I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS FOR MINISTERS – PRES.BUHARI

Speaking to newsmen during the AU Summit in South Africa yesterday, president Buhari said he doesn't know why people are anxious about ministers, saying he's yet to appoint them because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late.

PDP ASKS AMBODE TO DECLARE ASSETS, MAKE FASHOLA HANDOVER NOTES PUBLIC

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has issued a 14 days ultimatum to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to publicly declare his assets upon assuming office.

The party, which gave the governor till Monday, 29th June, also tasked the governor to make public in the media, the details of the handover notes and assets of his predecessor, Mr Raji Fashola.

DON'T BRIBE ANYBODY TO SEE THE PRESIDENT OR MYSELF - AISHA BUHARI WARNS NIGERIANS

Speaking at the 'Thank You' dinner she organized to appreciate APC women at the presidential villa on Saturday June 13th, wife of the President, Aisha Buhari warned Nigerians not to fall into the hands of fraudsters who go about asking for money from Nigerians to arrange a meeting between them and the President or his wife.

ELECTRICITY: PAST GOVERNMENTS PUT NIGERIA IN DARKNESS – OSINBAJO

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday stated that corruption in Nigeria’s power sector by past administrations was responsible for epileptic power supply in the country.

Osinbajo lamented that despite billions of dollars invested in power generation and distribution over the years by the government, businesses and Nigerians still suffer.

PRESIDENCY EXPLAINS WHY BUHARI IS YET TO APPOINT MINISTERS

The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to unveil his ministerial nominees.

It was widely reported that shortly before Buhari mounted the number one seat on May 29, he had reportedly rejected plans by governors of the All Progressives Congress to submit ministerial nominees to him.

OVER 100M NIGERIANS LIVE BELOW POVERTY LEVEL- VP OSINBAJO

Vice-president, Yemi Osinbanjo who delivered  the 10th  anniversary lecture of Crescent University, Abeokuta, tagged, “The Nigerian Economy and the Future”, yesterday said that some tough decisions would have to be taken to put the country back on the path of genuine growth and development  in line with the All Progressives Party (APC) programme.

UNPAID SALARIES: THE SITUATION IS BEYOND MY CONTROL, SAYS AREGBESOLA

Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday said the situation in his state has gone beyond his control.

He however said plans are afoot to ameliorate the sufferings of civil servants in the state following the non payment of salaries for about seven months.

Emerging from a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Aregbesola told journalists that the state’s economic fortunes plummeted following the fall in federal allocation to the state.

NIGERIANS REACT AFTER BUHARI REFERS TO GERMANY AS WEST GERMANY AND THEIR CHANCELLOR AS PRESIDENT MICHELLE

During a press briefing in Abuja yesterday June 11th immediately after the Lake Chad commission meeting, president Buhari referred to the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel as President Michelle and referred to Germany as West Germany

"I was personally invited by G7. I went there and I was asked to brief the G7 and I was impressed with the tremendous sympathy they have for this sub-region, the Lake Chad Basin Commission. Their humanitarian approach to the issue to say the least is very very impressive and all of them, not only in Europe; from President Obama to the Chairman of G7 President Michelle of West Germany and french President. They are all willing to help us" he said

Trust Nigerians to have something to say about it...lol. See Nigerians reaction on twitter and video of the press briefing after the cut...

I AM NOT GOING BACK TO PDP — SARAKI

Despite riding on the support of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers to become president of the eighth Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki, says there is no chance he would return to his former party in the aftermath of his party’s unfavourable disposition to his new office.

DANGOTE TO SUPPLY 24-HOUR POWER TO LAGOS

Lagos—President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote yesterday said plans have been concluded to construct a gas pipeline to address power supply challenges in Lagos State.
He disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the office of the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. He said;

BUHARI INDEED BELONGS TO SOMEBODY

“I belong to everybody. And I belong to nobody”- President Muhammed Buhari.

The above quotation is one the quotable quotes from the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Eagle Square, Abuja during his swearing in. Since the quotation went viral, there have been several misconceptions or misinterpretation of the quotation. Precisely, many social commentators are still trying to decode its true meaning.

I’M NOT GOD, BUT I WON’T RECOGNIZE SARAKI AS SENATE PRESIDENT, SAYS BOLA TINUBU

APC leader Senator Bola Tinubu yesterday June 10th reacted to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the new Senate President, saying he cannot recognize the Kangaroo arrangement that Saraki as the new Senate President. Speaking at the party secretariat, Tinubu said

PHOTO: PRESIDENTIAL VILLA UNDERGOING RENOVATION

There's ongoing renovation at the Presidential villa. President Buhari is expected to move in after the renovations have been completed.

JONATHAN’S MEN HAVE STARTED RETURNING STOLEN MONEY, SAYS EL-RUFAI

The new government of Muhammadu Buhari has started receiving money stolen by the cabinet members of former President Goodluck Jonathan. This was revealed by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in an interview with the journalists on Monday.

PDP FIRES AT AMBODE OVER TANKER ACCIDENTS

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of Lagos chapter has impaired that the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, should stop blaming tanker drivers for the incessant road accidents in the state.The Publicity Secretary of PDP, Taofik Gani, in a statement said the warning given to tanker drivers plying Lagos roads by the government was out of place.

YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE TINUBU’S REACTION TO SARAKI’S VICTORY AS SENATE PRESIDENT

According to sources, the events at the National Assembly has left Tinubu and other  All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders shocked and  speechless.

As they left the International Conference Centre in Abuja where they were supposed to have a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, they could not comment on what may have happened at the National Assembly.

SARAKI’S VICTORY: “TINUBU’S POLITICAL CAREER IS OVER” – BODE GEORGE

A former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said that the political career of the National Leader, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is over. George, also hailed the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President saying that  Tinubu, “is five minutes to his political sunset” and it is about five minutes to midnight for him.

PRESIDENCY DISMISSES RUMOURS ON BUHARI’S DELAYED RELOCATION TO ASO VILLA

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to president Buhari, Shehu Garba released a statement yesterday describing as false, reports being circulated online that the reason Nigeria's new president hasn't relocated to Aso Villa was because he was advised by a Senegalese spiritualist not to do so for now. In the statement, Shehu said the report was embarrassing to say the least. He said the president is a Muslim who believes his fate belongs to God.

BUHARI IS NOT APC LEADER; HE IS A “MERE PRODUCT OF THE PARTY - LAI MOHAMMED

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has dropped a very shocking statement over President Buhari and the leadership of APC .

According to him, President Buhari is not the Leader of the party(APC). He went ahead to describe Buhari as “mere Product of the party”.

FG didn’t incur $60bn debt, Okonjo-Iweala refutes Osinbajo's claims

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted claims by VP-elect Yemi Osinbajo that the outgoing administration owes $60billion in local and foreign debts.

Speaking with finance correspondents, Okonjo-Iweala said that the nation’s current debt stock stands at $63.7 billion and it encompasses domestic and multilateral loans by all the federal and state governments since 1960. She said various states of the federation accounted for 20% of the nation’s total debt stock.