The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says it cannot disclose the assets of President Muhammadu Buhari and those of past public office holders because it has not got their consent to do so.The bureau said this in a written address filed in response to a motion by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).Recently, SERAP was granted leave by the court [...]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed five bills passed by the 8th national assembly into law.This was disclosed by Umar Yakubu, his senior special assistant on national assembly matters (house of representatives).Yakubu who made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said the acts were to ensure good governance in the country.The bills include the Obafemi Awolowo University [...]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the planned regulation of online media is an attempt by the government to gag Nigerians.Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced that online news platforms will soon be regulated when he inaugurated a seven-man committee set up to implement reforms in the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) last Thursday.Mohammed said the reforms that will be implemented by the [...]

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President Muhammadu Buhari says he will carry everyone along in his last lap as head of the country.The president said this on Wednesday when he received former ministers that served under him as military head of state.Buhari was head of state from January 1984 to August 1985.At the meeting, he recalled "how we got things done then" at the time." [...]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is confident that the 2020 budget will be passed early.President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2020 budget proposal to a joint session of the national assembly on Tuesday.In a statement, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC spokesman, said following the early presentation of the budget, the lawmakers have about three months to consider the proposal.Issa-Onilu said the [...]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the country has recorded tremendous progress in degrading Boko Haram insurgents.Buhari made the claim while inaugurating 111 cadets into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as pilot officers at the NAF base in Kaduna.The president who was represented by Abayomi Olonisakin, chief of defence staff, said those trying to destabilise the country have been frustrated.He asked the [...]