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, [...]
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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 [...]
Nigeria’s seat of power got N15 billion for cars, generators and travels between 2010 and 2019. Budget documents analysed by TheCable showed that in those years, a total of N664 million was allocated to generators, while local and international trips gulped N7 billion and cars got N7.32 billion. Within the period that Aso Rock got the huge resources, US-based Brookings Institution rated [...]
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the inclusion of the presidential villa in the eligible customer policy to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the villa. In a statement on Friday, Hakeem Bello, special adviser on communications to Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, said the approval is aimed at achieving improvement in the electricity supply and distribution in the country. According to [...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been announced as winner of the election at polling units at Aso Rock. This was after a recount of votes by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the result initially announced, President Muhammadu Buhari lost to Atiku Abubakar, his main rival, by 17 votes. While Atiku got 1,030 [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari received members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigerian (MACBAN) at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday. The group, which has since declared support for the reelection bid of the president, was led by Muhhamadu Kirowa, its national president. Buhari appealed to the herders to cooperate with his government in bringing lasting peace to the country. The president said [...]
I thought I was never going to recover from the shock of what played out at Aso Rock on Friday when President Muhammadu Buhari was presented with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) “attestation result. The Nigerian seat of power was agog with jubilation and near pomp as cabinet members flocked around the president to rejoice with him over the [...]
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