November 2021

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, explained why he doesn’t like celebrating birthdays, as he clocked 75 years.

Abubakar made this disclosure in Bauchi State while commissioning a 4.2 kilometres Gombe Road-Maiduguri Bypass, named after him by the state governor, Bala Mohammed.

‘Today, I read with emotion your birthday greetings to me. I don’t normally like celebrating birthdays, but here you are today, making me celebrate my birthday with a birthday cake and birthday bull.

‘I never had it in my life like this. Your excellency, words alone are not enough for me to describe how …

Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday handed in her resignation hours after being appointed by parliament after her budget failed to pass and the junior Green Party quit the coalition government.

While her stint was unexpectedly brief, Andersson made history by becoming the first woman elected to the post of prime minister in Sweden — she was to formally take over on Friday.

The 54-year-old economist who has served as finance minister for the past seven years said she hoped to be elected to the position again soon as the head of a minority government made up of only …

President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other roads across the country.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the president gave the directive while presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.

Aregbesola, who addressed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, said the police and other security agencies had been mobilised to intensify surveillance and patrols in pursuing of the criminals.

‘Abuja-Kaduna belt was discussed specifically, but we appreciated the

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Thursday paid a visit to Opu Nembe to assess the level of damage caused Oil Mining License (OML), 29 oil spillage at Santa Barbara Oil field with an assurance to the people that President Muhammadu Buhari is on the side of the people and understands their plight.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that President Buhari, who is the Minister of Petroleum had on Tuesday reacted to the ravaging oil spill expressing worry on the level of destruction and gave Sylva the marching order to visit the site to …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slim chances of taking over power both at states and Federal levels in 2023, Alhaji Umar Sani, a founding member of the party said.

Sani said this at a media briefing in Kaduna on Wednesday.

He was the Special Adviser on Media to former vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo,

Sani said the PDP is facing a lot of challenges which has led to the factionalisation of the party at almost all levels including Kaduna State.

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He said the PDP has three groups in Kaduna– Senator …

Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, said Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is afraid to speak on the clamour for restructuring because of his 2023 ambition.

Clark stated this at a press conference in Abuja, on Wednesday.

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He said: ‘What several Nigerians want is actually the restructuring of the country in order to douse the tensions and agitations which is almost tearing the country apart today and is the main cause of the high insecurity being experienced.’

‘Nigerians are ready to accept the