H.E. Alfonso Barnuevo Sebastian de Erice, outgoing Ambassador of Spain, H.E. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama The outgoing Ambassador of Spain, H.E. Alfonso Barnuevo Sebastian de Erice paid a visit to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN in his office, State House The visit which served as…
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The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Kuden Deyin on Tuesday confirmed another case of Lassa fever in the state. Deyin said the patient who was brought-in from Garkawa in Mikang Local Government Area was displaying symptoms of Lassa fever. “After blood sample was taken from the patient, the result came out positive and the…
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The Presidency has exonerated itself from the selection of the seven governors that were chosen to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London, saying that the selection was handled by the governors forum. Briefing State House Correspondents on the visit of seven governors to Buhari, led by the Chairman of Governors Forum and Zamfara State Governor,…
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Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has revealed that he would be contesting the 2019 presidential election but on two conditions. They are: if President Muhammadu Buhari declines to seek a re-election and if 10 million Nigerians endorse him. Okorocha gave the statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when he addressed a youth delegation…
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The Presidency says Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara would on Wednesday lead five other governors in paying a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in London. This was disclosed by three presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu and Laolu Akande, at a press briefing in Abuja. The other governors would include: Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, Abdullahi…
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo met behind closed doors with the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima and service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at about 6:00 p.m. at the Vice President’s conference room. Those at the meeting included the Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan-Ali, Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonishakin, the Chief…
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state on Monday disclosed that he expects President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been out of country since May 7 on a medical vacation, to return to Nigeria in two weeks. Okorocha, who was among a delegation of APC leaders that visited Buhari in London on Sunday, told the BBC that…
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UBA Foundation takes its Read Africa Initiative East visiting Our Lady of our Mercy High School in Nairobi this week: Isaac Mwige, CEO UBA Kenya; Bola Atta, CEO UBA Foundation and Mrs Angwenyi, Principal of Our Lady of our Mercy with students of the school. The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, through its…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has received in London, a delegation of the All Progressives Congress, led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the Abuja House. Photo by Bayo Omoboriowo, the President’s photographer shows him enjoying some banters with the APC leaders over dinner. It was the first photograph of the president to be published since May 7.…
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The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday stated that Nigerians should have understood the way Buhari “prefers to do things” having spent two years in office. Adesina, who spoke when he featured on a Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, categorically called on Nigerians to take his principal…
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