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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TOWN HALL MEETING WITH NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA ON 4TH OCTOBER 2019 PROTOCOLS It gives me pleasure to be with you today. I hope you had a memorable 59th Independence Anniversary celebrations...

This is Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's Independence Day address delivered at a ceremony on Saturday, October 1, 1960 as Nigeria gained independence. Fifty-nine years down the line, it's interesting to try and glean what they had in mind as they took over the leadership of the country. Today is Independence...

  Dear Compatriots,   October 1 of each year is an opportunity for us to reflect and thank God for his endless blessings on our country. It is also a time for us, collectively, to remember the sacrifices made by our founders and great leaders past; by soldiers, by distinguished...

  Says: the noise we hear are last gasps of our nation's defeated foe REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE 59TH INDEPENDENCE DAY INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SERVICE, AT THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE, ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019...

    “We must also address the concerns of young entrepreneurs and startups, and the small traders, the millions at the bottom of the economic value chain, the millions at the bottom of the pyramid, those who sell from their trays and tabletops all over the markets in our country....

  VP adds: Ministers to render first performance report in December   “Let me speak quickly to what will be done differently on implementation of government plans in this dispensation. After the Presidential policy dialogue preceding the inauguration of Ministers, the President developed a list of specific mandates for each...

  “We need an institution that will produce cutting edge Artificial Intelligence applications for education, business, medicine and security. One that can design the educational innovation required to train millions of children in and out of classrooms all across the country.” REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON,...

  Nigeria in Crisis   There is a crisis in Nigeria. The Nigerian State has never been at peace with itself and recent events amplify this pending emergency. And, as has been the case since independence from Britain in 1960, Biafrans are the easy target of the lack of a...

Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, spends between N80 and N85 million every month on power supply, amounting to about N1 billion annually, the school’s vice chancellor has said. The VC, Ademola Tayo, a professor, said this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES ahead of the 60th anniversary celebration of the...

  SPEECH BY THE AARE ONAKAKANFO OF YORUBALAND AND NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF THE OODUA PEOPLE’S CONGRESS, IBA GANI ABIODUN IGE ADAMS, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2019 AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPC IN LAGOS.   Protocols I tremble in awe of God when I look back at what started 25...