Liberia’s new president elect George Weah has revealed to the BBC that he has invited Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to his inauguration 22nd January. Wenger was Weah’s manager at French side Monaco between 1988 and 1992, however, Wenger is not sure he will able to attend. “I have been invited by George to come to […]
Family Adama Barrow is 51 years old and married to two women. Both Barrow’s wives are from the Fula ethnic group. He has four children. His fifth son, died less than a week to his inauguration after being bitten by a dog. Job Barrow is the CEO of a real estate company called Majum Real […]
Prominent Human Rights Activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, on Monday urged the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to begin his administration with the rebuilding of the nation. Agbakoba made the plea in an interview with NAN in Lagos. He said it was necessary and important that Buhari made an emergency proclamation before the National Assembly to enable […]
Following the unprecedented damage done to the Nigerian nation by its past leaders via corruption, political and religious bigotry, the Arewa community in Delta State, at the weekend, urged Nigerians at home and in diaspora not to expect 100 percent change from the President elect, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari . The Secretary General of the body, […]
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has described the late Senator Zanna Ahmed from Borno State as a remarkable human rights activist who had frequently spoken in defence of oppressed people. In a message of condolence issued in Abuja by his media team, Buhari said he was marvelled by Zanna’s tenacity in defence of his opinions over […]
A group, known as “NPA 1991 Retirees,” has called on the government of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and President–elect, General Muhammdu Buhari, to come to their aid over their unpaid entitlements by the management of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA). In a statement signed by the National Chairman of the group, Engr. Gabriel Shotunde, […]
Our Reporter The President Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari will be dropping the title “General” from his name after he is sworn in on May 29. This was revealed by his Media team in Abuja on Sunday. It was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity of the President Elect, […]
National Chairman of Labour Party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, on Thursday, advised President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to ignore the request by serving and in-coming All Progressives Congress (APC) governors requesting for money to pay workers’ salaries. Abdulsalam, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja while slamming the APC governors, asked Buhari not to accede to […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Tuesday declared that President Jonathan’s decision to call President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to congratulate him even before the final results of the presidential elections were announced has earned Nigeria a great deal of respect globally. He also said that Nigerians owed […]
The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has said losing a parent is the most painful stage of one’s life. General Buhari, who expressed this sentiment in a statement to condole Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State who lost his mother, said he was deeply touched by the death of the Governor’s mother. According to the President-elect, losing […]
The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the sacrifices of the Nigerian working class in the face of economic tough times in their everyday struggle to survive. In his May Day message to Nigerian workers, General Buhari said he was fully aware of the hardships of the Nigerian working class, which he said, was compounded by poor […]
Elder statesman, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi is one of the few surviving close associates of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. At 90, he is still saddened about the events in Nigeria particularly about the inability to achieve the dreams of the founding fathers. In this interview with POLITICAL EDITOR, AKINJIDE AKINTOLA, he regrets and he […]
The Federal Government has expressed its dissatisfaction to some of the terms of reference of the transition committee set up by the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Speaking at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, warned the president-elect and his team […]
The lingering feud between the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and the management of Africa Independent Television (AIT), which led to the former barring the latter from covering his event on Monday has drawn the ire of the proprietor of DAAR Communications PLC, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who stated that the decision by the President-elect to stop […]
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on Monday said it was optimistic of rapid socio-economic development of the country after May 29 handing over of power. The Kwara State Deputy President of the union, Mrs. Felicia Aina, made the assertion during the election of the union executives for Irepodun Local Government Area of […]
Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Kwara Diocese has urged Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion and political leanings to rise in unison, honesty and integrity in support of the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)’s administration. The church also considered the recent general elections in the country as another golden opportunity for Nigeria to chart another […]
Former governor of Kwara State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has said that he never collected any money from the Minister of Petroleum, Ms Deizani Allison Madueke to fund the campaign of the president-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd). Sen. Saraki said this through his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, […]
As Hashimu Suleiman is receiving both local and international recognition for a journey he embarked for over two weeks to cover 700 hundreds kilometers in other to honour the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, as the new democratically elected president of Nigeria, another trekker from Yola, on Sunday, set out to cover more than 900 kilometres, […]
Following the recent withdrawal of suits challenging the eligibility of the President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, to contest the March 28, 2015, presidential election, one of the three plaintiffs, Hon Donald Daunemigha, said his matter was still in court. Daunemigha who told journalists yesterday in Abuja said the news being reported that all plaintiffs […]
A former president of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has boasted that he is not afraid of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, as he does not have the power to send anyone to prison. He further warned that if the president-elect turns out […]