Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law ending weeks of face-off between the National Assembly and the Executive. The budget was signed at a brief ceremony held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those who witnessed the event included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; President of […]
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA—CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), yesterday, hailed President Muhammadu Oluremi Tinubu Buhari’s administration for working hard to put food on the tables of Nigerians. Speaking, yesterday, while contributing to a Bill for an Act to make provisions for freedom from hunger […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced the source of the $115 million bribe for election officials to alter the results of the 2015 presidential election to stolen crude oil. “Our operatives have discovered that the $115 million came from stolen crude oil. They got it from former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani […]
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor, Henry Umoru, Joseph Erunke, Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —FOR the third time, the 2016 Appropriation Bill has been returned as President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have picked holes in the re-worked budget and returned it to the National Assembly for further legislative work. It was reliably […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court at Maitama, yesterday, adjourned trial of erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), till May 23. Dasuki Sambo The trial which was originally scheduled to kick off yesterday, was stalled by failure of the Federal Government to produce the […]
Bilateral agreements: Buhari, Biya, hold joint press conference today — 4th May 2016 From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and President Paul Biya of Cameroon will brief newsmen this morning on the agreements they reached at yesterday’s bilateral talks on how to strengthen existing ties between Nigeria and Cameroon, particularly, as it concerns common security challenges currently experienced […]
Nigeria runs most vibrant democracy –EU — 4th May 2016 THE European Union (EU)Delegation to Nigeria has described Nigeria’s brand of democracy as the best in Africa. Ambassador and head of the EU delegation, Mr. Michel Arrion, commended the country for running the most vibrant democracy in Africa with absolute press freedom. Arrion said this at […]
Niyi Odebode, Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Eniola Akinkuotu, Adelani Adepegba and Ade Adesomoju The diplomatic process that will ensure the extradition of suspected looters who have fled the country will dominate President Muhammadu Buhari’s discussions with his counterparts when 60 world leaders meet in the United Kingdom next month. Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday that the President […]
Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for his reaction to increasing attacks and killings by herdsmen in several states in the country. Soyinka in an address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday said he was shocked by the President’s claim that the attacks would soon be […]
Eniola akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a manhunt for Ugonna, son to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. This is in connection with the alleged disbursement of money to INEC officials and election monitors in the build-up to the presidential election. According to sources at the EFCC, Ugonna […]
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