Land Use Charge: Lagos Residents to Welcome Buhari to Lagos with Protest

Land Use Charge: Lagos Residents to Welcome Buhari to Lagos with Protest

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, has restated its resolve to embark on another round of protest on March 29 over the reviewed Lagos Land Use Charge. The NBA Chairman, Mr Adeshina Ogunlana, said at a media briefing on...
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Dangote Daughter’s Wedding: …Only for The Rich (PHOTOS)

Dangote Daughter’s Wedding: …Only for The Rich (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari, Senators, Governors, Traditional rulers, captains of industries and eminent personalities in Nigeria delightful graced Aliko Dangote’s daughter wedding. The wedding between Fatima, daughter of Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko ...
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Nigeria Fixes New Excise Duty Rates for Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco

Nigeria Fixes New Excise Duty Rates for Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an amendment to the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco with effect from Monday, 4th June, 2018.  A statement from the federal ministry of finance signed by Oluyinka Akintunde Special Adviser, Media ...
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Buhari’s visit: Plateau declares Thursday public holiday

Buhari’s visit: Plateau declares Thursday public holiday

The Plateau government has declared Thursday, March 8, a work-free day to enable residents welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on a one-day working visit to the state. Mr Izam Azi, Head of Service, announced this on Tuesday in Jos, after an...
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Uncovered! Buhari Transfers N5,000 to 25,000 Northerners Monthly

Uncovered! Buhari Transfers N5,000 to 25,000 Northerners Monthly

NewswatchNigeria can report that President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme, under which about 25,000 less privileged Nigerians so far are now being funded with monthly N5,000 stipend in 9 pilot States (Bauchi, Borno, Keb...
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Trump Sends Delegates to Nigeria for Bi-National Commission Meeting

Trump Sends Delegates to Nigeria for Bi-National Commission Meeting

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan would visit Nigeria on Nov. 19 and 20, where he would lead the U.S. inter agency delegation to the Bi-National Commission (BNC) meetings in Abuja. The high-level bilateral meeting between Nigeria and the...
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Common Currency: ‘Be Cautious’, Buhari Tells ECOWAS in Niger

Common Currency: ‘Be Cautious’, Buhari Tells ECOWAS in Niger

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Niamey, Niger, urged ECOWAS member countries to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, drawing attention to the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same...
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kachikwu Refuses To Comment after Meeting Buhari

kachikwu Refuses To Comment after Meeting Buhari

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Friday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari, behind closed doors in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kachikwu, who updated the president on the activities of the petroleum ministry, declined comment after two...
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Suspend NNPC Boss,  Nigerians Tell Buhari

Suspend NNPC Boss, Nigerians Tell Buhari

  Nigerians has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,  Mr. Maikanti Baru over the allegation of corruption in the corporation.  The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursda...
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 Buhari Back in Nigeria but Leadership Doubts Linger

 Buhari Back in Nigeria but Leadership Doubts Linger

Questions are being raised about the ability of Nigeria’s president to rule after his decision to cancel Wednesday’s cabinet meeting — the first since he returned from a long overseas medical absence. An announcement Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buha...
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