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The Presidency has provided more details on the technical stopover President Muhammadu Buhari had in London after his trip to the US. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a text message to Daily Trust correspondent yesterday afternoon, explained that Buhari’s technical crew decided to break the […]

A former inmate of the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Jide Odusanya, has asked people to control their tempers, saying anger landed him in prison. The Sagamu, Ogun State indigene, who spent 26 years in three different prisons in the country before he was pardoned by the Lagos State Government, said a fight over water spillage destroyed […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that most youths from the northern part of the country are either uneducated or school dropouts. He also said God would judge past leaders who misgoverned the country. Buhari said because Nigerian media only do what they like, they refused to highlight the explanations in his recent statement in which […]

A former communications aide to President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that the American was lying when he told President Muhammadu Buhari that he did not call African countries ‘shithole’. Mr. Trump reportedly singled out Haiti, El Salvador and parts of Africa as “shithole countries” during a meeting with U.S. lawmakers about immigration in January. […]

President Donald Trump on Monday said he would like to visit Nigeria, describing it as an “amazing country.” Mr Trump spoke while receiving President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. “Well, I would like very much to visit Nigeria. It is an amazing country. In certain ways, I hear from the standpoint of the beauty […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, on Monday said the President deserved some accolades for his United States’ outing. Mrs. Buhari said this in a message she posted on her verified Twitter handle, @aishambuhari. “Dear President, you deserve some accolades,” she wrote as she shared some of photographs taken during Buhari’s meeting with US President Donald […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is stabilising the attacks by herdsmen across the country. Buhari, who gave the assurance during his meeting with Trump at the White House, said Nigerians were concerned about the resort to arms by some herdsmen. The Nigerian president described the situation as alien […]

Nigeria has a massive corruption problem, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday while receiving President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House. But the U.S. will continue to offer its support for Nigeria to proffer a lasting solution to the menace. “Nigeria has massive reputation for corruption,” Mr Trump said while standing by Mr Buhari. […]

President Donald Trump of the United States has told President Muhammau Buhari that his country will not accept the killing of Christians. The American leader said this while playing host to his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday. “We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria, we […]

Pope Francis on Sunday decried an attack on a church in Nigeria during which two priests and other worshippers were killed. Associated Press reports that the pontiff spoke on Nigeria during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square. “The pontiff prayed that Nigeria’s Christian community find harmony and peace,” AP reported. The pope’s […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Sunday said the Nigerian youths have capacities to match their counterparts in other parts of the world if given the opportunity. Saraki said this at Yikpata, Kwara state orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) where he added that “most of you will shine if we […]

The presidency on Sunday said Nigeria did not receive required support from the former President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, in the fight against terrorism. The assertion was made Sunday in Washington DC by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview with journalists. […]

Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has expressed dismay over the incessant insecurity challenges in Nigeria, saying that his heart bleeds over the activities of Boko Haram, herdsmen, and other armed militants, whose actions he described as man’s inhumanity to man. General Gowon spoke when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Rochas Okorocha […]

A heartbroken man left the court in tears as he deposed that he didn’t want his wife, Hilda Mleya, 30, anymore because she was too beautiful. The incident took place at Chief Chireya’s court in Gokwe, Zimbabwe. Arnold Masuka, 40, the complainant made his sensational claims before Chief Chireya. It is reported that Masuka was […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to a widely circulated letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, criticising his leadership style and urging him not to run for another term in office. Mr Obasanjo in a letter he wrote in January advised Mr Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019 but stay on the sideline […]