Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, accused the presidency of placing cows above human lives. Ortom stated this through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nathaniel Ikyur, while reacting to an earlier statement issued by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. The president’s media aide had in a statement issued on Wednesday raised steps …

Going through heaps of files, old newspapers and other records in my library a few days ago, I came across pieces of unsolicited advice I had offered mint-new President Muhammadu Buhari on how he could make a success of his tenure as the country’s fourth president circa the Fourth Republic, which started its run in 1999. One of the materials, …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The court voided the sack of the businessman and set aside his removal effected on 17th January 2023 by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the action of the President was “arbitrary, unlawful and illegal”. …

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to emulate the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola on commitment and sacrifice for the country. Ajibola died a week ago. At the eighth day Fida’u for the late Ajibola held at the Crescent University, Abeokuta, President Buhari, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. …

There’s a saying in Yoruba language that the horse does not spurn the final gallop home. True. Home is that place you go to rest, after the labour and toil of the day. It is that place you find succor and respite, after the vagaries and vicissitudes that go with your daily exertions. No wonder they say, home, sweet home. …

President Muhammadu Buhari performed the Umrah rites amid tight security, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah early Thursday. In a terse statement on Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari was received by several officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque …

Arrangements have been concluded for President Muhammadu Buhari to travel to Saudi Arabia on official visit. He is expected to embark on the trip on Tuesday. A terse statement by President Buhari’s media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu noted that being the President’s last official trip to Saudi Arabia, he will seize the opportunity to perform Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday greeted leading businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote as he marks his 66th birthday, wishing him a long, healthy life and a joyful year ahead. President Buhari commended him for the numerous efforts he is making for the nation’s progress. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. At the annual strategic planning workshop with all heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono said that with the 2023 intervention cycle, each university would receive N1,154,732,133. …

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all relevant security agencies to investigate and make public their findings on the rumored visit of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola to the United Kingdom for medical reasons and the allegation that it was in disguise to meet with President-elect, Asiwaju Bola …