President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Aliyu Musa, a deputy commissioner of police, as his chief personal security officer (CPSO). This was announced in a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman. "DCP Musa, from Nigerian Police Force Zone 5, Benin City, as his last station, hails from Niger State," the statement read. "Musa’s appointment follows the redeployment of his predecessor, Commissioner [...]
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Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, has asked Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP), to release her aides from detention. According to Sahara Reporters, Sabiu Yusuf, a personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, had ordered the police to arrest the first lady's aides after they ejected him from the presidential villa for not complying with COVID-19 safety measures. Yusuf, who is [...]
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ‘’truth-telling’’ and before the hex of unclean spirits in Aso Rock, Adesina was the man from miyshore – the straight place. He was loved. He cut the persona of a light bearer. But why has the ‘’kulikuli exponent’’ so unravelled? By the way, [...]
Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media and publicity to the president, says there is nothing unusual about barring people who attended the burial of Abba Kyari from Aso Rock. Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died of complications from COVID-19 on Friday. He was buried on Saturday at Gudu Cemetry in Abuja according to Islamic rites. There are reports that [...]
Some Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to a claim by Kemi Olunloyo, blogger, that a high-ranking member of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet has died of COVID-19 complications. Olunloyo made the claim on Twitter on Thursday -- the same day TheCable reported that Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president, is responding to treatment at a private facility in Lagos. The president’s right-hand man [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari was in the office on Wednesday after testing negative for the coronavirus, TheCable can report. However, he worked from home on Thursday as the office was closed for fumigation. The president worked till Wednesday afternoon before retiring to his residence. He had been absent on Tuesday after Abba Kyari, Buhari's chief of staff, tested positive for the virus. As a precaution, [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president, after a court suspended hearing of an appeal he filed against the judgment of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court suspending him from office. TheCable learnt that the embattled party chairman visited the presidential villa when President Muhammadu Buhari was at the Eagle [...]
Laetitia Dagan, assistant director of administration at the state house, has been murdered at her Abuja residence. The presidency confirmed her death via a statement on Tuesday. Attah Esa, a deputy director of information at the state house, said the deceased was killed around 11pm on Monday. The statement quoted Jalal Arabi, state house permanent secretary, as describing Dagan’s death as “a painful [...]
Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, paid a courtesy visit to Aisha Buhari on Monday at the presidential villa in Abuja. Aisha was said to have discussed her efforts on the involvement of women in politics and their participation at the lower level of governance with the former first lady. See pictures below. [...]
Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, and Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa on Abuja. This is the first time the governor is meeting the president after the supreme court set aside the victory of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Below are photos: [...]
Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday hosted Muslim religious leaders for special prayer session. The event, which held at Aso Rock, had in attendance, top government functionaries such as ministers and public servants. Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police; Tanko Al-Makura, senator representing Nasarawa south; Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior; and Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president, were in [...]
Fatima, daughter of Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari's nephew, has accused the wife of the president of attacking her inside the presidential villa in Abuja. Commenting on a video where the first lady was seen complaining about being denied access to her apartment, Fatima said she least expected Buhari's wife to act in a violent manner. In the video which trended on [...]
Social media is currently abuzz over an object underneath the attire Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, wore to the Independence Day parade at Aso Rock. Adorning a white "agbada" with blue cap, Nigeria's number four man inspected the parade after Senate President Ahmad Lawan had done so. Beside Gbajabiamila was a top-ranking soldier while a police officer stood behind [...]
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) says the cabal in the presidential villa are frustrating Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Uchenna Madu, MASSOB leader, said this in a statement issued in Awka, Anambra state, on Sunday. He said the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari to the alleged frustration of Osinbajo by the cabal in the presidential villa is [...]
President Muhammdu Buhari on Monday received a delegation from President Cyril Ramaphosa at the presidential villa in Abuja. The Nigerian leader had earlier sent a special envoy to his South African counterpart over the attacks on Nigerians. Jeff Radebe, who led the team, tendered an apology to Nigeria on behalf of the government and people of South Africa. Radebe apologised for what he [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration will not inflict additional hardship on them. Speaking when Quadri Olaleye, president of the Trade Union Congress, led a delegation to Aso Rock on Thursday, Buhari said his government would rather seek ways to ameliorate sufferings and create a more enabling environment for everyone to thrive. "On fuel prices, I agree with you on [...]
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