Nigeria Is Highly Competitive On The Digital Space: Abdullahi
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has stated that Nigeria has carved a niche as one of the most digitally competitive nations globally. This remarks comes after President Muhammadu Buhari redesigned the Ministry of Communications into the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Abdullahi during a webinar […]
Buhari Signs Order On Overseas Assets Declaration
The Special Assistant to Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu on Thursday, May 21, 2020, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Amended Executive Order 008 on Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularisation Scheme (VOARS). The Presidential Order was reviewed owing to the […]
Full Text of President Buhari’s Speech
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the […]
Social Media Focus: Ikorodu Bois
If you are consistent with trends on social media, then you probably must have come across the Instagram handle of a group of Nigerian kids who have proven without reasonable doubts that when the question of creativity is posed, less can mean more. Your guess is right, they are the Ikorodu Bois. Muiz Sanni, 15, […]
Covid- 19: The Journey Ends Here
The Corona Virus for every reason made available to time has made history. That recent human history has never been this troubled by the widespread and panic-inducing effect of a pandemic of this magnitude. The world will forever remember this era with nostalgic grief for many years to come. The pandemic tells the story […]
Takeaways From The President’s COVID-19 National Address
At last, after the entire rank and file of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been put on blast, the President addressed the nation in a televised broadcast on Sunday, March 29. In the pre-recorded address run via the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) yesterday, Buhari stood up not only to quench rumours that he is […]
President Buhari Addresses Nigerians On COVID-19
On Sunday, 29th March 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation during a nationwide broadcast. In his message to the public, the president touched on various issues in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is the full text of the president’s speech below. Read more about Covid- 19 Fellow Nigerians, From the first signs that […]
Politicizing The Coronavirus Outbreak
Events in the past few weeks since the index patient of the Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, was isolated show a trend of underground politicking at play. It reveals what could be some level of politicking at play in the action or inaction of public officials. Ideally, one would expect that such a matter […]
Corona Virus: President Buhari Test Negative As Abba Kyari Goes On Self-Isolation After Testing Positive
Nigeria’s Presidential Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has tested positive to the pandemic corona virus. While President Muhammadu Buhari tested negative to the virus, his Chief of Staff who was recently in Germany (Germany has recorded nearly 30,000 corona virus cases) for an official meeting with multinational conglomerate company, Siemens, on March 9, 2020, a […]
The Morbid Silence of President Buhari in a Time of Need
The Nigerian Head of State, President Muhammadu Buhari, is conspicuously missing in action in a time of need. While it may appear to some that he is observing a self-quarantine from the electorate that voted him into power, seeing the president at select functions which he has a bias for is very untoward, to say […]
Is The Buhari Administration Trying to Sink Nigeria Into A Debt Trap Again?
Reports reaching media channels on Thursday, March 6, indicated that the Senate has approved the $22.7 billion loan request which the presidency presented to the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly recently. With the impending economic crisis which the recent Coronavirus pandemic threatens to throw many economies in the world, Nigeria does not seem to […]
What Happens When 180 Million Nigerians Are Taken For A Ride?
While the past week was yet to wind up, reports came in the press that the United States government is at loggerheads with Nigeria over a purported $100 million disbursement to the incumbent governor of Kebbi State, Governor Atiku Bagudu. The question that first came to the mind of many was why the Federal Government […]
The Raging War in Aso Rock And Its Consequences
Though the dust from the back and forth which ensued when the National Assembly jointly called for the resignation of the service chiefs is yet to settle, another round of intrigue seems to be pouring from within the rank and file in Aso Rock. During the week, the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, […]
Security: Nigerians Vote On President Buhari’s Performance
It is already a fact that the Senate and the House of Representatives have united one more rare time to jointly decry, in a united voice with the Nigerian masses about the state of insecurity in the Northern part of the country. While meeting with eminent citizens from Niger State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
National Youth Service Corps Members Allowance Increased to N33,000 As New Minimum Wage Takes Full Effect
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has stated that the monthly allowance of corp members serving the nation has been increased from N19,800 to N33,000. This news was made public by the director-general during a working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi State. The topic of increasing corps […]
What Was Buhari Doing in the UK Last Week?
In usual and alarming fashion, tongues started wagging and asking questions about the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from the group photo taken with the Queen’s representatives from the Royal family, at the UK –Africa Investment Summit held last week. At the closing ceremony, other African presidents who attended were on the roll call but […]