Politics

It came as a pleasant surprise on Tuesday when the Federal Government announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as the acting Inspector General of Police.

The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, announced this on Tuesday while briefing State House reporters.

He also revealed that Baba’s appointment is with immediate effect.

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President Buhari had on February 4, 2021, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months.

Adamu had, however, spent two …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that formally granted him the right to stay in power until 2036.

According to Reuters, the law which was signed on Monday by the 68-year-old leader, allows him to extend his 20-year rule until he turns 83.

Putin’s second consecutive and fourth overall presidential term ends in 2024, the year when Russia’s previous Constitution would have required him to step down.

If elected again, he would remain president until 2036, making him the longest-serving leader of Russia since Josef Stalin and Peter the Great.

Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate has reaffirmed that Nigeria’s unity remains non-negotiable despite numerous calls by some groups and individuals for the country to disintegrate.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that during an interview with newsmen in his ancestral home at the official inauguration of NTA Community Station, Gashu’a, Yobe state, the Chief lawmaker assured that Nigeria would continue to be one.

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He expresses displeasure on how some elites in the country were fueling agitations for the disunity of Nigeria.

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Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s selfishness led to the death of his late Chief of Staff, CoS, Abba Kyari.

Omokri said Buhari’s selfishness stopped him from building hospitals in Nigeria.

He insisted that Kyari would have survived if the president had improved Nigeria’s health sector.

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In a series of tweets, the former presidential aide stressed that building of hospitals would help provide adequate health care for both rich and ordinary Nigerians.

He wrote: ‘If General @MBuhari had built hospitals, his former Chief

The National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-south zone, Chief Dan Orbih, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate in its fold worthy of winning a presidential election in Nigeria in 2023.

Orbih, who spoke to newsmen in Benin, the Edo State capital on Sunday, said this was more evident since the ruling party was looking outside of its fold for a worthy candidate to represent the APC in the 2023 presidential election.

He was reacting to a story making the rounds that former President Goodluck Jonathan was being wooed …

Popular Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed what transpired when met ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday.

Gumi and some religious leaders had on Sunday held a meeting with the former president in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital when they paid him a visit.

At the end of the meeting, both men issued a statement on what they discussed.

According to Gumi, he handed an invitation to Obasanjo to visit Kaduna, where he is based, and the ex-president accepted the invitation.

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He also said they both demanded the establishment …

As Christians across the world celebrate the Easter season, marking the remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, some stakeholders and well-wishers have continued to felicitate with the Christian faithful.

Joining other stakeholders in celebrating with the Christian faithful, the immediate past Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said the resurrection of the Lord Jesus is fundamental to all Christians.

In statement posted on his verified Twitter handle, Jonathan called on Christians and all Nigerians to prioritise love, peace and unity as a means of tackling the current security and economic challenges bedeviling the country.

The UN mission has revealed that four United Nations peacekeepers were killed Friday when suspected jihadists staged a major attack on their camp in Aguelhok, northern Mali.

The peacekeepers ‘bravely pushed back a complex attack carried out by several heavily-armed terrorists,’ MINUSMA said in a statement, adding that four troops had died and others were wounded, according to a provisional toll.

The statement said the attackers had suffered heavy losses and had abandoned “several of their dead”.

A source in MINUSMA said the attack occurred around 200 kilometres (120 miles) from the Algerian border, targeting a contingent of peacekeepers from …