The appointment of an Acting Inspector General of Police,IGP,from the rank of Assistant Inspector General, AIG,has created another season of instability in the commanding heights of the Nigerian Police force. If precedent is followed,the choice of MrIbrahim Kpotun Idris by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new IGP will compel the premature retirement of the six serving Deputy Inspector Generals, DIGs. ...
July, 2016
June, 2016
-
28 June
Saraki Says Buhari Govt Has Been Hijacked..Presidency Fires Back
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, alleged that a powerful cabal within the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had hijacked power from the retired general. But the Presidency said Saraki’s claim was not only ridiculous but also preposterous since it was not backed by facts and detailed information. Saraki, in a statement signed by him in Abuja, however, ...
-
16 June
Chief Change Agent,Buhari Changes Return Date From London To Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari’s ETA;Expected Return Date has changed..he will not return to Nigeria from London, where he is spending his 10-day medical vacation, until Sunday. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday shortly before the commencement of a meeting of the National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari’s 10-day vacation expired on Wednesday. By ...
-
8 June
Buhari writes Senate: Osinbajo is Acting President
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told the Senate that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will act on his behalf as President for the 11 days he would be on medical vacation to the United Kingdom, UK. In a letter to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Buhari said he was writing in line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, ...
May, 2016
-
4 May
Buhari Returns Budget For The 3rd Time, Demands Final Copy
The nation may still have to wait a little more over the 2016 budget. This is because the National Assembly committee and the one set up by the Presidency to rework the budget could not immediately work out answers to the issues that made the President to reject the budget in the first place. But to get over the issues, ...
March, 2016
-
26 March
Buhari Woos Tinubu For Stability, 2019
President Buhari is strategizing to douse the tension against him within & outside APC…. and he knows Tinubu is man for the job. We reliably learnt on Friday that before the President’s recent moves, the relationship between the duo had not been rosy. Findings showed that Buhari decided to reach out to Tinubu to seek his support for the control ...
December, 2015
-
21 December
Fashola Begins Action In Power Sector, Bans Unjust Monthly Tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has released new electricity tariff plans, which states the various rates of increase in energy charges for consumers across the country. The regulatory agency also announced the removal of fixed electricity charges for all classes of electricity consumers adding that consumer will only pay for what they had used. A fortnight ago, the minister ...
November, 2015
-
26 November
Lagos Welcomes Buhari, Rebrands RRS Team
The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Friday, November 27 at a ceremony that will mark the rebranding and repositioning of its Rapid Response Squad (RRS). The visit will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office six months ago. In a press release issued by the State’s ...
-
26 November
Buhari Reveals Why He Had To Attend HID Awolowo’s Burial
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed the real reason behind his attendance of the funeral ceremony of Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo a day after his arrival from Iran. The president, who spoke at the funeral ceremony in Ikenne, Ogun state on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, informed that he attended the final funeral rites of the matriarch because she “earned” it. ...
-
25 November
Yahaya Bello Not Faleke Should Replace Late Audu – INEC, Supp Election For Dec 5
Supplementary elections in the 91 polling units cancelled during Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State will be held on December 5, INEC has said. A statement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, signed by its Secretary, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, said that the All Progressives Congress will be allowed to fill the vacancy created by the death of its candidate, Abubakar ...