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Nigeria’s Presidency said President Muhammad Buhari’s frequent trips abroad are not for “sightseeing” but a benefit to the country’s economy. “The President’s trips are not sightseeing trips, they are justified by outcomes,” Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Insisting that the economy needs Buhari’s trips, Shehu said: “In each of the […]Read More

The federal government yesterday listed conditions to be met by Benin and Niger Republics before the country would reopen its borders for goods importation. This came after the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), said the January 31, 2020 deadline for the first phase of the security operation that necessitated […]

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has cried out that people he called the Niger Delta Vultures are after him, but denied the insinuation going round that he collected money from the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Isima Ekere, to frustrate the ongoing probe of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act.   According to the President, “Today is an important day for all Nigerians – but particularly the young generation.   “Today I signed into law the amended Deep Offshore Act. Nigeria will now receive its fair, rightful and equitable share of income from […]

With last Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment, which drew the curtains on the 2019 presidential election, stakeholders in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have returned to the political chessboard to begin strategizing ahead of the 2023 presidential election. www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt that the PDP is considering repeating the joint Northeast/Southeast presidential ticket […]Read More

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again vowed to resist any threat by the Federal Government over its continuous rejection of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Besides, the union insisted that not even the government’s plan to stop their monthly wage bill would compel the dons to withdraw their initial stand. […]

Evil spirits have made the Government House in Awka, Anambra state their abode, their landlord Governor Willie Obiano has disclosed, calling for prayers to exorcise the demons in order to allow the state government to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.   Prof. Solo Chukwubelu, secretary to the state government, who spoke on […]

Nigerians and their neighbors are to wait till January 2020 or beyond for the land borders to be reopened for businesses. The new development may have dashed the hopes of entrepreneurs in the West African region who were optimistic that the Federal Government would end the exercise before Christmas.   The fresh directive, contained in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Riyadh accepted an invitation from the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, for the establishment of Nigeria- Saudi Council aimed at promoting investments and enhancing relations between both countries. The decision was the highpoint of a bilateral meeting between the Nigerian leader and the Crown Prince which took place […]

Hammadama Bello, the 9th prosecution witness (PW9) in the ongoing trial of former Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko, yesterday told the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba; that the defendant allegedly converted N1.2 billion belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to his personal use. Dikko is […]

Nigeria’s Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s appeal for lacking merit. “We have examined all the briefs and the exhibits for over two weeks and we agree that there is no merit in this appeal,” Chief Justice, Tanko Muhammad said at the judgement. “The appeal is dismissed,” he concluded, […]Read More

When President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 10, met behind closed doors with former President, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigerians have been wondering what the two men discussed as nothing filtered out of the meeting. It was the fifth time Jonathan was visiting the Presidential Villa since leaving power, having been last […]