Wike confers River State’s highest honour on Uzodimma, El-Rufai, others

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was on Saturday conferred with the Grand Service Star of Rivers State, GSSRS, the highest honour in the state, by his counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike. Other individuals bestowed with the honour include the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and the incoming Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The investiture took place at the state...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year tenure officially ends today

The mantle of leadership now falls on Bola Tinubu who was declared the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. As expected, the past week, which was Buhari’s final full week in office as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, was a busy one. Below is a recap of how the outgoing President spent his last seven days in office. Monday, May 22,...

Full text of President Buhari’s farewell speech

FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2023. My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. Today, we mark and celebrate...

Uzuegbuna Okagbue Congratulates Nigeria’s New President

Says ‘Asiwaju’s Capacity to Move the Country Forward is Doubtless’ Uzuegbuna Okagbue, Chief of Protocol and Deputy Chief of Staff to former Anambra State governor Willie Obiano, has reiterated his optimism in the Bola Tinubu’s presidency, coming into effect in a matter of hours. Okagbue, who was a senatorial aspirant for Anambra Central senatorial district, was a foremost supporter of Bola Tinubu’s presidential aspiration and had predicted from the get go that Tinubu would not...

EFCC accused of unlawful invasion by Gambian based Nigerian lawyer

A Gambian based Nigerian lawyer, Christopher E. Mene has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of unlawful invasion of his properties, two buildings in Benin, consisting of 12 three-bedroom flats. According to Mene, he arrived Nigeria from Gambia on Thursday, May 16, 2023 ahead of the naming of his new born baby when he got a call from one of the security guards on his property located at No 15 Prince...

Court tells Alkali to stop parading himself as IGP

A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, presided over by Justice Fatun Riman has told the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Alkali, to stop parading himself as the leader of the police force, stressing that he is an illegal occupant of the office he is presently holding. Justice Riman, therefore declared Alkali’s appointment and continued stay in office as “unlawful and unconstitutional”. The court made the order in its judgment in a suit marked FHC/AKW/CS/58/2023,...

 History will judge Buhari – Bode George vows

…I’ll score him 5 % The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has said that  history will judge President Muhammadu Buhari for the way he managed the country for eight years, and has scored him 5 percent. George who spoke with journalists in his Ikoyi office stated that Buhari presided over a one-man-show government, where he reneged on the primary responsibility of government. George said, “Has Buhari’s government impacted...

May 29: Southeast Miyetti Allah holds prayer session for inaugurations of Tinubu, Otti, others 

Muslim community under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), South East Zone, have held a special Juma’at prayer session for a peaceful transition and successful inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29, 2023. West African Pilot News gathered that the prayer session which took place on Friday, at Ugwuoba, a boundary community between Anambra and Enugu, in Oji Local Government Area of Enugu State, was also offer...

Nigerian Air airliner unveiled by FG sparks controversy

Controversy has trailed the unveiling of an airplane for the proposed Nigerian Air, the national carrier, with many speculating that the aircraft unveiled by the federal government belongs to Ethiopian Airlines, ET. At 12:43 p.m. on Friday, a Boeing 737-800 series airliner with the ‘Nigeria Air’ inscription, which left the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia at 9:55 a.m., landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This is in keeping with the promise...

Gov El-Rufa’i Inaugurates Milk Factory That Would Produce 10,000 liters daily

A milk factory expected to produce over 10,000 liters of milk daily situated in the Kabau Local government area of Kaduna State has been inaugurated The Danish dairy company is owned by more than 8,400 farmers from Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Governor of Kaduna State Nasiru El-Rufai who inaugurated the Arla Milk farm in Damau, Kabau Local government area, said the project would transform cattle rearing from being a...

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com