Government

The newly elected governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and his deputy, Arch. Barnabas Yusuf Bala, took their oaths of office yesterday announcing that they would sacrifice 50 per cent of their salaries for […]

Violence erupted yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed Square venue of the inauguration of Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i as the Kaduna state Governor. Scores of injured persons were rushed to the nearby Barau Dikko Hospital for medical […]

The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said the disappearance of the Accountant-General of Delta State, Cyril Agbele, six days to handover to a new administration was in bad faith. The governor, who […]

As Muhammadu Buhari assumes office today as Nigeria’s fourth elected president since 1999, this article, first published on April 17, rings true as it did five weeks ago: At the height of the campaign, the […]

Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, arrived at the Presidential Villa today after his unannounced trip to London. Reports are that the President-elect arrived a few minutes early to his 11am arrival time. President-elect Buhari was accompanied […]

AS part of measures to reduce the cost of governance, the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari may retain only 19 ministries from the present 31. Consequently, most of the candidates being considered for the federal […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied media report that the present administration starved the commission of funds to function effectively. A spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement said a […]

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, was on Friday represented by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Jumat prayers which held at the National Mosque, Abuja, in company of other Muslim faithful. Mr. Buhari is currently on a […]

Femi Adesina, current Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Sun newspaper, told a SaharaReporters correspondent that he could not comment on his appointment by President-elect Buhari’s team because “nothing official” has been announced. However, sources […]

The Federal Government Friday outlined challenges confronting it in its efforts to give stable power supply to Nigerians, saying the situation may worsen. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Mr. Godknows Igali who briefed […]

Saratu Umar was fired as the executive secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) on the suspicion that she leaked information on the granting of questionable tax waivers estimated to be worth $20 billion, […]

I Had 12 Surgeries In One Month  –Patience Jonathan  •Recalls Life Threatening Experience Before, After Elections •Forgive Me, Jonathan Begs Nigerians •Osinbajo Shuns Aso Rock Chapel Handover The first family was on Sunday joined by […]

The Official portraits of Nigeria’s President-elect and his vice-president, have been unveiled by the media team in Abuja And after being sworn in on 29 May, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari will now want to be addressed […]

Most people assume Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is an Economist. Very few people know that she read urban and regional planning which makes her a town planner primarily and not an Economist. She came from the […]

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, has reacted to the recent audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money, saying the report has confirmed in […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the freezing of accounts belonging to Benue and Plateau states over their alleged refusal to release funds for payment of the wages and allowances of court workers. […]

IN spite of all the reforms and promises, electricity supply has remained epileptic because the power sector has remained an intractable problem.  The turnaround expected to be brought about by billions of dollars expended on […]

The Nigerian State House Media accreditation was on Monday withdrawn from a German Radio Deutsche Welle correspondent, Ubale Musa, by handlers of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Musa’s accreditation tag was withdrawn by security operatives attached […]

In what appears an unusual step to demonstrate his leadership style, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has instructed police and military security personnel attached to him to respect traffic regulations during his movements. In a statement […]

A former militant leader in the Niger Delta, Ebikabowei Victor Ben, a.k.a General Boyloaf, speaks to PREMIUM TIMES’ Aderonke Ogunleye about the outgoing administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, and the incoming Muhammadu Buhari government. Boyloaf […]