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29 MAY 2023 THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide...

The outgoing Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said his eight years working as the number citizen in the country “have gone by very quickly.” He also added that his desire alongside his principal President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest was to fix Nigeria. Osinbajo stated this on Friday evening in...

*I’m leaving office better than in 2015 – Buhari *Outgoing President begs Nigerians for forgiveness By Emmanuel Kelvin  Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today be sworn in as Nigeria’s president, indicating a new era, in Nigeria’s democratic journey. Tinubu, a former Lagost state governor, had declared that it is his turn...

By Yahaya Isah The Federal Government has confered 385 Nigeria citizenship on foreign nationals from different continents across the world. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known at the 1st 2023 Conferment ceremony of Nigeria Citizenship by Naturalisation and Registration on Saturday in Abuja. The minister said one...

Chief Edwin Clark and President Muhammadu BuhariLeader of Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Clark, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst leader Nigeria has ever had, accusing him of failing to see the entire country as his constituency. Speaking on the Buhari administration during a...

The outgoing governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday handed over to the incoming governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. The event took place at the Old Banquet Hall of Government House, Makurdi. In his speech, Ortom said his administration was handing over N187bn debt which makes up of salary...

President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, arrived in Abuja on Sunday ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, scheduled to hold on Monday. This was announced on the president’s Facebook page, with pictures of his arrival. The photos were captioned, “President Kagame has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria, where he...

A frontline presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Tein Jack-Rich, on Sunday urged all Nigerians to come out en mass to Support the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. Jack-Rich made the call at Abuja, in an inauguration and goodwill message to Nigerians. He said: “All Nigerians...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Rotary International over the passing of the first and only African President, Jonathan Majiyagbe, at the age of 88. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja, said he joined family members, friends and associates of the renowned lawyer in...

Delegates from the United States of America arrived in the country on Sunday ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday. The US Mission made the announcement on its Twitter page, sharing a picture of the arrival. The tweet read, ‘Welcome to Nigeria! We are excited to...