pictiures:Buahri, Tinubu, Senators in a dinner

President Buhari exchanging compliments with Senate President Bukola Saraki during   the interactive dinner at the Presidential Banquet Hall in Statehouse on 25th Nov 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari hosted a presidential dinner organised in honour of Senators at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday.

Roli Bode George appointed acting chairman of NDLEA

Following the retirement of Alhaji Ahmadu Giade as Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, after 10 years in service, Mrs Roli Bode George has been appointed to take charge of the agency as Acting Chairman.

The appointment of Mrs Bode George is

Saraki And The CCT

On the website of the Senate, it is clearly stated that only 47 out of the total 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were in attendance when Bukola Saraki was “unanimously elected” as Senate president. To compound matters, a forged Senate Standing Order was used that day for the so-called election. That is the crux of the matter that is still pending in court. That is also the dubious foundation of the current Senate leadership whose legitimacy is still suspect. Since then, the Senate has been in one form of crisis or the other. The current Senate is also one institution that has been turned into the personal instrument of one man – Saraki.

Diarrhoea kills 400 under-5 children daily –UNICEF

…says Nigeria among 5 top countries practisingopen defecation

United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has said about 400 children under the age of five, die daily due to diarrhea-related diseases in the country.

This was revealed during a four days ‘National Stakeholders Workshop on Draft Hygiene Promotion Strategy’ in Abuja, organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the National Tax Group on Sanitation and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

I am already tired after five months as Governor – El-Rufai

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his job can be so demanding that five months into been a governor, he is already tired of the job.

El-Rufai while speaking at the just concluded Ake Arts and Book Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said he has not had time to read a book in the last two years.

MTN’s fate rests in Buhari’s hands

The fate of MTN is now in the hands of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as he now must decide the course of action to follow after MTN pleaded for leniency over a massive fine threatening to cripple the cellphone giant.

MTN’s run-in with the Nigerian authorities emerged last month, sending the stock tumbling and raising doubts about the company’ s outlook after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) slapped it with a $5.2 billion (R73bn) fine for the failure to disconnect 5.2 million unregistered users.

Buhari promoting anarchy over Kogi rerun – Fayose

EKITI State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of encouraging anarchy by allegedly using his personal lawyer and member of All Progressives Congress (APC), who is the Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to influence the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the inconclusive Kogi State governorship poll.