Aisha Buhari arrives Kebbi in presidential jet (photos)

Wife of President Buhari, Aisha Buhari, arrived Kebbi state in a presidential jet yesterday February 4th. She was in Kebbi to commission the multi million Naira Jega General Hospital named after her and the newly upgraded Birnin Yari Primary Health centre...more photos after the cut...

Increase farming or risk Nigerians starving to death by 2050 - Minister of Agriculture says

 Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, says Nigeria will have to increase its input in farming or risk facing her citizens starve to death by 2050. Ogbeh said this during the defence of the Ministry of Agriculture's 2016 budget before the senate committee on Agriculture yesterday February 4th.

The plot to cut down Tinubu’s power in South West

Prominent cabinet members of President Muhammadu Buhari from the South-West have been strategising to form a well-grounded political structure aimed at wrestling the region from the strong grip of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Ripples Nigeria can exclusively report that the plot, which started before Buhari announced the ministerial list last year, has gained momentum in the last two months with at least three high profile meetings in Abuja among the actors.

Tinubu withdraws his N150billion libel suit against AIT after they apologized

APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has withdrawn his N150 billion libel suit he filed against DAAR Communications Plc, the owner of African Independent Television, over the documentary titled "Lion of Bourdillon" which was aired on the station in the build-up of the 2015 general election.

Buhari proceeds on 5-day vacation, Osinbajo to act as President

 

President Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, Feb. 5 to February 10, 2016. A statement by Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says that while Buhari is away, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will perform the functions of the President.

The statement added that in compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.