Presidency

Chief of Staff to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari has died while battling Coronavirus. This was made known by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, in the early hours of Saturday…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the lockdown order in the state may be extended in the state beyond the 14 days initially directed by the presidency. It…

In a new twist of event, the Presidency has stated that President Buhari didn’t order the arrest and prosecution of Pinnick, NFF President as widely reported over the weekend. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has berated President Muhammadu Buhari over his absence at the burial of soldiers killed during Matele attack. The Presidency however reminded the former…

Some prominent Yoruba leaders under the aegis of South-West Forum has adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 election. At the end of the colloquium tagged, “2019: South-West…

The Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has written to the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police seeking the probe of an alleged peddler of false claim of the death of President Muhammadu…

The national assembly primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Wednesday in many states but was moved to Thursday in  Kwara. The reason for the postponement was not given and the venue of the exercise in the…

The presidency on Wednesday released a statement criticising an editorial by one of Nigeria’s prominent newspapers, Punch. In a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the presidency said it…

Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, says Senate President Bukola Saraki should be solely held responsible for the delay in the approval of the budget for 2019 polls. Saraki had said the…

THE Presidency on Monday said that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was behaving like a militant group instead of following the democratic tenets in its activities on national issues. This is as the Presidency has also…

A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Donald Duke, on Tuesday said that his ambition was not supported by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Duke, a former governor of Cross River State who recently declared his…

Just after Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo disclosed that former President Goodluck Jonathan “essentially shared” N150 billion two weeks to the 2015 polls, a statement which the former President’s spokesperson Reno Omokri responded…

A Nigerian civil society group Sunday said the move by the Nigerian government to forgive ‘repentant’ Boko Haram fighters will “undermine peace and stability in the country.” Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said…

Negotiations through a back-channel led to the release of 101 Dapchi girls and a boy, the Nigerian government said Wednesday. The girls were among the 110 snatched by suspected Boko Haram insurgents from their School on February 19. They…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to show evidence that officials of his administration shared billions of dollars before the 2015 general election.Osinbajo…