President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, in Borno State after former President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu announced this on Thursday during an expanded Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in honour of the former Nigerian leader. “Before we take the prayers — in honour of his…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed London with remains of the former President Muhammadu Buhari. His burial rites are scheduled to take place later today in Daura, Katsina State. This was confirmed in a brief alert on Tuesday morning by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has expressed profound shock at the demise of former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the news of the transition of the former military and civilian leader left him devastated. The former president, who reportedly died while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness in London, United Kingdom, on Sunday, had…
Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead. He died in a London Hospital after a prolonged illness. The sad story was broken in a statement on Sunday evening by his former special assistant, Garba Shehu. The statement read, “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN “The family of the former president has announced the passing of the…
BY MAYOWA TIJANI Can the Nigerian government pay the N494,000 the Labour unions are asking for as minimum wage? If we are being honest, the answer is no. Should the Labour Congress accept the N60,000 being offered? No, not at all. So, what then should be the middle ground? Come with me as we explore…
A former minister of science and technology in the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead. He was 73. Ogbonnaya’s death was confirmed by the family in a statement by Uzoma Onu.
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose…
… Asks LASG to issue certificate of occupancy As his adminsitration windsdown in less than 24 hours, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the control of Obalende Eid Prayer Ground be returned to the Lagos Jama’atul Muslimeen Council of the Lagos Central Mosque. Buhari gave this approval on Sunday when the report of a Special…
FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the approval of the request to pay the judgement debt in the sum of $566,754,584.31, £98,526,012.00 and N226,281,801,881.64 owed by the Federal government. President Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read yesterday in Abuja by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan at the green…
