5 years as Nigeria President - Memo to Buhari on Service Chiefs by Wale Odunsi Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, As you clock five years in office, the question about the departure of Nigeria Service Chiefs has come up again, for the umpteenth time. On Monday July...

May 29: Will Buhari Finally Sack Service Chiefs? It is almost five months after the House of Representatives passed a rare motion demanding the termination of the services chiefs as various parts of the country, especially the north, was facing an unprecedented scale of deadly...

Buhari Okays Nigeria, Siemens Electricity Deal Funding     President Muhammadu Buhari, has given the nod to a German firm, Siemens AG, to begin the concessionary funding and provision of technical support to the country’s power sector. According to the official twitter handle of the Presidency, @NGRPresident, Buhari...

Buhari Nominates Yuguda, Karausa, Boyi, Obi for SEC   The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also to be screened and confirmed are three nominees as...

Govs Tackle FG Over NLNG Dividends     A delegation of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari that it was wrong for the federal government to appropriate dividends from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited without remitting it to the Federation Account. According...

Buhari Renews Akabueze’s Tenure As Budget Office DG   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the tenure of Mr Benjamin Akabueze as Director- General of the Budget Office of the Federation. The development was disclosed in a statement signed by Special Adviser, Media and Communications,...