles III, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja. The President’s aircraft touched down at 4:45 pm on Tuesday, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from where he was flown to the Presidential Villa in a chopper. President Buhari left …

Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve any study leave or any similar application by “any officer critical to the take-off of the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu”. President Buhari has exactly two weeks to the end of his tenure. Matawalle specifically mentioned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), …

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve an $800 million loan to finance the National Social Safety Network Programme (NSSP). The President’s request was contained in a letter read to the upper legislative house by its president, Dr. Ahmed Lawan during its Wednesday plenary session. According to President Buhari, the funds would be transferred to 10.2 million poor …

President Muhamadu Buhari, who is currently in England, will today join other world leaders to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. King Charles ascended the British throne last 8th September after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and will officially be crowned King of England today. Accompanying the President are the Secretary to the Government of the …

For my masters degree thesis 36 years ago, I was assigned to Prayag Tripathi, a bespectacled, painstaking and thorough Indian professor of English, as my supervisor. His job contract unfortunately expired just before I submitted the last and concluding chapter of the work. Tripathi personally discussed with and reassigned me to Olu Obafemi, Emeritus professor and 2018 recipient of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja, approved the partial exclusion of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) from the Treasury Single Account. President Buhari also granted the request of the Board of MOFI to charge management and transaction fees; and the inclusion of the Minister of Power in the Governing Council. The President, who conveyed the approval at the …

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina has said it is not the responsibility of government to create jobs for its citizens. On the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the last eight years, Adesina said on Arise News TV programme, The Morning Show on Tuesday morning said that all that government …

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the world in commemorating International Press Freedom Day, insisting that all through his eight years in office, he never did anything to compromise the profession. The International Press Freedom Day is commemorated every 3rd May. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Chief Femi Adesina noted that this year’s …

It is just fitting that several words and expressions, which etymology derive from Nigeria, have found their ways into global dictionaries. As at 2020, nearly 30 such inventions had been accommodated by the Oxford Dictionary. They included: okada, tokunbo, gist, k-leg, mama put, danfo, bukateria, chop, and eat money, among others. Kannywood, ’ember months, to put to bed, non-indigene, next …

Downpresser man/Where you gonna run to/ Downpresser man/Where you gonna run to Downpresser ma/Where you gonna run to/All along that day You gonna run to the sea/But the sea will be boiling/When you run to the sea The sea will be boiling (2x)/All along that day You gonna run to the rocks/The rocks will be melting/When you run to the …