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The Department of State Services, DSS has accused  the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, of meeting with “foreign collaborators” in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries on how to topple the Muhammadu Buhari government”. According to Punch, DSS made this claim in a fresh papers filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja. DSS also alleged in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of heads of four Federal Government agencies. A statement by the president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, said Sen. Basheer Garba Mohammed was appointed Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. Mohammed replaces Sadiya Umar Farouk, a minister-designate from Zamfara. According to the statement, Dr Chioma ...

President Muhammadu Buhar has queried the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler through his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. It was gathered that the query was based on serial poor revenue collections and he was asked to reply on Monday August 19. Fowler, a former chairman of the Lagos Inland Revenue Services was recommended for the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC have urged the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to strike out suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the the electoral victory of Buhari on technicalities and evidential grounds. The prayers formed the gamut of other requests contained in both Buhari and APC final addresses to be adopted ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday returned to Abuja after a nine-day visit. He went to Katsina to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir with family members and to inaugurate some developmental project. Shortly before departing the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport, Katsina for Abuja, Buhari had charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly states troubled by bandits. ...

The embattled Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winnifred Oyo-Ita, made intensive move on Friday evening to secure an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari over her travails. Oyo-Ita is currently in the eye of the storm after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission reportedly questioned her over alleged N3bn bribery, duty tour allowance falsification and fraud case. A ...

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections Atiku Abubakar and his party have insisted that they have the evidence that President Muhammadu Buhari was not qualified to contest the election. They also insisted that the results of the election were transmitted electronically to a central server allegedly owned by the Independent National Electoral ...

President Mohammadu Buhari has issued some information to his incoming Ministers as regards seriousness and performance. This was contained in a tweet posted on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari Wednesday night. It reads: “The incoming Ministers, who will be sworn in next week, will receive clear implementation targets tied to their portfolios. “We will ensure these targets are complied with; performance ...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has attacked President  Muhammadu Buhari, calling him a “completely out-of-touch leader,” for ordering  Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country. Recall that Buhari, on Tuesday  said the foreign reserve will be conserved and utilized strictly for diversification of the economy, and not for encouraging ...

Joe Igbokwe, the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State has described those accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of poor performance as “liars from the pit of hell” . The vocal APC’s image maker made this remark while speaking on a programme on Channels TV, saying that  Nigerians need to support the Buhari-led administration. The APC chieftain ...