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President Muhammadu Buhari meets with ex-Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on December 22, 2020. Credit: State House. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, President Buhari stated this in Abuja while receiving former Vice President Namadi Sambo, who heads ECOWAS Election Mission to the West African country. Buhari applauded the outgoing President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, for not attempting to tamper with the country’s constitution of his country, and elongate his stay in power, after serving for the maximum two terms. “I come from Daura, few kilometers to the Republic of Niger, so I should know a bit about that country. The President is quite decent, and we are regularly in touch. He is sticking to the maximum term prescribed by the Constitution of his country,” Buhari said. “Also, we share more than 1,400 kilometers of border with that country, which can only be effectively supervised by God. I will sp...

A top source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the First Lady has now relocated quietly to the UAE for over three months. No one knows when she would return to the country. According to SaharaReporters, New York   Dec 15, 2020 Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, and has therefore not been involved in any government activity, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters gathered that the First Lady is not in a hurry to return, despite spending over three months, as she reportedly stated that the Aso Rock Villa was not secure for her family. Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari. This concern was triggered by a shooting incident which occurred in June and caused some panic among occupants of the Aso Villa. SaharaReporters had reported that there was a crisis in Aso Villa after security details of the President's wife removed Buhari's Personal Assistant, Sabiu 'Tunde...

  An evangelist, Chinwe Ekwe, 49 has narrated before an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos how her husband enjoys sleeping with single and married church members. According to NAN, Ekwe said her husband is a pastor. Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who had accused her of planning to kill him. Chinwe said that her husband was molesting women both single and married. “I care for him both physical and spiritual but he still chose to be flirting around with different women. “He even brought a married woman home as wife and chased me out of our matrimonial home,’’ she said. Chinwe said that her husband was defaming her character by telling people that she was planning to kill him. “What do I stand to gain if I killed the father of my seven children; he is lying against me just because he wanted to marry another woman which he had done. “My husband is uncaring, I shouldered all his responsibilities but he spends money and buys...

  The Abia governor had on December 6 ordered the immediate suspension of Agbazuere following a viral video that captured him spraying naira notes on a controversial Nigerian prophet, Odumeje, inside the Government House. Speaking to Channels Television on Monday, the youths noted that the Chief of Staff had abused his office by spraying cash on his guest during visiting hours. The leader of the group, Donatus Obiukwu, however, explained Governor Ikpeazu is a kind-hearted man, adding that he should indeed ignore calls from those who are enemies of progress and recall the Chief of Staff. “We know the Chief of Staff goofed by his actions. But we beg you, Governor Ikpeazu, our loving father, please forgive Agbazuere for his offence,” Obiukwu said. “We are begging you to recall him back because we can guaranty you that such a thing will never happen again, please, our Governor, recall the suspension and give him back his job.” Addressing the protesters, the Secretary to the State Gover...

Thugs wielding dangerous weapons invaded the Arewa House Kaduna on Monday, where they ran after officials of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, who were there for a security summit.  Abdulaziz Suleiman, spokesman of the CNG, in a statement, explained that even security guards had to run for their lives. According to him, “We regret to announce that armed thugs numbering hundreds were unleashed on the Arewa House venue of the security summit hosted by the Coalition of Northern Groups on Monday, December 14.” “The Summit aimed to discuss ways to achieve synergy between communities and government security and design a uniform approach to the current security situation in the NoParticipants at the meeting included retired military officers, Retired Police officers, religious leaders, traditional rulers, various women, youth and trade associations.” The CNG said just as the meeting was kicking off, ” sponsored armed thugs stormed the auditorium after subduing the civil guards at the...

  Late Irefin, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, fell ill last week while attending the 2020 Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja. He was later taken to a military hospital where he died of respiratory failure secondary to the complications of COVID-19 infection. General Irefin was said to have visited some of his colleagues before the conference, and  Channels Television  gathered that 26 generals tested positive. T he acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa, also confirmed that a total of 417 personnel have been tested with 26 confirmed positive cases as of Sunday, although he did not disclose the ranks of the infected persons. According to him, all those who attended the conference are in self-isolation irrespective of their results. General Musa stated that COVID-19 treatment drugs recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were immediately issued to those that tested positive. He added that all office...

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  Parents at the school yesterday. Katsina Abduction: 668 Students Still Missing – School Register Shows https://t.co/nU1eYJwVmR

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for COVID-19, the state’s Commissioner for Health announced on Saturday. Akin Abayomi said the Governor is currently experiencing “mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID.” In a statement, he added that Sanwo-Olu is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by a clinical team from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba. “Mr. Sanwo-Olu is doing well on treatment and rest and we are confident that he will recover quickly and clear the virus,” the statement said.

  A coalition of Niger Delta militants, under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged plan by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to appoint his brother as the Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The RNDA said though Akpabio had the power to oversee the NDDC, his recent actions and lobby to approve the reappointment of the current Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Mr Akwa Okon, as the sole administrator to oversee the commission was provocative and could trigger a new round of violence in the creeks of the region. The RNDA, in a statement Saturday by its Coordinator, ‘General’ Johnmark Ezonebi, said if the approval was given for the appointment of Akpabio’s brother as the sole administrator, the coalition would be forced to review its earlier position on a cease-fire and commence renewed hostilities against oil facilities in the...

Laycon BBNaija Lockdown winner Olamilekan Agbeleshe, professionally called Laycon has announced his plans to release his debut album in 2021. Laycon made this announcement at a meet and greet session with his fans while on his iconic tour in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

  Gunmen had stormed Government Science Secondary School in Ƙanƙara Local Government Area of the state on Friday night, causing students, teachers, and staff members to flee for their lives. The staff said there were 884 students in the school at the time of the attack. Speaking with reporters on Saturday, the Governor said 426 students have been counted as safe.

  Fatou Bensouda’s announcement comes as violence continues to wreak havoc in the northeast, where at least 76 people were slaughtered by Boko Haram jihadists two weeks ago. “Following a thorough process, I can announce today that the statutory criteria for opening an investigation into the situation in Nigeria have been met,” Bensouda said in a statement, issued at the ICC’s headquarters in The Hague. ICC prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into the situation in Nigeria in 2010 but Bensouda now wants permission from judges to proceed to a full-blown formal probe. Gambian-born Bensouda specifically referred to acts committed by Boko Haram, whose 11-year insurgency in the country have claimed the lives of at least 36,000 people. Around two million others have been displaced, according to UN figures. Boko Haram and its splinter groups have committed “acts that constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes” including murder, rape, sexual slavery, enslavement, torture an...

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the bandits’ attack on a secondary school in Katsina. About 54 students are said to have been abducted after gunmen attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State late Friday. The attack was carried out as Buhari commenced a one-week private visit to his hometown in Daura, Katsina State. “I strongly condemn the cowardly bandits’ attack on innocent children at the Science School, Kankara,” the President said, as quoted in a statement released by spokesman Garba Shehu. “Our prayers are with the families of the students, the school authorities and the injured.” According to Shehu’s statement, the military has located the bandits’ location and are in the process of retrieving the abducted students. “In the latest briefing received by the President from Governor Aminu Bello Masari, with whom he has been in touch, and the Army Chief of Staff, General Tukur Buratai, the military, supported by air power h...

 Kaduna to become the first state in Nigeria to distribute emergency medical supplies to health centres using drones, out of the newly constructed N145m Pharmagrade Medical Warehouse. As illustrated Pic. 3, Zipline will load up medical supplies and fly them to the hospitals in need.

 With the completion and opening of this N5bn factory in Ijebu-Ode to produce 24,000 bottles of soft drinks every hour, Maltina will begin the export of malt to African Countries and increase job creation back home. Farmers will also gain as raw materials are bought from them.