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Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the Federal Government of Nigeria will develop measures to curb incessant strikes and address grievances by staff of universities in the country.

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has returned back into the country after a four-day Medical trip to London.

Nigerian Police Force has arrested 56 suspected bandits and criminal militias in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State and Zamfara areas.

On Thursday, a Nigerian diplomat was reportedly found dead at his home in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. News Agency of Nigeria,reports that  two security sources were quoted to have confirmed the death who said investigation was ongoing. Details later…

The Nigerian Vice President ,Yemi Osinbajo today presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the state house, Abuja as the President embark on Medical trip in the U.K.

Nigerian President , Muhammadu Buhari’s impromptu medical trip to London, UK, was predicted in January this year, by the senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly in Kubwa, Abuja, Prophet Joshua Iginla. Iginla had released 30 prophecies for 2018 , during his church’s Crossover Night programme tagged: ‘Night of Kings’ on December 31, 2017. One of the key points was that Buhari would embark on impromptu journey based on his health. In his words: “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed on an impromptu journey which will lead to medical vacation. He will not be poisoned, but there are many snakes around him which God will expose.” Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had in a statement on Monday, announced his principal’s trip . Buhari is expected to be away for four days and is scheduled to return Saturday, May 12.

The Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that the National Assembly will ensure that the 2018 budget be passed next week. The senate president disclosed this to state house correspondents after his visit to President Buhari yesterday May 7th. In the same vein, the House of Representatives says it will pass the 2018 budget before the end of next week.  The House Committee Chairman on Media and Public Affairs made the statement while briefing journalists at the end of Thursday’s plenary. According to him, the budget will be laid before the house on Tuesday next week,according to LIB.

The Nigerian President,Muhammadu  Buhari will tomorrow Tuesday May 8th, leave Nigeria for a four-day trip to the United Kingdom to see his doctor. Buhari's senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, says in the course of the technical stop-over for aircraft maintenance in London on his way back from Washington last week, President Buhari had a meeting with his doctor and the doctor requested that he returned for a meeting which he agreed to do. He said Buhari would return on Saturday, May 12th. “On his return, the President’s two-day State Visit to Jigawa, which was postponed because of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Ward Congresses will now take place on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th May,”.

Nigerian President,Muhammadu Buhari  has revealed in Daura, Katsina State, on why he was seeking for a second term and also states why public office should be to serve the people, and see their lives improved, not for frivolity or personal ambition. Speaking at the All Progressives Party's (APC) Ward Congress held at Bayagida Model Primary School, President Buhari said the passion to serve and see real changes in the lives of Nigerians informed his choice to join partisan politics in the first place, and inspired him to contest elections in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. The President said that his decision to seek a second term in office was borne out of a deep passion to serve Nigerians, and not for personal gains. President Buhari noted that his administration had already started the process of ensuring fairness, justice and equity, in spite of challenges, and would work hard to consolidate on the gains. “I am not in politics for fun, frivolity or to amass wealth, I have ...

Central bank of China otherwise known as the Peoples’ Bank of China, PBoC, on Thursday revealed that it has signed a currency swap agreement with its counterpart in Nigeria. According to a statement on the official website of the PBoC, the agreement will allow the two sides to swap a total of 15 billion Chinese yuan ($2.35bn) for N720bn, or vice versa, in the next three years. It added: “The move is aimed at facilitating bilateral trade and investment and promoting the financial stability of both side. “The deal can be extended by mutual consent.”

Nigeria's President,Muhammadu Buhari has taken out his anger on passed leaders on how they mismanaged the country's resources  saying said God will judge all the past leaders of Nigeria that misgoverned the country.  Buhari, during a recent interview ssaid and I quote; ''Recently I had to come out and state that from 1999 to 2014, anyone who carries out a study here in America or Europe or India will know that we were producing 2.2 million barrels of crude oil daily at a price of at least $100 per barrel. In those 16 years of the PDP rule, Nigeria was getting 2.1 million x $100 every day, every week, but when we came on board; the price fell to between $37 and $38 and hanged around $40 and $50. I went to the CBN – the governor of CBN is here and asked him how far and he said nothing was left apart from debts. I said but this is what the country made? And he said yes, he knew, and I asked him where is the money? All is gone. Nigerians know that there were no road...

Nigeria's Organised Labour says it will not allow the Tripartite Committee for National Minimum Wage to alter the time line for the implementation of the new wage for workers in the country. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this during a Pre-May Day Symposium organised by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday in Abuja. “We will make sure that the time line that has been set by the Tripartite Committee for the implementation of the national minimum wage will not in any way be altered or undermined”, NAN quoted him as saying. “Workers, who create wealth, must also be well taken care of as we are not unmindful of the situation of the Nigerian workers, particularly, with the increasing inflation in the land. “So, clearly speaking, the minimum wage is an issue we will continue to canvass for. I want to assure you all that we will take the issue to the next level and essentially we are going to win,” he said. The NLC president, while speaking on May Day Cele...

 Economic Confidential has released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) which shows that seventeen (17) States are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2017 were far below 10% of their receipts from the Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in the same year. The index proved that without the monthly disbursement from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), many states remain unviable, and cannot survive without the federally collected revenue, mostly from the oil sector. The IGR are generated by states through Pay-As-You-Earn Tax (PAYE), Direct Assessment, Road Taxes and revenues from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA)s. The report further indicates that the IGR of Lagos State of N333bn is higher than that of 30 States put together whose Internally Generated Revues are extremely low and poor compared to their allocations from the Federation Account. The states with impressive over 30% IGR apart from Lagos are Ogun, Rivers, ...

Nigeria's former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has said he will probe the past administrations that failed to curtail the Boko Haram insurgency, if he wins the 2019 presidential election. The sect came into prominence during President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure and the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, is still battling with their continued attacks in the Northern part of the country. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, Atiku said it is taking too long to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents. “Eight years after, Nigerian government is still fighting Boko Haram that are not professionally trained. “I want to be the president of Nigeria because I would be able to do things I could not do as vice president. I will investigate how the government was unable to defeat Boko Haram for years. I will also investigate the procurement of arms bought by this administration,” he said. Atiku also vowed to tackle corruption, accusing the Buhari-led government of ...

Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday declared that Nigerians should prepare their minds that it may not be easy to change the present government of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Obasanjo made this declaration while speaking during the launch of the Oyo state wing of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), held at Trans Amusement Park, Ibadan, according to Daily post. At the launch were CNM National Coordinator and a former Governor of Osun state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former Secretary to Oyo state government who is also the state Coordinator, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo; Former Deputy Governor of Oyo state, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja and former Secretary to Oyo state Government Chief Dele Adigun. Others are Barrister Ahmed Raji (SAN) and former Chairman, Ibadan North East Local Government, Hon. Ayinde Adewusi. Obasanjo who is the CNM founder while speaking, urged youths, women...

Nigerian government has declared Tuesday, May 1, 2018, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Workers’ Day.   Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (Rtd), announced this in a statement on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr M. Umar.  He congratulated Nigerian workers on their loyalty, strength of character, hard work, sacrifice and dedication to building a greater country.   General Dambazau appreciated the central role workers play in government activities and decisions, and for keeping faith with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in its resolve to build a better Nigeria. 

The immediate Nigerian passed  Minister of the Economy and Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how a former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu and his counterparts ‘wrongly’ advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to announce the withdrawal of fuel subsidy on January 1, 2012,Daily post reports. The announcement caused bloody protests across the country, which forced government to backtrack on the price increase. In a new book, “Fighting corruption is dangerous: The story behind the headlines”, Okonjo-Iweala recalled how the move was “ill timed and wrong.” She wrote, “There were some debates within the Economic Management Team as to whether fuel subsidies should be phased out in stages or in one fell swoop. The consensus was that experience in Nigeria had shown that even a small partial phase-out would draw the same large protests as a complete phase-out, so the feeling of the team was, ‘why die in stages?’ Perhaps, it was better to do all at once. There w...

Switzerland government says it has returned all the money kept in the country by late military disctator, Gen. Sani Abacha, with $1.5 million interest. The Assistant Director-General and Head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Amb. Pio Wennubst, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in New York. According to Wennubst, the Abacha loot was originally $321 million but after calculations with interest added, $322.51 million (N116.11 billion) was sent to the Federal Government in December 2017. The Federal Government last week announced it had received $322.51 million Abacha loot from the Swiss government. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, through her Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Oluyinka Akintunde, confirmed the receipt of money from the Switzerland government. Akintunde in a statement said “We state that $322,515,931.83 (N116,105,735,458.80) was received into a Special Account in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ...

Miss Monica Osagie, the lady involved in the s*x-for-mark scandal with a lecturer in the department of Management and Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Professor Richard Akindele, has appeared before a panel investigating the matter, alongside her lawyer, Dr. Abiola Akiode-afolabi. According to Daily Post, Journalists were barred from covering the proceeding but waited patiently at the VC’s lodge, the venue of the sitting; only Monica and her lawyer were allowed to enter the building. There is heavy presence of security operatives in and around the building, which is located along staff quarters within the campus. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Eyitope Ogunboded had earlier confirmed to journalists that the appearance of Monica before the committee will enable the investigative panel to finalize its assignment and allow the university take necessary action on the matter.

Last week, the Nigerian polity and internet was thrown into confusion  after some heavy bodied thugs walked gallantly into the senate chambers amids tight security to snatch the mace out into an unknow destination.  Although it was found afterwards but the question on everyone's lips  remains: how possible was that with all the security check points before entering into the national assembly? However, suspended member of the senate, Ovie Omo-Agege was fingered to be the one behind the group of thugs who stole the mace. Here is the real shocker! The lawmaker who suddenly became a lawbreaker is son of a former Chief Judge of Delta state, Justice James Omo-Agege. The former Justice they say is one of the longest-serving chief judge in the history of the state and was famous for carrying out the sentencing of the infamous armed robbers, Lawrence Anini, Monday Osunbor and George Iyamu, a police officer, to death by firing squad in the 1987.  He died on August...