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Remi Tinubu, the wife of the president-elect, says her family does not need the wealth of Nigeria to survive.  Tinubu who spoke at the 2023 presidential inauguration inter-denominational church service at the National Christian Center, Abuja, said Nigeria’s wealth belongs to all and is for doing the right thing.  She called for […]

A federal high court in Anambra has ordered Usman Baba to stop parading himself as Nigeria’s inspector-general of police (IGP). In a judgment delivered on May 14, Fatun Riman, the presiding judge, held that Baba’s continued stay in office after clocking the retirement age of 60 is illegal and unconstitutional. He held […]

Canada has introduced faster temporary resident visa (TRV) processing and more considerate application measures. Sean Fraser, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, announced the development on Friday. Fraser said most applications will be processed within 30 days, and applicants will benefit from processing measures specific to their circumstances as spouses and dependents. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari touched on a variety of issues — from insecurity to electoral reforms and the anti-corruption war — in his farewell address to Nigerians on Sunday. Here is the full speech. FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians were right to elect Bola Tinubu as the next president of the country. Buhari, in his farewell broadcast on Sunday, said Tinubu was the best among the presidential candidates who contested the 2023 election. On Monday, Tinubu, the winner of the February 25 presidential election, will be […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the impacts of his economic policies on Nigerians. The president spoke in his farewell broadcast to the nation on Sunday. Buhari said some of his administration’s policies caused “temporary pain and suffering” to Nigerians. He added that although the decisions were “difficult choices”, “the measures […]

Uhuru Kenyatta, former president of Kenya, has advised Bola Tinubu, president-elect, to “overhaul” any “adversarial mindset” and reach out to those aggrieved by the results of the presidential poll to build a more unified Nigeria. According to NAN, Kenyatta spoke on Saturday while delivering his speech as a guest speaker at the inaugural […]

Alhaji Bello Matawalle, outgoing governor of Zamfara state, recently filed a petition in the Court of Public Opinion regarding his face-off with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa. He listed the following issues for determination by the Court: (1) whether the EFCC should be probing only governors […]