ECOWAS leaders are due to meet in Ghana today to discuss the political situation in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso following military coups in those countries. Mali’s interim president, Assimi Goita, has declined an invitation to attend in person. It’s unclear whether he will join the summit via video link. West African countries closed their borders with…
President Muhammadu Buhari has told APC leaders to avoid distractions and focus on how to win elections and provide good governance for the people. President Buhari gave the charge when he received APC National Assembly leaders at the State House in Abuja. The President reminded them of the closeness of the election dates set by INEC, stressing…
The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has issued guidelines for the conduct of the party’s national convention tomorrow. The leadership of the party declared that all political appointees who were elected as delegates to the National Convention shall not be allowed to vote. In a statement published on its Twitter handle,…
Former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has left the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obiano spent six days with the EFCC after he was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos on his way to the United States. Obiano was picked up a day after he handed over to Professor Charles Soludo…
The Federal Executive Council has approved ninety-two-point-one billion naira for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The FEC approval comes a day after President Muhammadu Buhari officially opened the new international terminal at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, announced the…
