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Jonathan, Buhari in Crucial Meeting in Aso Rock

  President Goodluck Jonathan is currently holding a closed door meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. The ongoing meeting is holding inside the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari, according to reports arrived for the meeting at exactly 3pm. Shortly before his arrival, President Jonathan with his Principal Secretary, Hassan Tukur
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Jonathan to Handover May 29

    The Federal Government on Wednesday said President Goodluck Jonathan will formally hand over power to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on May 29. Briefing State House correspondent at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Jonathan, the Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki said, “In
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FG Changes Stance, to Handover to Buhari May 29

The Federal Government on Wednesday changed its mind on the earlier plan for President Goodluck Jonathan to formally handover power to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on May 28 as against the May 29 Democracy Day. Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, had last week said Jonathan intended to have the formal handing over […]
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Buhari Thanks EU, US For Role In Nigeria's Elections

  President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has commended Italy and other members of the European Union (EU) for standing by Nigeria in the challenging period before and during the ongoing elections. Speaking while receiving Ambassador Fulvio Rustico, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria at his residence on Thursday in Abuja, General Buhari said the EU nations and […]
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Israel Pledges to Support Buhari

In fight against corruption, terrorism, agric devt The State of Israel has expressed a willingness to assist Nigeria in the fight against corruption, terrorism and in the development of agriculture sector. In a congratulatory letter signed by President Reuven Rivlin and delivered to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja, the Israeli leader […]
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Buhari Commends Emir of Borgu's Forgiving Spirit

President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has commended the positive disposition as well as the forgiving spirit of the Emir of Borgu, Dr Halliru Dantoro and other leaders of government who were detained while they were under investigation by the military administration he led between December 1983 and July 1985. General Buhari said leaders such as the […]
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Obasanjo tells traders to vote massively on Saturday

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to go out enmasse on Saturday and vote in the governorship and state House of Assembly elections as they did in the March 28 election, which produced the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), of the All Progressives Congress. Speaking on Saturday during a surprise visit to Itoku Market […]