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As earlier reported. List of new cbn management team team to be sent to National Assembly on Wednesday. Details soon

NEC, Caucus Meetings, next month …Allays fears over NWC wielding more powers Constitutional amendment proposals: …NWC to have powers to discipline members …Advisory Council to replace Board of Trustees, BoT …Defectors no more eligible to contest elections until after 1 yr membership After its repeated inability to convene its mid-term non elective national convention, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC is now set to hold the all-important meeting in November, Saturday Vanguard can authoritatively report. Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the party had continued to draw flaks from some party chieftains following its inability to hold the convention in April, but party leaders had attributed the delay to the health challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari, a situation that saw him out of the country for long. Asked when exactly the party would hold its convention, the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun told Saturday Vanguard in an exclusive interview that...

Former Vice-President Namadi Sambo and President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki were among the top dignitaries that joined President Muhammadu Buhari at the special Juma’at prayer session at the Mosque situated in the Presidential Villa, Abuja as part of the ceremonies to herald Nigeria’s 57th independence anniversary. Sambo worshiped at the Aso Rock Mosque for the first time since he left office in 2015. He had visited the villa in the past, however, on a courtesy call to his successor, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Also at the Juma’at prayer session were the Chief of Army, Lt General Tukur Yusuf Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris; and the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd). Others were Minister of the Interior, Lt. Gen Abdurahman Danbazzau (rtd); Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu; and other senior Muslim faithful at the presidency. Sambo thereafter left the Villa after the se...

Bauchi governor to head APC national campaign council for anambra governorship election. Jim nwobodo, Orji kalu , eight APC governors and all APC guber aspirant in anambra are members.    Details soon

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday announced a reshuffling of the chairmanship of Senate committees. The Senate Committee on Trade and Investments now has Senator Sabo Mohammed as the Chairman, while Senator Andy Uba (Anambra-South), who was Chairman of Committee on Public Accounts, was redeployed to Committee on Interior. Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo-South) was moved from Committee on Culture and Tourism to Committee on Public Accounts, while Senator Fatimah Raji-Rasaki (Ekiti-Central), who was Chairman of Committee on Trade and Investments, is now Chairman of Culture and Tourism. Committee on Local Content now has Senator Olamilekan Adeola (Lagos-West) as Chairman, while Senator Stella Oduah is now Chairman of Committee Cooperation and Integration. Senator Mustapha Bukar was appointed Chairman of Committee on Capital Market. Also, vice chairmen of committees were also affected in the reshuffle. Committee on Trade...

Buhari was said to have touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 7pm on Monday. The President was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Abby Kyari, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, the Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar, among other dignitaries. President Buhari had left the country on Sunday, September 17 to attend the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He left New York on Thursday for London where he spent about four days before returning to Nigeria No official reason was given for Buhari’s London visit but unconfirmed reports had it that he had travelled to London for medical reasons.

Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede on Monday bowed out as the President, National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) after serving for three years. Aig-Imoukhueme, Aig-Imoukhuede officially announced his retirement at the NSE 56th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos for the financial year ended December 31, 2016. He commended the dealing member community for supporting its demutualisation efforts. Demutualisation is when a mutual company owned by its users/members converts into a company owned by shareholders. The users/members exchange their rights of use for shares in the demutualised company. He assured members that the National Council and the management of the exchange would remain committed to the demutualisation exercise. Aig-Imoukhuede said that he was also grateful for the support of the dealing members and the NSE throughout his tenure at the exchange. He said the council members contributed immensely to the growth of the capital market and the economy in general and charg...

on citizens from Sudan were lifted. Unlike the president’s original bans, which had time limits, this one is open-ended. After the ban restriction was released, Donald Trump tweeted: “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet” .   Iraqi citizens will not be subject to travel prohibitions but will face enhanced scrutiny or vetting. The current ban, enacted in March, was set to expire on Sunday evening. The new restrictions are slated to take effect on Oct. 18 and resulted from a review after Trump’s original travel bans sparked international outrage and legal challenges. An administration official, briefing reporters on a conference call, acknowledged that the number of North Koreans now traveling to the United States was very low.

The Federal Government will be giving the French Government account details of the sponsors of terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra. The Nigerian Government had through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that France was the headquarters of IPOB’s funding. But the European country on Thursday said it had no knowledge of IPOB’s presence in France. But a very senior government official said the Federal Government had reached out to France, explaining that it did not accuse the country of being the sponsors of Biafra but that a large transfer of funds were made regularly from France to IPOB in Nigeria. It was learnt that the Federal Government had asked the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and the Central Bank of Nigeria to compile the needed information on the sponsors and it hand it over to the French government. The government will also write the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, which is tasked with the mandate of supe...

All is now set for the announcement of new cbn management team. List to be sent to nass soon.  After a year of high wire politics the long awaited list of new cbn management team will be announced any minute from now.semenitari, otteh, Agusto and bello will be sent to National Assembly soon. More Otteh Agusto Henry details coming

President Muhammadu Buhari met with President Donald Trump in New York - The US president hosted selected African head of states to lunch - The launch was on the sideline of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly President Muhammadu Buhari attended a lunch in honour of selected African head of states which was hosted by President Donald Trump of the US. This was contained in a post shared by Femi Adesina who is the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, on Wednesday, September 20. This was on the side-line of the of 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, addresses the United Nations General Assembly September 19, 2017 at the United Nations in New York. This is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s address to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, as posted by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President, Mr. Femi Adesina. It is entitled, ‘Statement Delivered By His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria at the General Debate of the 72nd Session of United Nations General Assembly, in New York, on Tuesday, 19 September 2017.’ The full speech, Mr. President, Fellow Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. On behalf of my country, Nigeria, I congratulate you Mr. President on your election and Mr. Gutteres on his first General Assembly outing as our Secretary-General. I assure you both of my country’s solidarity and ...

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President Buhari will on Sunday, September 17th, depart Nigeria for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). According to a statement released by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, part of the high point of President Buhari’s visit will be his participation in the General Debate during which he will deliver the country’s National Statement. The theme for this year’s Debate is: “Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.” President Buhari will join other world leaders at the welcoming reception to be hosted by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and also hold a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe. He will also hold a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump of the United States of America, along with other world leaders. During the General Assembly, Nigeria will participate in high level meetings on ‘Prevent...

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The United Labour Congress on Wednesday threatened that workers in the country would embark on an indefinite strike if the Federal Government failed to meet its demands by Friday (tomorrow). The threat came barely two weeks after the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment responded to the workers through a letter, which the ULC said “largely failed to adequately address the critical issues raised in our demands.” The union issued the strike threat after an emergency meeting of its National Administrative Committee, which was held jointly with the National Strike Committee in Lagos. In a statement signed by the President, ULC, Joe Ajaero, the union urged Nigerians to take precaution and stock up necessities, saying, “The strike will be very effective as we hope to cripple all modes of transportation within the nation; ensure a total blackout nationwide; cut off petroleum product supplies; and disrupt banking operations, which will make life a bit more difficult fo...

The National Assembly has postponed the resumption of Nigeria’s federal lawmakers from their annual recess by one week. No reason was given for the decision. The lawmakers – senators and members of the House Representatives – were previously scheduled to resume from the recess next Tuesday, September 19. They have been on recess since July 27, when the House of Representatives voted on the fourth constitution alteration bill. But according to a statement with the title “postponement of resumption” by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, on Wednesday, the resumption was extended by one week, giving eight weeks or two months of recess. No reason was given for the postponement in the statement. It read: “This is to inform all distinguished senators and honourable members of the National Assembly, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that the resumption date of both Houses in plenary has been rescheduled from Tuesday 19th September 2017 to Tuesday 26th September 2017. ...

Entertainer LL Cool J's wife threw him a surprise party to celebrate his being honored by the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. She invited some of their close friends, including Magic and Cookie Johnson, Sam Jackson and wife, Lela Rochon, Tina Knowles, Vanessa Bell Calloway and tons more...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Kaduna inaugurated Africa’s biggest hatchery and feed mill constructed by Olam Grains at the cost of over 150 million dollars.  Buhari, who inaugurated the company, had his speech read by Minister of Agriculture, Dr Audu Ogbeh. He described Olam as one of the largest agro-based companies in Africa and the biggest poultry investment in Nigeria. “We participated in the event because it is clear evidence that economic growth is taking place especially in the agricultural sector,” he said. It is in this connection that we must be able to feed ourselves from what we grow and grow what we eat before we can comfortably turn our attention to many other key concepts of our daily life.’’ The aim, he said, was to ensure that Nigerians have access to food, better life, and better hope for their future. According to him, the inauguration of the company is a testimony that growth is serious and lasting growth is taking plac...

Photos show thousands of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, members in tippers, buses and other cars from different South-East states heading to their leader’s home, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Umuhia, the Abia state capital after Nigerian army, again, are seen with armoured tankers in front of Kanu’s home.  

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday received the National Council Of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN, in the state house to discuss peace, growth and development of Nigeria from the grass root to the top.